<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><B>DISCCRS News</B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><B>5/18/2007</B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style="">************************************<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><B>TABLE OF CONTENTS</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><B> </B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><B><I>RESOURCES and FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES</I></B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS): Deadline for proposals is 16 July</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu</FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see RESOURCES 1 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>New e-journal: ‘Communication, Cooperation, Participation: Research and Practice for a Sustainable Future’ </B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>www.ccp-online.org<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""> <O:P></O:P><B>Fulbright Scholar Awards in environmental studies and conservation, 2008-09</B></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B></B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.cies.org">www.cies.org</A></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see RESOURCES 2 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><B><I>FORUM</I></B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>IPY (International Polar Year) in the Seattle PI.com comics</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/fun/mark.asp?date=20070513"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/fun/mark.asp?date=20070513</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><B> </B></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><B><I>SCIENCE NEWS</I></B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Spy Chief Backs Study of Impact of Warming</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/12/washington/12intel.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/12/washington/12intel.html</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="">Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/39lv7l"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/39lv7l</FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see NEWS 1 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Warming World Threatens Migratory Birds</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.boston.com/news/science/articles/2007/05/13/warming_world_threatens_migratory_birds/">http://www.boston.com/news/science/articles/2007/05/13/warming_world_threatens_migratory_birds/</A><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/2tr24s"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/2tr24s</FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see NEWS 2 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Climate change to force mass migration - Christian Aid Report</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,2078839,00.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,2078839,00.html</FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see NEWS 3 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Climate swings have brought great carbon dioxide pulses up from the deep sea</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/MediaAlerts/2007/2007051024944.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/MediaAlerts/2007/2007051024944.html</FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see NEWS 4 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>NASA Finds Vast Regions of West Antarctica Melted in Recent Past</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see NEWS 5 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Small Particles' Big Impact on Climate</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0517/p14s01-sten.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0517/p14s01-sten.html</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="">Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/2y5o5n"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/2y5o5n</FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see NEWS 6 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Experts Debate Costs of Curbing Greenhouse Gases</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-climate_may17,1,1268516.story">http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-climate_may17,1,1268516.story</A> <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/25wcre"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/25wcre</FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see NEWS 7 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Coalition to Make Buildings Energy-Efficient</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/17/us/17climate.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/17/us/17climate.html</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="">Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/ytqvbq"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/ytqvbq</FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see NEWS 8 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Small Particles' Big Impact on Climate</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0517/p14s01-sten.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0517/p14s01-sten.html</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="">Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/2y5o5n"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/2y5o5n</FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> (see NEWS 9 below)</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>As a Carbon 'Sink,' Southern Ocean May Be Plugged</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-carbon18may18,1,5716702.story">http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-carbon18may18,1,5716702.story</A> <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/2h6tv7"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/2h6tv7</FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> (see NEWS 10 below)</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> <SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><B> </B></FONT></SPAN></DIV></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><B><I>SUMMER PROGRAMS, COURSES, INTERNSHIPS, MEETINGS, OPPORTUNITIES</I></B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Summerschool: 'Evolutionary and Ecological Consequences of Global Change'. </B></SPAN><SPAN style="">The Munich Graduate Program for Evolution, Ecology and Systematics (Frauenchiemsee - 80 km east of Munich) from 9 - 14 September 2007 <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.eeslmu.de/eeswiki/index.php?title=Summer_school_2007"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.eeslmu.de/eeswiki/index.php?title=Summer_school_2007</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Summer School on Extreme Events: Nonlinear Dynamics and Time Series Analysis. </B><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><B> </B></SPAN><B>- 3-12 September 2007 (Comorova - Romania)</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://www.lmd.ens.fr/E2C2/sumschoolE2C2.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.lmd.ens.fr/E2C2/sumschoolE2C2.html</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""> <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN> (see PROGRAM 1 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><B> </B></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><B><I>JOBS</I></B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Post-Doc - </B>Ecosystem flux measurements, ETH Zurich (Switzerland)</SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN><DIV class="MsoNormal"><A href="http://www.iac.ethz.ch/positions/postdoc_seneviratne_2007"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.iac.ethz.ch/positions/postdoc_seneviratne_2007</FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><B> </B></FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see JOB 1 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Post-doc - </B>Precipitation Processes - University of Leuven (Belgium)</SPAN><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see JOB 2 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Adjunct Faculty Position </B>- Environmental Studies at Southwestern University<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>- Georgetown, Texas (USA)</SPAN><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see JOB 3 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Lecturer </B>- Environmental Politics and Policy - one semester - Sydney University (Australia)<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><B> </B></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see JOB 4 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Post-doc </B>- History of scientific assessments of the stability of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet and its role in sea level rise caused by global warming. University of California, San Diego (USA)</SPAN><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see JOB 5 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Climate Protection Advisor</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> - GTZ (German Development Cooperation) – Jakarta <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(Indonesia)<O:P></O:P></SPAN><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.gtz.de/en/karriere/stellenmarkt/jobs-by-sector-detail.asp?fachgebiet=Environment+and+Infrastructure&anzeige=60076251"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.gtz.de/en/karriere/stellenmarkt/jobs-by-sector-detail.asp?fachgebiet=Environment+and+Infrastructure&anzeige=60076251</FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see JOB 6 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">JOB 7) <B>Post-doc</B><SPAN style=""> - Soil Science: impacts of global change on the fertility of New Zealand pastoral soils; in particular the consequences of progressive nutrient limitation. (New Zealand)</SPAN><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see JOB 7 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Post-doc </B></SPAN><SPAN style="">– Dendrochronology - <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Rouyn-Noranda, QC (Canada)</SPAN><SPAN style=""></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""> (see JOB 8 below)</SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Post-doc</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> - Boreal Soil Carbon Modeling - University of Colorado- Boulder CO (USA)<O:P></O:P></SPAN><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://moab.colorado.edu/Postdoc.htm"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://moab.colorado.edu/Postdoc.htm</FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><SPAN style=""> <SPAN style="">(see JOB 9 below)</SPAN><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Post-doc</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> - gas hydrates - Oak Ridge National Lab - Tennessee (USA)</SPAN><SPAN style=""></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""> <SPAN style="">(see JOB 10 below)</SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Analysis Finds Large Antarctic Area Has Melted</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/16/science/earth/16melt.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/16/science/earth/16melt.html</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="">Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/2zo32b"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/2zo32b</FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""> <SPAN style="">(see JOB 11 below)</SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF">***************************************************</FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><B>Resources and Funding Opportunities</B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(RESOURCES 1) <B>National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS): Deadline for proposals is 16 July</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis was initiated in 1995 to promote synthesis, analysis, and multidisciplinary collaboration directed toward addressing important questions in ecology and allied disciplines. The Center seeks projects that address the development and testing of important ecological ideas and theories using existing data, cutting-edge analysis of ecological information, research on data access and use, use of sound science in policy and management decisions, and investigating sociological issues that pertain to the science of ecology.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>NCEAS supports Working Groups, Postdoctoral Associates, Center (Sabbatical) Fellows and Distributed Graduate Seminars.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Proposals may be submitted by individuals of any nationality who hold a position in an academic institution, free-standing research institution, scientific society, governmental or policy agency, non-governmental organization, or a consortium of such institutions. Proposals are welcome from first-time applicants and from scientists and social scientists from fields other than ecology. Proposals may involve activities with partial support from matching funds or one or more other institutions or agencies.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Please do not hesitate to contact me with questions about prospective proposals.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Stephanie E. Hampton, Deputy Director, National Center for Ecological Analysis & Synthesis,<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>University of California, Santa Barbara<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="mailto:hampton@nceas.ucsb.edu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">hampton@nceas.ucsb.edu</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="">Tel (805) 892-2505<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">********************<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(RESOURCES 2) <B>Fulbright Scholar Awards in environmental studies and conservation, 2008-09</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.cies.org">www.cies.org</A><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Fulbright Scholar Program is offering up to 8 lecturing, research or combined lecturing/research awards in environmental studies and sciences or conservation during the 2007-2008 academic year in Bahrain, Bangladesh, Egypt, India (practicing professional; 8-12 weeks), Maldives, Oman, Qatar, or United Arab Emirates.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>U.S. Fulbright Scholars around the world enjoy an experience of a lifetime, one that provides a broad cultural perspective on their academic disciplines and connects them with colleagues at institutions around the globe. Awards range from two months to an academic year. Grants are awarded to faculty of all academic ranks, including adjunct and emeritus, and to practicing professionals.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Fulbright lecturing assignments are in English in most countries.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>U.S. citizenship is required.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For details of eligibility requirements, award descriptions, and an online application, visit our website at<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>www.cies.org.<SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="; text-align: center; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF">***************************************************</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><B>Science News</B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(NEWS 1) <B>Spy Chief Backs Study of Impact of Warming</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/12/washington/12intel.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/12/washington/12intel.html</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="">Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/39lv7l"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/39lv7l</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>New York Times (Registration Required) - Stepping into the middle of a partisan debate on Capitol Hill, the United States' top intelligence official has endorsed a comprehensive study by spy agencies about the impact of global warming on national security.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In a letter written earlier this week to the House Intelligence Committee, the official, Michael McConnell, director of national intelligence, said it was "entirely appropriate" that the intelligence community prepare an assessment of the "geopolitical and security implications of global climate change."<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The question of whether the country's spy agencies, already burdened by the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as the global hunt for members of Al Qaeda, ought to investigate the security implications of global warming has been debated in Congress for several weeks. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">*******************<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(NEWS 2) <B>Warming World Threatens Migratory Birds</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.boston.com/news/science/articles/2007/05/13/warming_world_threatens_migratory_birds/">http://www.boston.com/news/science/articles/2007/05/13/warming_world_threatens_migratory_birds/</A><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/2tr24s"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/2tr24s</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Boston Globe (Registration Required) - BONN, Germany -- Disoriented by erratic weather, birds are changing migration habits and routes to adjust to warmer winters, disappearing feeding grounds and shrinking wetlands, a migration expert says.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Failure to adapt risks extinction. Birds face starvation when they arrive too early or too late to find their normal diet of insects, plankton or fish. In the north, some birds have stopped migrating altogether, leaving them at risk when the next cold winter strikes.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"Species that adapted to changes over millennia are now being asked to make those adaptations extremely quickly because of the swift rise in temperatures," said Robert Hepworth, executive secretary of the Convention on Migratory Species, a treaty under the auspices of the U.N. Environment Program.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">********************<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(NEWS 3)<B> Climate change to force mass migration - Christian Aid Report</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,2078839,00.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,2078839,00.html</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A billion people - one in seven people on Earth today - could be forced to leave their homes over the next 50 years as the effects of climate change worsen an already serious migration crisis, a new report from Christian Aid predicts. The report, which is based on latest UN population and climate change figures, says conflict, large-scale development projects and widespread environmental deterioration will combine to make life unsupportable for hundreds of millions of people, mostly in the Sahara belt, south Asia and the Middle East. (continued...)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">*************************<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(NEWS 4) <B>Climate swings have brought great carbon dioxide pulses up from the deep sea</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/MediaAlerts/2007/2007051024944.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/MediaAlerts/2007/2007051024944.html </FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A study released today provides some of the first solid evidence that warming-induced changes in ocean circulation at the end of the last Ice Age caused vast quantities of ancient carbon dioxide to belch from the deep sea into the atmosphere. Scientists believe the carbon dioxide (CO2) releases helped propel the world into further warming. The study, done by researchers at the University of Colorado, Kent State University and Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, appears in the May 10 advance online version of the leading journal Science.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Atmospheric CO2, also produced by burning of fossil fuels, is thought to be largely responsible for current warming. However, scientists have known for some time that the gas also goes through natural cycles. By far most of the world's mobile carbon is stored in the oceans‹40 trillion metric tons, or 15 times more than in air, soil and water combined. But how this vast marine reservoir interacts with the atmosphere has been a subject of debate for the last 25 years. The study indicates what many scientists have long suspected, but could not prove: sometimes the oceans can release massive amounts of CO2 into the air as they overturn. "The lesson is that abrupt changes in ocean circulation in the past have affected the oceans' ability to keep carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere," said geologist Thomas Marchitto of the University of Colorado, a co-lead author. "This could help us understand how that ability might be affected by future global warming." <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The researchers found the evidence in a core of Pacific Ocean sediment brought up from 705 meters--about 2,300 feet‹off the coast of Baja California, Mexico. The core held the remains of bottom-dwelling protozoa called foraminifera, which take up carbon from surrounding water and use it to build their shells. The isotope carbon 14‹normally used to date organic remains such as wood and bones‹can also be used to date the water in which the foraminifera grew. Going back through layers built up over the past 38,000 years, the researchers found the shells contained expected levels of C14 in all but two brief periods, beginning roughly 18,000 years and 13,000 years ago. That meant the protozoa were using older sources of carbon, long isolated from the atmosphere. The carbon could come from only one place: upwelling of the deep sea, from depths of 3 kilometers (nearly two miles) or more. The researchers believe the water came not from the Pacific, but from the faraway Antarctic Ocean--the only part of the world where great upwelling can occur, due to the bottom topography and wind patterns. Most of the rising C02 probably poured out into the air in southern latitudes, but some carbon-rich water traveled on currents at intermediate depths to the north, where the foraminifera recorded its C14 signature.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The upwelling and release of this carbon dioxide matches well with rapid warming and rises in atmospheric CO2 shown in glacial ice cores from Antarctica and other far-flung records. The researchers believe that largely as a result of these episodes, CO2 in the atmosphere went from 190 parts per million (ppm) during glacial times to about 270 ppm, and remained at that level until recently. A similar but much more rapid rise, to 380 ppm, has taken place since the Industrial Revolution‹most of it in the last few decades. Both rises almost certainly stoked climate warming.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Exactly what caused the upwelling is not clear, but many scientists believe the world was already undergoing a natural warming cycle, possibly due to a slight periodic change in earth's orbit. This suddenly ended the last Ice Age, in turn changing ocean currents and wind patterns. The hypothesis favored by paper's authors is that sudden disintegration of northern ice sheets during this initial warming slowed or halted deep Atlantic Ocean circulation. This in turn warmed the Antarctic, causing massive retreats of sea ice and allowing deep Antarctic waters to surface. Thus, it is possible that the signal detected in the Pacific ultimately originated on the other side of the world.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"Once the CO2 started rising, it probably helped the warming process along‹but exactly how much, we can't say," said Robert Anderson, a Lamont-Doherty expert in ocean circulation who was not involved in the study. "And there is still huge uncertainty as to how the oceans will respond to current warming." Anderson says the study should be a wake-up call to the scientific community to expand studies of the oceans' relationship to climate change.<O:P></O:P> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">********************<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(NEWS 5) <B>NASA Finds Vast Regions of West Antarctica Melted in Recent Past</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>May 15, 2007<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>RELEASE: 07-115 - <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>WASHINGTON - A team of NASA and university scientists has found clear evidence that extensive areas of snow melted in west Antarctica in January 2005 in response to warm temperatures. This was the first widespread Antarctic melting ever detected with NASA's QuikScat satellite and the most significant melt observed using satellites during the past three decades. The affected regions encompass a combined area as big as California.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Son Nghiem of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., and Konrad Steffen, director of the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences at the University of Colorado, Boulder, led the team. Using data from QuikScat, they measured snowfall accumulation and melt in Antarctica and Greenland from July 1999 through July 2005.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The melting occurred in multiple distinct regions, including far inland, at high latitudes and at high elevations, where melt had been considered unlikely. Evidence of melting was found up to 560 miles inland from the open ocean, farther than 85 degrees south (about 310 miles from the South Pole) and higher than 6,600 feet above sea level. Maximum air temperatures at the time of the melting were unusually high, reaching more than 41 F in one of the affected areas. They remained above melting for approximately a week.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"Antarctica has shown little to no warming in the recent past with the exception of the Antarctic Peninsula, but now large regions are showing the first signs of the impacts of warming as interpreted by this satellite analysis," said Steffen. "Increases in snowmelt, such as this in 2005, definitely could have an impact on larger scale melting of Antarctica's ice sheets if they were severe or sustained <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">over time." <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The satellite's scatterometer instrument sends radar pulses to the ice sheet surface, measuring the echoed pulses that bounce back. When snow melts and then refreezes, it changes to ice, just as ice cream crystallizes when it is left out too long and is then refrozen. QuikScat can differentiate this icy fingerprint in the snow cover and can map on a continental scale the extent of strong snowmelt over the subsequently formed ice layer. Available ground station measurements validate the satellite result.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The 2005 melt was intense enough to create an extensive ice layer when water refroze after the melt. However, the melt was not prolonged enough for the melt water to flow into the sea.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"Water from melted snow can penetrate into ice sheets through cracks and narrow, tubular glacial shafts called moulins," Steffen said. "If sufficient melt water is available, it may reach the bottom of the ice sheet. This water can lubricate the underside of the ice sheet at the bedrock, causing the ice mass to move toward the ocean faster, increasing sea level."<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Changes in the ice mass of Antarctica, Earth's largest freshwater reservoir, are important to understanding global sea level rise. Large amounts of Antarctic freshwater flowing into the ocean also could affect ocean salinity, currents and global climate.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Nghiem said while no further melting had been detected through March 2007, more monitoring is needed. "Satellite scatterometry is like an X-ray that sees through snow and finds ice layers beneath as early as possible," he said. "It is vital we continue monitoring this region to determine if a long-term trend may be developing."<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>QuikScat data are helping scientists better understand how Antarctica and Greenland's ice sheets gain or lose mass. "We need to know what's coming in and going out of the ice sheets," Nghiem said. "QuikScat data, combined with data from NASA's IceSat and Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment satellites, along with aircraft and ground measurements, all contribute to more accurate estimates of how the polar ice sheets are changing."<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The study, "Snow Accumulation and Snowmelt Monitoring in Greenland and Antarctica," appears in the recently published book "Dynamic Planet." <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For more information about this study, contact Jim Scott of the University of Colorado, Boulder, at 303-492-3114 or Adriana Raudzens Bailey of the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Boulder, at 303-492-6289.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For more information on QuikScat, visit:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://winds.jpl.nasa.gov/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://winds.jpl.nasa.gov</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">********************<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(NEWS 6) <B>Small Particles' Big Impact on Climate</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0517/p14s01-sten.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0517/p14s01-sten.html</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="">Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/2y5o5n"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/2y5o5n</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Christian Science Monitor - Vast clouds of dust, soot, and other tiny particles called aerosols migrate over the Pacific from eastern Asia to North America. Now a team of American, Chinese, Japanese, and South Korean scientists is in the midst of a two-month effort to conduct the most detailed study yet of this region's air-pollution plumes.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The goal is to help provide a reality check on climate models, which poorly represent the effect these particles have on the global and regional climate. The results of these field measurements could well feed into current efforts by the World Meteorological Organization and the European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts in Britain to build the effects of airborne particles into weather forecasts.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>By any measure, the Asian plumes represent some of the largest pollution events on earth, researchers say. While air pollution also migrates from North America to Europe, and from Europe across Eurasia, those amounts pale in comparison to Asia's eastbound freight. Soot from Asia that reaches the West Coast accounts for 80 percent of the black-carbon soot in the skies over the United States...<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">***************<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(NEWS 7) <B>Experts Debate Costs of Curbing Greenhouse Gases</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-climate_may17,1,1268516.story">http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-climate_may17,1,1268516.story</A> <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/25wcre"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/25wcre</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Chicago Tribune (Registration Required) - In a United Nations report released this month, scientists said the cost of aggressively tackling climate change was comparatively reasonable. By spending a little over a tenth of 1 percent of the world's income each year for 23 years, they say, greenhouse gases could be held nearly in check, avoiding the worst predicted environmental disasters.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The same day, Bush administration officials argued that the same aggressive effort would throw the world's economy into a global recession. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The reality, top climate economists say, is that cutting U.S. emissions sufficiently to hold greenhouse gas concentrations at near-current levels could soon cost the United States twice as much per year as it is now spending on the war in Iraq. But, as the UN report essentially urges, spending a trillion dollars a year worldwide over the next two decades to aggressively curb climate change could be a bargain in the long run.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">**************<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(NEWS 8) <B>Coalition to Make Buildings Energy-Efficient</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/17/us/17climate.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/17/us/17climate.html</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="">Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/ytqvbq"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/ytqvbq</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>New York Times (Registration Required) - A coalition of 16 of the world's biggest cities, five banks, one former president and companies and groups that modernize aging buildings on Wednesday pledged investments of billions of dollars to cut urban energy use and releases of heat-trapping gases linked to global warming.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Under a plan developed through the William J. Clinton Foundation, participating banks would provide up to $1 billion each in loans that cities or private landlords would use to upgrade energy-hungry heating, cooling and lighting systems in older buildings.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The loans and interest would be paid back with savings accrued through reduced energy costs, organizers of the initiative said at a news conference in Manhattan. Typically, such upgrades can cut energy use and costs by 20 percent to 50 percent, they said. Many scientists consider making more efficient use of energy to be the best starting point for addressing global warming... <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">****************<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(NEWS 9) <B>Small Particles' Big Impact on Climate</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0517/p14s01-sten.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0517/p14s01-sten.html</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="">Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/2y5o5n"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/2y5o5n</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Christian Science Monitor - Vast clouds of dust, soot, and other tiny particles called aerosols migrate over the Pacific from eastern Asia to North America. Now a team of American, Chinese, Japanese, and South Korean scientists is in the midst of a two-month effort to conduct the most detailed study yet of this region's air-pollution plumes.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The goal is to help provide a reality check on climate models, which poorly represent the effect these particles have on the global and regional climate. The results of these field measurements could well feed into current efforts by the World Meteorological Organization and the European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts in Britain to build the effects of airborne particles into weather forecasts.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>By any measure, the Asian plumes represent some of the largest pollution events on Earth, researchers say. While air pollution also migrates from North America to Europe, and from Europe across Eurasia, those amounts pale in comparison to Asia's eastbound freight. Soot from Asia that reaches the West Coast accounts for 80 percent of the black-carbon soot in the skies over the United States...<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Helvetica">********************<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(NEWS 10)<B> Analysis Finds Large Antarctic Area Has Melted</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/16/science/earth/16melt.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/16/science/earth/16melt.html</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="">Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/2zo32b"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/2zo32b</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>New York Times (Registration Required) - While much of the world has warmed in a pattern that scientists have linked with near certainty to human activities, the frigid interior of Antarctica has resisted the trend.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Now, a new satellite analysis shows that at least once in the last several years, masses of unusually warm air pushed to within 310 miles of the South Pole and remained long enough to melt surface snow across a California-size expanse.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The warm spell, which occurred over one week in 2005, was detected by scientists from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of NASA and the University of Colorado, Boulder. Balmy air, with a temperature of up to 41 degrees in some places, persisted across three broad swathes of West Antarctica long enough to leave a distinctive signature of melting, a layer of ice in the snow that cloaks the vast ice sheets of the frozen continent.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">***********************</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(NEWS 10) <B>As a Carbon 'Sink,' Southern Ocean May Be Plugged</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-carbon18may18,1,5716702.story">http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-carbon18may18,1,5716702.story</A> <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/2h6tv7"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/2h6tv7</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Los Angeles Times (Registration Required) - The Southern Ocean, a massive storehouse for carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, is slowly losing its capacity to buffer the world from rising concentrations of the greenhouse gas, researchers reported Thursday.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>As a result, the study said, carbon dioxide could accumulate in the atmosphere faster than expected over the coming decades. The ocean, which surrounds Antarctica, accounts for about a third of all carbon stored in the world's five oceans.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>...The findings [published in Science] are controversial. Pieter Tans, a senior scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Boulder, Colo., said the measurements of carbon dioxide changes were so subtle that they could easily be sampling errors. "I think they make a good case, but I am not entirely convinced," he said, adding that there is little evidence that the planet's ability to absorb carbon is fading.</SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF">***************************************************</FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><B>Summer Programs, Courses, Internships, Meetings, Opportunities</B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(PROGRAM 1)<B> Summer School on Extreme Events: Nonlinear Dynamics and Time Series Analysis. </B><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><B> </B></SPAN><B>- 3-12 September 2007 (Comorova - Romania)</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://www.lmd.ens.fr/E2C2/sumschoolE2C2.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.lmd.ens.fr/E2C2/sumschoolE2C2.html</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""> <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><B>Application deadline 15 July 2007 ** financial support available **</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The school will address the following topics:<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">A. Brief theoretical overview of dynamical and complex systems, and of stochastic processes.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">B. Spectral analysis methods emphasizing periodicities and trends. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">C. Spectral analysis methods emphasizing scale invariance in the frequency domain.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">D. Brief overview of extreme value theory<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">E. Methods for doing extreme value theory.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">F. Examples of extreme events and their modeling in the physical, natural and social sciences.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Lecturers will include:<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">Marcel Ausloos <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>[University of Liège, Belgium]<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">Fabio D'Andrea <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>[LMD Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France]<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">Petra Friederichs [University of Bonn, Germany] <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">Efi Foufoula-Georgiou<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>[University of Minnesota, USA] (to be confirmed)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">Michael Ghil <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>[Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France]<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">Stéphane Hallegatte<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>|CIRED and Météo-France, France]<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">Dmitri Kondrashov<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>[UCLA, USA] <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">Vladimir Kossobokov<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>[Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow] (to be confirmed)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">Juergen Kurths <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>[University of Potsdam, Germany]<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">Bruce Malamud<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>[King's College London, UK] <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">Olivier Mestre <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>[Météo-France, Toulouse, France] (to be confirmed)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">Philippe Naveau<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>[CEA, Saclay, France]<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">Mircea Radulian<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN> [National Institute for Earth Physics, <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Bucharest, Romania] (to be confirmed)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">Sorin Solomon<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>[Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel]<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">Alexandre Soloviev <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>[Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow] (to be confirmed) <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">Dumitru Stanica<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>[Romanian Academy of Sciences, Bucharest, Romania] (to be confirmed)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">Donald Turcotte [University of California, Davis, USA] (to be confirmed) <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">Gérard Weisbuch<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>[LPS Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France]<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF">***************************************************</FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><B>Jobs</B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">Planktonnet: Great listserv for aquatic-science jobs<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">To subscribe to the list, send an empty email to:<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><A href="mailto:planktonnet-subscribe@yahoogroups.com"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">planktonnet-subscribe@yahoogroups.com</FONT></SPAN></A></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">Or, visit <A href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/planktonnet/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://groups.yahoo.com/group/planktonnet/</FONT></SPAN></A> and click on 'Join this group' </SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">********************<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(JOB 1) <B>Post-Doc - Ecosystem flux measurements, ETH Zurich (Switzerland)</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><A href="http://www.iac.ethz.ch/positions/postdoc_seneviratne_2007"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.iac.ethz.ch/positions/postdoc_seneviratne_2007</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We are looking for a junior or senior post-doc with scientific background in micrometeorology, hydrology and possibly plant physiology, who has technical expertise <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>with eddy covariance-based heat, water, and carbon flux measurement equipment (Fluxnet, CarboEurope or similar). She/he will join a young and dynamic research group working In the field of Land-Climate Interactions. Our group has extensive expertise in the fields of climate and land-surface modeling, regional to global hydrology, land-atmosphere interactions, and climate-change research. We are seeking to expand in the field of ecosystem flux measurements and in particular to upgrade an existing hydrological research station (Rietholzbach catchment, </SPAN><A href="http://www.iac.ethz.ch/groups/seneviratne/research/rietholzbach"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.iac.ethz.ch/groups/seneviratne/research/rietholzbach </FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">) to a micrometeorological measurement site that will be associated with European networks (Fluxnet/CarboEurope). The upgraded site will also be part of a major effort at the national level (Swiss Fluxnet: </SPAN><A href="http://www.swissfluxnet.ch/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">www.swissfluxnet.ch</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">) and will be managed in collaboration with other research groups in Switzerland.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The main tasks of the applicant will be: <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">- To oversee and coordinate the set-up of the new eddy-covariance flux measurements (latent heat flux, sensible heat flux, CO2 flux; tower of 10 meters with 4 measurement levels; data acquisition, quality check, and gap filling; data analysis and scientific publications on measurements)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">- To coordinate research within the Rietholzbach measurement site (cross comparisons between different measurement approaches, data acquisition and database concept for whole site, field campaigns, collaboration with other measurement research teams in Switzerland and abroad)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">- To supervise BSc and MSc students, and possibly PhD students, for research projects related to ecosystem flux measurements<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">- Additionally, and depending on the seniority of the applicant, lecturing at ETH (field course) would be possible.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We are looking for an experienced, independent, and highly-motivated researcher who would like to work on a challenging and exciting project. We offer a dynamic and creative environment, excellent work and salary conditions, and a large degree of freedom on the management of this project. We expect significant synergies and possible collaborations within the research team on the areas of land-surface modeling, climate-model validation, and data analysis, from which the appointed post-doc could benefit. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In principle, an appointment both at junior or senior post-doc levels is possible, though a senior post-doc would be given priority. Part-time employment (at least 80%) is possible. The position is for 3 years and is renewable for a period of 1-3 years. Salary will depend on the level of experience and will range between ca. 75'000 and 100'000 CHF/year (100% position).<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Please send your application (cover letter, CV, three references) in pdf format via email to Rosmarie Widmer ( </SPAN><A href="mailto:rosmarie.widmer@env.ethz.ch"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">rosmarie.widmer@env.ethz.ch</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">; Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zurich, CHN N12.2, Universitätsstrasse 16, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland) under the reference "Postdoc in ecosystem flux measurements". <B>Review of the applications will start on June 11</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> and will continue until the position is filled. Earliest start for the position would be July-August 2007.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">********************</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(JOB 2) <B>Post-doc - Precipitation Processes - University of Leuven (Belgium)</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A Post-doctoral / PhD position is available at the University of Leuven (Belgium) for motivated scientists with an interest in understanding precipitation processes. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work within the project QUEST (Quantitative Evaluation of Precipitation Forecasts), which takes place in collaboration with <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>several German universities and research institutes (</SPAN><A href="http://www.meteo.uni-bonn.de/projekte/SPPMeteo/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.meteo.uni-bonn.de/projekte/SPPMeteo/</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">), the German Weatherservice and the Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium. Within QUEST, information from ground-based and satellite remote sensing instruments and from 'state of the art' numerical weather prediction models is used to improve insight in the temporal and spatial variability of precipitation. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The position is for a period of 3.5 years starting as soon as possible. After a model evaluation and model improvement phase, a precipitation climatology for Belgium at high spatial (2.8 km) and temporal (15 min) <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>resolution will be created based on a combination of measurements and model output. This dataset will be used to study mechanisms behind the precipitation distribution in Belgium and is meant to serve as a reference database for follow-up studies in geography, hydrology and agriculture. For more information on the research unit see </SPAN><A href="http://www.kuleuven.be/geography/frg/index.htm"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.kuleuven.be/geography/frg/index.htm</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Requirements: a PhD in atmospheric or related sciences, excellent programming skills (e.g. fortran) as well as familiarity with LINUX/UNIX environment, experience with numerical modelling or analysis of remote sensing data and good communicational skills.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Applicants should submit a CV, a description of research interests and the names and e-mail of at least two references to Prof. van Lipzig at<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="mailto:VanLipzig@geo.kuleuven.be">VanLipzig@geo.kuleuven.be</A> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><B>Review of the applications will begin 29 May 2007 and will continue until the position is filled.</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Helvetica">********************<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Helvetica"></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(JOB 3) <B>Adjunct Faculty Position - Environmental Studies at Southwestern University</B><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><B> </B></SPAN><B>- Georgetown, Texas (USA)</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Southwestern University, an undergraduate liberal arts institution in Georgetown, Texas (25 miles north of Austin), is searching for an adjunct faculty member to teach one course each semester of the 2007-2008 academic year. The Environmental Studies program offers both a major and a minor; it is interdisciplinary, with courses offered in the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities. An ideal candidate would offer a course in his/he= r area of expertise with this interdisciplinarity in mind. Courses could include various components of human-environment interactions, global development policies and the environment, GIS labs, geography, environmental policy, but we are most interested in having applicants propose a course that they would be excited to teach. At this point, the course for the fall semester is scheduled for T/Th 1:00-2:15. If a lab component is requisite, an additional time slot could be added. Maximum course size is 15 students, reflecting the liberal arts focus of the institution. PhD or ABD preferred.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Please contact Dr. Laura Hobgood-Oster, Chair of the Program in Environmental Studies for more information </SPAN><A href="mailto:hoboster@southwestern.edu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">hoboster@southwestern.edu</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">; 512-863-1669.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">********************<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(JOB 4) <B>Lecturer - Environmental Politics and Policy - one semester - Sydney University (Australia)</B><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><B> </B></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Department of Government and International Relations at Sydney University is looking for a qualified lecturer to teach the course on 'Environmental Politics and Policy' in (our) second semester (July-November) 2007. The course has a pretty global focus.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Please contact me directly for the details. And thank you for forwarding this to anyone you think may be both interested and capable. Thanks in advance.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Dr Charlotte Epstein, Government and International Relations, School of Economics and Political Science,<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>FACULTY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS,<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Room 287 | Merewether Building (H04)<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The University of Sydney | NSW | 2006<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>phone<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>61 2 9351 2082 |<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>fax 61 2 9351 3624<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>e </SPAN><A href="mailto:c.epstein@econ.usyd.edu.au"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">c.epstein@econ.usyd.edu.au</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">********************<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(JOB 5) <B>Post-doc - History of scientific assessments of the stability of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet and its role in sea level rise caused by global warming. University of California, San Diego (USA)</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The use of scientific assessment as a formalized process for evaluating knowledge for the specific purpose of informing government decision-making has expanded since the mid-1970s, but how well have these assessments worked? As part of the initial stage of a multi-year collaborative project between University of California, San Diego and The Woodrow Wilson School's Science, Technology and Environmental Policy Program at Princeton University, we seek a post-doctoral fellow to examine the history of scientific assessments of the stability of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet and its role in sea level rise caused by global warming. The ideal fellow will have a Ph.D. in history of science or a closely related field, and sufficient scientific background to understand the technical issues at stake in the scientific evaluations. The fellow will work under the joint supervision of Naomi Oreskes, University of California, San Diego, and Michael Oppenheimer, Woodrow Wilson School and Department of Geosciences, Princeton University. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The initial appointment will be for one year, with the possibility of renewal. The successful candidate will be based primarily at the University of California, San Diego campus but must be flexible enough to travel to the Princeton to conduct research there as needed. Research could begin anytime after July 1, 2007.<B> Review of applications begins immediately and will continue until the position is filled. </B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Postdoctoral Research Associate's position is open to all regardless of citizenship, but requires a completed doctorate and does not support work towards the completion of a degree. The postdoctoral fellow will be eligible for salary and full employee benefits in accordance with Princeton University guidelines. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Applicants should send a CV and a cover letter describing their areas of expertise and interest via email to Charles Crosby at </SPAN><A href="mailto:ccrosby@princeton.edu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">ccrosby@princeton.edu</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For more information about applying to Princeton please link to: </SPAN><A href="http://web.princeton.edu/sites/dof/ApplicantsInfo.htm"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://web.princeton.edu/sites/dof/ApplicantsInfo.htm</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Candidates may choose to complete the "Invitation to Self-Identify" form<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><A href="http://web.princeton.edu/sites/dof/forms/PSoftSelfID.pdf"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://web.princeton.edu/sites/dof/forms/PSoftSelfID.pdf</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">. Providing the self-identification information is completely voluntary and declining to submit the information will not adversely affect your candidacy.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">**********************<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(JOB 6) <B>Climate Protection Advisor</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> - GTZ (German Development Cooperation) – Jakarta <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(Indonesia)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.gtz.de/en/karriere/stellenmarkt/jobs-by-sector-detail.asp?fachgebiet=Environment+and+Infrastructure&anzeige=60076251"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.gtz.de/en/karriere/stellenmarkt/jobs-by-sector-detail.asp?fachgebiet=Environment+and+Infrastructure&anzeige=60076251 </FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Starting in July 2007, GTZ (German Development Cooperation) is looking for a climate protection advisor based in Jakarta, Indonesia. The assignment will last until June 2008 with the possibility of an extension. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Your main tasks will include advising the Indonesian Ministry of Environment and other Ministries working in climate protection on measures related to climate policy. The compiling and processing of information and data on regional climate development, adjustments to climate change and measures, policies and strategies for reducing greenhouse gases in Indonesia as well as in other selected countries will equally be part of your job. Furthermore, it involves the provision of support in technical and strategical issues relating to the preparations for the Conference of the Parties in Bali. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A university degree, sound knowledge in climate-related policies and environmental protection as well as working experience in the provision of process and organisational advice are required. Work experience abroad, preferably in Asia, as well as excellent command of English, and preferably knowledge of German are equally required. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Contact: Marlo Hintze, e-mail: </SPAN><A href="mailto:marlo.hintze@gtz.de"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">marlo.hintze@gtz.de</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="">Tel.: +49 61 96 79-3303<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">Please send your application by e-mail.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Helvetica">********************<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Helvetica"></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Helvetica"></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(JOB 7) <B>Post-doc</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> - Soil Science: impacts of global change on the fertility of New Zealand pastoral soils; in particular the consequences of progressive nutrient limitation. (New Zealand)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">Location: Grasslands;<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Job Number: AGR553;<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><B>Applications Close 26/05/2007</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>AgResearch is a global leader in developing integrated and novel solutions for agriculture and the environment that are important to New Zealand's future.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A postdoctoral research position is available in soil science within the Land and Environmental Management section of AgResearch. The project will focus on the impacts of global change on the fertility of New Zealand pastoral soils in particular the consequences of progressive nutrient limitation. The research will use unique experimental facilities in the New Zealand FACE facility (now in its 10th year of operation) and natural CO2 springs and will involve collaborative work with FACE experiments in Tasmania and Denmark. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The position would suit a motivated, independent, career-minded scientist with a strong background in soil science and good communication skills. The successful candidate will have a PhD or equivalent degree. Experience in the use of isotopes for the study of C and N biogeochemistry would be desirable. The fellowship will be for an initial period of 2 years with a strong opportunity for subsequent permanent appointment.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Land and Environmental Management is one of three sections in the Agriculture and Environment group of AgResearch. The section specialises in research and development to achieve productivity and environmental goals in the pastoral sector. The global change research team is located at the Grasslands Research Centre in Palmerston North, a university city 30 km from the coast, 2 hours from ski fields and 2 hours from Wellington. The AgResearch Grasslands campus is situated in pleasant rural surroundings with easy access to the city. The area offers many cultural and recreational opportunities. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For further information contact Paul Newton at </SPAN><A href="mailto:paul.newton@agresearch.co.nz"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">paul.newton@agresearch.co.nz</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="">or to apply for this position, <B>please apply on line via our website </B></SPAN><A href="http://www.agresearch.co.nz/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><B>www.agresearch.co.nz</B></FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>by 27 May 2007.</B><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><B> </B></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="">For all enquires regarding this position, please email: </SPAN><A href="mailto:kim.cole@agresearch.co.nz"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">kim.cole@agresearch.co.nz</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">********************<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(JOB 8) <B>Post-doc </B></SPAN><SPAN style="">– Dendrochronology - <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Rouyn-Noranda, QC (Canada)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We are seeking a postdoctoral candidate to work in the following multidisciplinary project: Impact of climate change on the productivity of mixed boreal forests. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Climate warming is believed to directly affect the growth of trees and the natural disturbance regime and, consequently, the productivity of the boreal forest in Quebec. This research project will attempt to determine the effects of future climate changes on growth of two dominant boreal tree species (black spruce and trembling aspen) of western Quebec and quantify the impacts on annual allowable cut and fire frequency for a forest management unit in north-western Quebec. Dendroclimatic analysis of forest stands along latitudinal and topographic gradients, from hardwood forest in the south to the northern conifer-dominated forest, will allow identification of the major climatic factors determining diameter growth of the two species. The resulting climate - growth relationships will drive a series of models to in order to develop climate sensitive growth and yield tables and, based on climate simulations of the Regional Canadian Climate Model, to estimate future changes in annual allowable cut due to climate change. The results will allow government and industrial forest managers to adapt currently used growth and yield tables and adjust annual allowable cut evaluations in order to improve forest planning and silviculture of these mixed forests.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In addition to participating in this research, the postdoc will be responsible for the Dendroecological Laboratory located in the Lake Duparquet Research and Teaching Forest ( </SPAN><A href="http://web2.uqat.ca/ferld/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://web2.uqat.ca/ferld/</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">).<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Responsibilities will include training and supervision of graduate students in dendrochronology. Accommodation at the research station will be available. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Position is for 2 years; initial salary is $40,000 Canadian per year.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Send a curriculum vitae, copies of 2 publications, and names of two people who can provide letters of references to:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Yves Bergeron, Chaire industrielle CRSNG-UQAT-UQAM en aménagement forestier durable,<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue,<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>445 boul. de l'Université,<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Rouyn-Noranda, QC,<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Canada J9X 5E4<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">Tel: 819-762-0971-2347<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Fax: 819-797-4727<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>email: </SPAN><A href="mailto:yves.bergeron@uqat.ca"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">yves.bergeron@uqat.ca</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://web2.uqat.ca/cafd/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://web2.uqat.ca/cafd/</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">********************</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(JOB 9) <B>Post-doc</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> - Boreal Soil Carbon Modeling - University of Colorado- Boulder CO (USA)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://moab.colorado.edu/Postdoc.htm"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://moab.colorado.edu/Postdoc.htm</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A postdoctoral position modeling boreal soil carbon dynamics under a changing climate will be available at the University of Colorado at Boulder starting in summer/fall 2007. The position will focus on evaluating the vulnerability of boreal soil carbon to destabilization under projected 21st Century climate change and will involve both biogeochemical and soil thermal model development. The model is based on a recently developed mechanistic boreal soil carbon model and will involve close interactions with both researchers at the US Geological Survey and the University of <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Alaska Fairbanks. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>See </SPAN><A href="http://moab.colorado.edu/Postdoc.htm"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://moab.colorado.edu/Postdoc.htm</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""> for more information on the model and the position.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Applicants should have a Ph.D. in Ecology, Biogeochemistry, Hydrology or a related field and possess strong computational and programming skills. Experience with Matlab is essential and knowledge of another programming language (Fortran, C++ etc) is highly desirable. The position is available for up to three years with a competitive salary and benefits package. Interested applicants should <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>contact Jason Neff (</SPAN><A href="mailto:neffjc@colorado.edu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">neffjc@colorado.edu</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">) for more information. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">*******************<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(JOB 10) <B>Post-doc</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> - gas hydrates - Oak Ridge National Lab - Tennessee (USA)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Gas Hydrates Laboratory at Oak Ridge National Laboratory is seeking interested applicants for a Post-doc position. The laboratory is funded to investigate methane hydrate dissociation in complex sediment systems through a series of large volume high pressure experiments as well as neutron diffraction studies of pure gas hydrates and natural samples. Experience with gas hydrates and/or high pressure experimental systems is preferred. If you are interested in learning more about this opportunity please contact Megan Elwood Madden ( </SPAN><A href="mailto:maddenme@ornl.gov"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">maddenme@ornl.gov</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">) or Tommy Phelps (</SPAN><A href="mailto:phelpstj@ornl.gov"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> phelpstj@ornl.gov</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">).<O:P></O:P> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF">**************************************************</FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman">This newsletter has been developed by C. 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