<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>6/8/2007</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"><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>New NSF Grant Proposal Guide</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> - Please consult before writing proposals to the U.S. National Science Foundation <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf07140"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf07140</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>NSF publication to help PIs identify and talk about NSF-related broader impacts</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/gpg/broaderimpacts.pdf"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/gpg/broaderimpacts.pdf</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Nature has opened a blog on climate change issues. To subscribe:</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://blogs.nature.com/climatefeedback/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://blogs.nature.com/climatefeedback/</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>FORUM</I></B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Negotiation in the Academic Workplace - </B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><B>Women Should Ask: Negotiation in the Academic Workplace</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see FORUM 1 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Message from James Hanson regarding his comments about NASA Administrator's 31 May NPR interview</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see FORUM 2 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></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>U.S. Compromise on Global Warming Plan Averts Impasse at Group of 8 Meeting</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The U.S. agreed to “seriously consider” a European proposal to combat global warming by halving greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/08/world/europe/08climate.html?ex=1339041600&en=baccfbc81a8a0d9a&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink">http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/08/world/europe/08climate.html?ex=1339041600&en=baccfbc81a8a0d9a&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink</A><O:P></O:P><B></B></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Helvetica"><B>UN Warning Over Global Ice Loss</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><A href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6713139.stm"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6713139.stm</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="">Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/2nolk8"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/2nolk8</FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see NEWS 1 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>They Call This a Consensus?</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/financialpost/story.html?id=c47c1209-233b-412c-b6d1-5c755457a8af"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/financialpost/story.html?id=c47c1209-233b-412c-b6d1-5c755457a8af</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/3a7b7s"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/3a7b7s</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>Slump in NIH Funding Is Taking Toll on Research</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 3 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Baghdad Burns, Calgary Booms</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.thenation.com/doc/20070618/klein"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.thenation.com/doc/20070618/klein</FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see NEWS 4 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Brazil Eyes Ethanol as Fast Track to Power</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0606/p06s02-woam.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0606/p06s02-woam.html</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="">Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/2xm43j"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/2xm43j</FONT></SPAN></A></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>China Unveils Climate Plan</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-climate_tuesjun05,1,1267507.story">http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-climate_tuesjun05,1,1267507.story</A><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/228csu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/228csu</FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see NEWS 6 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>U.S. Space Monitoring of Warming Cut Back</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003734645_warming05.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003734645_warming05.html</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="">Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/2fprmn"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/2fprmn</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>Icy Island Warms to Climate Change - <SPAN style=""><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Greenlanders Exploit 'Gifts From Nature' While Facing New Hardships</SPAN></SPAN></B></SPAN><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003739219_greenland08.htm">http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003739219_greenland08.htm</A><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/ywvahn"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/ywvahn</FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see NEWS 8 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Carbon footprint' depends on where you live</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN><DIV class="MsoNormal"><A href="http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/promos/wirepicks/story/77224.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/promos/wirepicks/story/77224.html</FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see NEWS 9 below)</SPAN><SPAN style=""><SPAN style=""><B></B></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style=""><B>The News item in The Samaj (Oriya daily) dated. 29.5.07</B></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><B> </B></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see NEWS 10 below)</SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><B><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></B></FONT></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>Climate change adaptation analyst/policy analyst</B></SPAN><SPAN style="">, Boulder, CO (USA)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.stratusconsulting.com/Employment/CCPolicyAnalyst_tea.pdf"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.stratusconsulting.com/Employment/CCPolicyAnalyst_tea.pdf</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Post-doc</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> - Marine Ecology - Norwegian College of Fishery Science - University of Tromso (Norway)</SPAN><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><B></B></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><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></SPAN><SPAN style=""> "Three-dimensional modelling of past and future trends in the<O:P></O:P></SPAN><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">stratosphere" - McGill Univ (Canada) </SPAN></DIV><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN>(see JOB 2 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Asst. Prof</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> - Physical Geography (tenure track) with specialisation in the field of water/climate impact - Faculty of Science of the University of Zurich (Switzerland)</SPAN><B></B><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"><SPAN style=""><B>Communications Officer</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> - IHDP Secretariat (part time: 60-80%) – Bonn (Germany)<O:P></O:P></SPAN><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.ihdp.org/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">www.ihdp.org</FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see JOB 4 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Nature Correspondent</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> – reporter - Washington, D.C. (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>Faculty Positions</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> - Ocean Sensors - Scripps Institution of Oceanography - 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 6 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style=""><B>Research scientist</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> -<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Statistical analysis/spatial modeling - Climate Department - Norwegian Meteorological Institute (Norway)</SPAN></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" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""> <SPAN style=""><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>Forum</B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(FORUM 1) <B>Negotiation in the Academic Workplace - </B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><B>Women Should Ask: Negotiation in the Academic Workplace</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Submitted by Patricia Yager<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>-<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>From a recent political science association posting:<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A recent book by Linda Babcock and Sara Laschever suggests that in business, men and women may negotiate differently, with important<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>consequences for their compensation and employment conditions (see Women Don’t Ask: Negotiation and the Gender Divide, Princeton University Press, 2003). <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Do female and male faculty negotiate differently? If so, with what consequences? Besides salary, new faculty need to negotiate start-up packages, research support, teaching loads, spousal accommodation, and the like. Continuing faculty may negotiate promotions, outside offers, administrative appointments, and changing professional needs. Anecdotal evidence suggests some differences in negotiating style, and expectations exist between men and women in political science. Further, women face inconsistency in gender expectations and negative stereotypes if they are tough negotiators, while driving a hard bargain is consistent with men and masculinity. These factors led the Midwest Women’s Caucus for Political Science to sponsor a panel on workplace negotiation in its continuing quest to promote professional equity for women in the discipline.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Panelists included current or former academic administrators from a variety of institutions: Georgia Duerst-Lahti (Beloit College), chair; Susan Welch (Pennsylvania State University); Nancy McGlen (Niagara University); Kay Lehman Schlozman (Boston College); Kristi Andersen (Syracuse University); Lynn Maurer (Southern Illinois University Edwardsville).<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The following advice emerged from the panel: <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">•<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>If you don’t ask for it, you probably won’t get it.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">•<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Research the institution and department with which you are negotiating. Panelists strongly cautioned against seemingly unreasonable demands given the resources and norms of the institution. Make sure that you are asking for things that they can give you; making and sticking to demands that are unrealistic only makes you look unprofessional and ignorant. For example, if a university is governed by a union bargaining agreement, there may be real constraints in terms of salary and leave. Other schools may have much greater leeway.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">•<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>The AAUP publishes salary ranges by university that may give you some insight into what’s possible, although overall ranges can mask variation by discipline, especially if the university has a law, business, or medical school. State schools often must make salaries public, so they are particularly attentive to equity issues.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">•<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Ask questions, especially of other junior female colleagues, during the interview that will help you determine what the norms are in terms<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>of such factors as teaching load, research support, and leave time.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">•<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Know who the real decision makers are. Does the chair have authority to provide salary increases, leave time, and other support, or are these decision in the hands of the dean or provost?<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">•<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Negotiating on the basis of an outside offer can be productive, but be careful. Be prepared to actually leave; otherwise, you are not credible and/or might end up losing your appointment altogether if your university chooses not to counter. Use outside offers infrequently; if you go back time and again, administrators may no longer be interested in countering. If you are seen as likely to leave, there is less reason for the university to invest resources in you.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">•<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Know what you want and what your priorities are. Is salary the most important issue, or is it research resources or time off? Have a clear list of your needs, and present them to your chair or other administrator all at once. Do not make your chair run back to the dean multiple times with new requests.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">•<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Explain/justify your request in terms of how it will help you do your job better and, thus, benefit the department and university. In the business world, most models of negotiating focus on the threat (usually to leave),<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>but in academia, such a threat is not always credible. This frame helps administrators see why it is in their interest to support you, even if you are not threatening them with departure.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">•<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Be flexible. For example, if a salary increase is not possible, consider asking for summer salary for a set time. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">•<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Be frank. If something is a deal breaker, say so. Don’t waste people’s time.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">•<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Be assertive, but not argumentative. Work with administrators, not against them.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">•<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Talk to your mentors about your offer, what to ask for, how to ask, and what you should prioritize.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">•<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Keep in mind that your initial negotiation is not your last interaction with your chair and other administrators. Work to establish a positive working relationship. Of course the exact dynamics of any negotiation can vary by many factors such as the gender, race, age, and subfield of both the job candidate and administrator involved in the negotiation. It also varies greatly by the type of institution and its norms. So, do your homework and negotiate in good faith, with an eye toward the future.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""> <SPAN style="">************************** </SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(FORUM 2) <B>Message from James Hanson regarding his comments about NASA Administrator's 31 May NPR interview</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Part A:<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">Several members of the public (politely or, mostly, impolitely) inform me that my comments regarding NASA Administrator's 31 May NPR interview were excessive.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I note the following:<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(1) Our junior high school English teacher (Steve J.: what was her name?) admonished us that 'ignorant' was not a derisive word, it means 'uninformed', not 'stupid'.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Given that 15 years ago, under George Bush the elder, the United States (and practically all other countries in the world) signed and ratified the Framework Convention on Climate Change, which calls for stabilizing climate, it seems that 'ignorant' or 'uninformed' is an appropriate adjective for describing his remarks.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Not to mention all the research results of NASA, other agencies, the IPCC, etc.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(2) The other word that offended, 'arrogant', was an intentional rebound of the adjective Administrator Griffin used for people who suggest that rapidly changing climate is a danger.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>'Arrogant', it seems to me, fits humans who ignore destruction of other species when that is convenient, fits the well-off people and nations who fail to acknowledge their responsibility for climate change and thus their greater obligation for actions to mitigate climate change, and fits especially well those people who choose to remain ignorant and uninformed.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The significance of the Administrator's remarks is the insight it provides into the February 2006 massacre of the Earth Science Research and Analysis budget (which funds NASA support of Earth Science research at universities as well as NASA Centers, primarily Goddard Space Flight Center), as discussed at </SPAN><A href="http://www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/worldwatch_nov2006.pdf"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/worldwatch_nov2006.pdf</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">This was done via a stealth budgeting maneuver, a 20 percent reduction in Earth Science R&A funding retroactive to the beginning of the fiscal year, inserted at the time NASA delivered a mid-fiscal year operating plan to Congress.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>By making the reduction retroactive, the about-to-be-released budget for the next year, the one that Congress pays attention to, appeared to show nearly flat funding for Earth Science R&A.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In the same document, the NASA Mission Statement was revised to drop the first line: "to understand and protect the home planet".<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Mission Statement had been developed by a committee with representation from NASA Centers and communication with the NASA troops.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In contrast, the changes appeared with the submission of the operating plan, which is a joint product of the Administrator and the White House OMB, to Congress, without consulting or even informing lower levels in the agency.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>An interesting question is: was Congress explicitly informed about these changes (Earth Science R&A budget and NASA Mission Statement) when the Administrator presented the spending plan?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Is there a record of proceedings that would clarify the matter?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Does Congress, despite recent public attention to global warming, really care about the topic, or about the fact that a unitary executive is usurping their constitutional authority?<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Part B:<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">"Climate change and trace gases" has been published on-line in Phil. Trans. Royal Soc.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/abstracts/2007/Hansen_etal_2.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/abstracts/2007/Hansen_etal_2.html</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">We are not writing a press release, as we just did one for the "Dangerous" paper, the media must be saturated with our papers, and there are only 24 hours in a day.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>However, in my opinion, among our papers this one probably does the best job of making clear that the Earth is getting perilously close to climate changes that could run out of our control.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Emphasis in this paper is on the Earth's history.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I believe that in the Plio-Pleistocene section we make clear why the periodicity of ice ages shifted from 41 ky to ~100 ky about one million years ago.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Abstract of the paper is below.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">Jim<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Abstract of<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"Climate Change and Trace Gases" follows:<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Hansen, J., Mki. Sato, P. Kharecha, G. Russell, D.W. Lea, and M. Siddall, 2007: Climate change and trace gases. Phil. Trans. Royal. Soc. A, 365, 1925-1954, doi:10.1098/rsta.2007.2052.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Paleoclimate data show that the Earth's climate is remarkably sensitive to global forcings. Positive feedbacks predominate. This allows the entire planet to be whipsawed between climate states. One feedback, the "albedo flip" property of water substance, provides a powerful trigger mechanism. A climate forcing that "flips" the albedo of a sufficient portion of an ice sheet can spark a cataclysm. Ice sheet and ocean inertia provides only moderate delay to ice sheet disintegration and a burst of added global warming. Recent greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions place the Earth perilously close to dramatic climate change that could run out of our control, with great dangers for humans and other creatures. Carbon dioxide (CO2) is the largest human-made climate forcing, but other trace constituents are important. Only intense simultaneous efforts to slow CO2 emissions and reduce non-CO2 forcings can keep climate within or near the range of the past million years. The most important of the non-CO2 forcings is methane (CH4), as it causes the 2nd largest human-made GHG climate forcing and is the principal cause of increased tropospheric ozone (O3), which is the 3rd largest GHG forcing. Nitrous oxide (N2O) should also be a focus of climate mitigation efforts. Black carbon ("black soot") has a high global warming potential (~2000, 500, and 200 for 20, 100 and 500 years, respectively) and deserves greater attention. Some forcings are especially effective at high latitudes, so concerted efforts to reduce their emissions could still "save the Arctic", while also having major benefits for human health, agricultural productivity, and the global environment.<O:P></O:P></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>Science News</B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(NEWS 1) <B>UN Warning Over Global Ice Loss</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6713139.stm"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6713139.stm</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="">Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/2nolk8"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/2nolk8</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>BBC News Online - Hundreds of millions of livelihoods will be affected by declining snow and ice cover as a result of global warming, a UN report has warned. The risks facing people included losing access to drinking water, and rising sea levels, the study concluded.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The findings were published by the UN's Environment Programme (UNEP). UNEP chief Achim Steiner said the report showed that time was running out for political leaders to reach a global agreement on curbing emissions.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>..."The report underlines that the fate of the world's snowy and icy places in a climatically challenged world should be cause for concern in every ministry, boardroom and living room across the world," he said.... The study warns of a range of threats that could destabilise ecosystems around the world, with potentially devastating consequences for hundreds of millions of people.<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 2) <B>They Call This a Consensus?</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.canada.com/nationalpost/financialpost/story.html?id=c47c1209-233b-412c-b6d1-5c755457a8af"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/financialpost/story.html?id=c47c1209-233b-412c-b6d1-5c755457a8af</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/3a7b7s"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/3a7b7s</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Financial Post (Canada) - "Only an insignificant fraction of scientists deny the global warming crisis. The time for debate is over. The science is settled."<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>So said Al Gore ... in 1992. Amazingly, he made his claims despite much evidence of their falsity. A Gallup poll at the time reported that 53 percent of scientists actively involved in global climate research did not believe global warming had occurred; 30 percent weren't sure; and only 17 percent believed global warming had begun. Even a Greenpeace poll showed 47 percent of climatologists didn't think a runaway greenhouse effect was imminent; only 36 percent thought it possible and a mere 13 percent thought it probable.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Today, Al Gore is making the same claims of a scientific consensus, as do the United Nation's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and hundreds of government agencies and environmental groups around the world. But the claims of a scientific consensus remain unsubstantiated. They have only become louder and more frequent.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""> <O:P></O:P>********************<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(NEWS 3) <B>Slump in NIH Funding Is Taking Toll on Research</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Washington Post -<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>May 28, 2007 - Stanford University biochemist Roger D. Kornberg won a Nobel Prize last year for work he began in the 1970s, but he is pretty sure that if he had been born a generation later, he never would have had the chance.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The scientist, 60, is convinced that his groundbreaking research, in which he figured out how information in the DNA of a gene is copied to provide instructions for building and running a living cell, would never have gotten the necessary funding support in today's tight budget environment at the National Institutes of Health.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"In the present climate especially, the funding decisions are ultraconservative," he said in an interview. "If the work that you propose to do isn't virtually certain of success, then it won't be funded. And of course, the kind of work that we would most like to see take place, which is groundbreaking and innovative, lies at the other extreme."<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Kornberg, who testified before a Senate committee this month, is one of a growing number of high-profile biomedical researchers who are buttonholing members of Congress, cajoling the Bush administration and generally sounding the alarm over what they see as a slump in NIH funding that is starving important projects of cash and driving young scientists away from research careers. That, they say, is undermining prospects for scientific breakthroughs of the sort that have led to new treatments for cancer, heart disease and diabetes, and raised hopes for tackling Alzheimer's disease and spinal cord injuries.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"Unless we pursue these basic discoveries, we're going to really miss fundamental understandings of disease processes," said Joan S. Brugge, the head of the department of cell biology at Harvard Medical School, who appeared in March before the Senate Appropriations labor, health and human services subcommittee.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>NIH officials do not dispute that times are tough, especially in light of rising federal deficits and spending on antiterrorism efforts and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"The pot of discretionary funding is not very large, relatively speaking, and there are a lot of competing priorities for it," said Norka Ruiz Bravo, NIH deputy director for extramural research.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>At the heart of the problem, scientists say, is not merely the absolute level of funding for the NIH, the primary federal agency sponsoring and conducting medical research. Rather, it is the way funding levels have fluctuated dramatically -- with big increases followed by periods of stagnation -- instead of climbing predictably to allow for sound research planning.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Congress nearly doubled NIH's budget -- to $27.1 billion between 1998 and 2003 -- as officials sought to capitalize on new lines of research opened up by the Human Genome Project. Medical schools and other research institutions responded accordingly, adding faculty and beginning construction on new facilities. At the same time, the number of grant applications rose 44 percent, from 24,151 in 1998 to 34,710 in 2003.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>But eventually the flood of new cash slowed to a trickle. At $28 billion, the NIH's fiscal budget for 2004 was only 3.3 percent higher than the previous year's. President Bush has recommended $28.9 billion for fiscal 2008 -- $379 million less than the NIH got this year, according to agency figures. Moreover, because the budget would increase by $201 million the government's contribution through NIH to an international AIDS fund, the reduction for research in 2008 actually would be more than $500 million.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A flat budget, plus rising demand for new research dollars, equals plenty of angst in laboratories and science departments across the country. Although the number of grant applications has continued to rise, the percentage that win federal funding has shrunk from 32.1 percent in 2001 to 20 percent in 2006, according to NIH figures.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Researchers say the situation is worse than those figures suggest. Many established scientists are having to submit grant applications two or three times before getting an award, and success rates for applications from younger researchers are in the single digits.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"It is really a very scary, sad situation out here," said E. Chester Ridgway, head of endocrinology at the University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Ridgway said a tenured professor in his mid-50s who directs a training program in cancer pathology there recently learned that none of the three NIH grants that support his research would be renewed.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"In previous years, he would have anticipated renewing all of them," he said. "That's his only source of support. I don't know what this guy is going to do."<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In the endocrinology division, four young research fellows who were unable to land a crucial first grant decided to abandon research for careers in medicine or industry, Ridgway said. "They don't come back after they do that," he said. "I was very distressed by that."<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Ruiz Bravo, the NIH official, said the agency is trying to mitigate the effects of a budget that has been "flat" since 2003 with new programs that help first-time investigators get a shot at grants and other initiatives to funnel funding to more established researchers.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"In terms of purchasing power of the dollar, it is in fact a reduction in the overall NIH budget," she said. "That's just the reality of it. So when investigators feel the pinch, it's a real pinch."<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Of course, supporters of other federal agencies that could not dream of having their budgets double over five years might wonder whether the ruckus is an overreaction. Brent L. Iverson, a professor of chemistry and biochemistry at the University of Texas at Austin, said it's not a fair comparison.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"Science and research and engineering research is different, because that's the engine that drives the economy," Iverson said. "Several billion more dollars spent on Medicare is not going to solve the Medicare problem. But it is quite possible that that same amount of money invested in medical research may create the breakthrough which helps solve the Medicare problem."<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Help may be on the way. In a March 6 hearing, Rep. David R. Obey (D-Wis.), chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, noted that the Democratic-controlled Congress increased the NIH's fiscal 2007 budget by over $600 million more than Bush requested. He pledged to increase it again for fiscal 2008, although he gave no specifics.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"I'd suggest that the investments that you're talking about in this area are tremendously important -- not just to the public's health, but also to the productivity of the economy," Obey said during the hearing. "Healthy people are a whole lot more productive than sick ones."<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Helvetica">********************</SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(NEWS 4) <B>Baghdad Burns, Calgary Booms</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.thenation.com/doc/20070618/klein"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.thenation.com/doc/20070618/klein</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The invasion of Iraq has set off what could be the largest oil boom in history. All the signs are there: multinationals free to gobble up national firms at will, ship unlimited profits home, enjoy leisurely "tax holidays" and pay a laughable 1 percent in royalties to the government.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This isn't the boom in Iraq sparked by the proposed new oil law--that will come later. This boom is already in full swing, and it is happening about as far away from the carnage in Baghdad as you can get, in the wilds of northern Alberta. For four years now, Alberta and Iraq have been connected to each other through a kind of invisible seesaw: As Baghdad burns, destabilizing the entire region and sending oil prices soaring, Calgary booms. (continued...)<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=""></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(NEWS 5) <B>Brazil Eyes Ethanol as Fast Track to Power</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0606/p06s02-woam.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0606/p06s02-woam.html</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="">Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/2xm43j"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/2xm43j</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 - SAO PAULO, BRAZIL - Flying over the heart of Brazil, a vast savannah known as the cerrado here, one could be forgiven for mistaking the setting for Iowa, Kansas, or virtually anywhere along the US farm belt.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Neat acres of cotton, corn, and soybean extend into the horizon, and even American farmers have arrived to join a boom that over the past few years has positioned Brazil to overtake the US as the world's agricultural superpower.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Last year, Brazil surpassed the US as the largest exporter of soybeans. That followed its scoring the No. 1 spot in beef exports in 2004. And now, as the high price of oil and concerns over climate change spark global demand for alternative fuels, Brazil is aiming to double its production of sugarcane for ethanol in the next decade. As investors flock to this colossal country with its ideal growing climate, Brazil is hoping ethanol will help speed its sluggish rise as an economic power.<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=""></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(NEWS 6) <B>China Unveils Climate Plan</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-climate_tuesjun05,1,1267507.story">http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-climate_tuesjun05,1,1267507.story</A><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/228csu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/228csu</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) - BEIJING -- With global warming high on the agenda for the world's industrial powers gathering this week in Germany, China staked out its position on Monday by releasing its first national strategy on climate change, a plan that promises to improve energy efficiency but rejects any mandatory caps on greenhouse gas emissions. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The 62-page plan, two years in the making, served at least partly as a rebuff to efforts by President Bush and European nations to draw China and other developing countries into a commitment to reduce emissions, which was expected to be a focal point at the summit meeting of the Group of 8 industrialized nations, which begins Wednesday.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>China has resisted mandatory reductions in emissions, arguing that it is still a developing country and needs to balance environmental improvements with maintaining economic growth.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Helvetica">********************</SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(NEWS 7) <B>U.S. Space Monitoring of Warming Cut Back</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://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003734645_warming05.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003734645_warming05.html</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="">Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/2fprmn"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/2fprmn</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Seattle Times - WASHINGTON - The Bush administration is drastically scaling back efforts to measure global warming from space, just as the president tries to convince the world the U.S. is ready to take the lead in reducing greenhouse gases.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A confidential report to the White House, obtained by The Associated Press, warns that U.S. scientists will soon lose much of their ability to monitor warming from space using a costly and problem-plagued satellite initiative begun more than a decade ago.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Because of technology glitches and a near-doubling in the original $6.5 billion cost, the Defense Department has decided to downsize and launch four satellites paired into two orbits, instead of six satellites paired in three orbits. ...The reduced system of four satellites will now focus on weather forecasting. Most of the climate instruments needed to collect more<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">precise data over long periods are being eliminated.<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=""></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(NEWS 8) <B>Icy Island Warms to Climate Change - <SPAN style=""><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Greenlanders Exploit 'Gifts From Nature' While Facing New Hardships</SPAN></SPAN></B></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003739219_greenland08.htm">http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003739219_greenland08.htm</A><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/ywvahn"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/ywvahn</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>QAQORTOQ, Greenland -- The biggest island in the world is a wind-raked place, gripped by ice over four-fifths of its land, prowled by polar bears, its coastlines choked by drifting icebergs and sea ice. Many of its 56,000 people, who live on the fringes of its giant ice cap, see the effects of global warming -- and cheer it on.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"It's good for me," said Ernst Lund, a lanky young man who is one of 51 farmers raising sheep on the southern tip of </SPAN><A href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/related-topics.html/Greenland?tid=informline"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Greenland</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">. His animals scramble over the cold granite hills of a dramatic fiord, his farm isolated from the nearest town by a long boat ride threading past drifting mounds of ice, followed by a jolting truck trip along seven miles of gravel road.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"I can keep the sheep out two weeks longer to feed in hills in the autumn. And I can grow more hay. The sheep get fatter," he said. In few parts of the world is climate change more real -- and personal -- than here. The Arctic is feeling the globe's fastest warming. At a science station in the ice-covered interior of Greenland, average winter temperatures rose nearly 11 degrees Fahrenheit from 1991 to 2003. Winters are shorter, ice is melting, and fish and animals are on the move.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A rapid meltdown and fast-sliding glaciers in Greenland could raise sea levels around the world and flood coastal cities and farmland. The infusion of cold water could jolt the Gulf Stream, alter weather throughout the Northern Hemisphere and scatter fish and marine stocks.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Yet this sweeping reworking of humanity's global accommodations will likely be fickle. While Greenland has many people who fear what warming will bring, it has quite a few others who reckon they may do quite well by it.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(continued,,,)<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=""></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(NEWS 9) <B>Carbon footprint' depends on where you live </B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><A href="http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/promos/wirepicks/story/77224.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/promos/wirepicks/story/77224.html </FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>After seeing Al Gore's documentary, "An Inconvenient Truth," Gregg Cawley used one of the calculators available online to determine his "carbon footprint." <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The University of Wyoming professor lives in a small one-bedroom apartment in Laramie and drives a moderately efficient Subaru, so he figured he contributes less to global warming than the average American. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Wrong. The calculations suggested Cawley produces more carbon dioxide than most Americans. Even if he reduced his energy consumption, the numbers hardly budged. Then he changed his home state in the equation. He took out Wyoming and plugged in Washington state.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"I came in way low. I said, 'That's the problem. I live in the wrong … state.'"<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(continued...)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Helvetica">********************<SPAN style=""></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="font-family:Helvetica">(NEWS 10) <SPAN style=""><B>Coal mining digs Talcher into a hot spot - </B><O:P></O:P></SPAN><B>The News item in The Samaj (Oriya daily) dated. 29.5.07</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Talcher in India is situated at 20.57 North (latitude) and 85.16 East (longitude) and about 200 km away from sea shore i. e, Bay of Bengal. The thermal power houses here burn everyday about 80,000 tons of coal. Besides, this coal in open collieries also burn in tons daily. The temperature of the area therefore maintain about 12°C higher compared to other areas of the state. In earlier days the temperature of the area used to be 35°C in summer days. Presently, due to establishment of industries the temperature at Talcher is 48°C today (28 May, 2007) and 50°C in colliery areas. Last year three persons died due to heat stroke and many fell sick. About 70% of ponds, water stream, tube well and open well have dried up and this has created acute water shortage for about one lakh population. Now a day’s water is supplied in water tankers. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We are aware that the increase in coal consumption and establishment of industries in developing countries would add to global warming.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> Related article from the Statesman -<SPAN style="font-family:Helvetica"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>TALCHER: With northwesterly winds blowing since Monday the temperature in Talcher industrial belt touched 46 degree Celsius today, the highest so far this summer, bringing fears of a heat wave similar to 2005. After midday the excessive heat and humidity forced most people to stay indoors giving streets a deserted look. Temperatures hit 45 degrees on Tuesday and 44 degrees on Wednesday according to the local sub-collector's office. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Helvetica"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>As the temperature is always measured in the shade, it can be expected to be two to three degrees above 46 degrees in the sun. According to mining officials the heat inside the coal mines has remained more than 50 degrees. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Helvetica"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Northwesterly winds are always a matter of concern for local residents as all the operating open cast coal mines are situated either to the west or north of residential areas. The heat, dust and smoke from the mines begin to blow towards the inhabited areas causing temperatures to rise. The exposed coal bed of the mines, spread over several kilometers, absorbs the heat in the daytime and emits heat during the night. There are other contributing factors for the abnormal temperature in Talcher. Angul, nearby, for example, always remains two to three degrees lower. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Helvetica"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For one thing, forest cover has almost been depleted in Talcher due to coal mining and no effort has been made to reforest the area. Although hundreds of crores of rupees have been deposited with state forest department for compulsory afforestation they have yet to do anything. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Helvetica"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Mounds of earth resembling hills, created by coal mining excavation in the area, are barren. There are about 20 of these earth dumps. In addition, around 80,000 tons of coal is burnt everyday for the boilers of the power plants and sponge units about 30 km away from the town, also increasing the overall temperature. The 2000 coal transporting heavy vehicles also add to the problem. In the past, apart from Talcher achieving the status of being one of the 14 most polluted spots in the country, it has also had the distinction of being the one of the hottest spots.<O:P></O:P></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>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'<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">******************* <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(JOB 1) <B>Post-doc</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> - Marine Ecology - Norwegian College of Fishery Science - University of Tromso (Norway).<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Application Deadline: Monday, 11 June 2007</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://csd.tamu.edu/news/news_item.2007-06-04.0844569332"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://csd.tamu.edu/news/news_item.2007-06-04.0844569332</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Norwegian College of Fishery Science (NCFS) at the University of Tromso announces a three-year postdoctoral research fellow position in marine ecology within the project "Climate variations and planktonic foraminifera in the water column." The position is affiliated with the Department of Aquatic BioSciences. The research fellow will work on the research team of Professor Paul Wassmann and the ARCTOS research network, which focuses on arctic and subarctic marine ecosystems. A close collaboration with paleoceanographers at the Department of Geology, University of Tromso is also expected.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The successful candidate will mainly study living planktonic foraminifera and associate micro plankton in arctic and subarctic seas, including transects between northern Norway-Svalbard and East Greenland. The work tasks will include marine biological cruises with collection of plankton samples, quantification and identification of planktonic foraminifera and associated plankton, and stable oxygen and carbon isotope analysis.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Applicants should have a PhD and be able to document knowledge in marine biology and/or marine geology at a PhD level or equivalent. Expertise in plankton ecology, oceanography, and statistics will be acknowledged. The successful candidate must be willing to engage in the ongoing development of the discipline and the university as a whole.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Applications are to be submitted electronically on the application form available at: </SPAN><A href="http://www.jobbnorge.no/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.jobbnorge.no</FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">********************</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(JOB 2) <B>Post-doc -</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> "Three-dimensional modelling of past and future trends in the<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">stratosphere" - McGill Univ (Canada) <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The successful candidate will complete the development of a fast chemistry scheme and use it in a three-dimensional chemistry-climate model (CCM) to perform ensembles of multi-decadal simulations of stratospheric ozone. Further information on the project can be found at<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://www.meteo.mcgill.ca/bourqui/postdocposition2007.pdf"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.meteo.mcgill.ca/bourqui/postdocposition2007.pdf</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The successful candidate must have a PhD in atmospheric sciences or in a related discipline awarded within the three years preceding the start date of this postdoctoral fellowship. Preference will be given to candidates with an experience in numerical modelling and/or stratospheric chemistry.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The postdoctoral fellowship is for 17 months, starting as soon as possible.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><B>Review of applications will begin June 15, 2007</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> and will continue until the position is filled.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The interested candidates should send a curriculum vitae, a list of publications, a short research interest statement, and must arrange for two recommendation letters to be sent separately to:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Dr. M. Bourqui, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, McGill University,<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Burnside Hall, Office 815, 805, Sherbrooke Street W. H3A 2K6 Montreal Fax: (514) 398 6115<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Phone: (514) 398 5450<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Email: </SPAN><A href="mailto:michel.bourqui@mcgill.ca"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">michel.bourqui@mcgill.ca</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.meteo.mcgill.ca/bourqui"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.meteo.mcgill.ca/bourqui</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">********************<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(JOB 3) <B>Asst. Prof</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> - Physical Geography (tenure track) with specialisation in the field of water/climate impact - Faculty of Science of the University of Zurich (Switzerland)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The successful candidate will have scientific expertise in the field of climate impacts on the water cycle and the potential to build up corresponding transdisciplinary research as part of national and international programs. She or he will have the interest and ability to measure and numerically model reactions of complex systems (atmospheric, surface and subsurface water) under growing disequilibrium in nature and increasing human demands.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The newly appointed professor will contribute to building up a teaching program in climate-related hydrology at the undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate levels and will lead one of the divisions of the Department of Geography. Close collaboration within the Department as well as with the ETH Zurich is expected. The Department of Geography of the University of Zurich is the largest geography department in Switzerland. Its Physical Geography chairs are well established internationally and so far offer MSc and PhD specialisations in glaciology, geomorphology, soil science and biogeography. See also </SPAN><A href="http://www.geo.uzh.ch/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.geo.uzh.ch</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""> and </SPAN><A href="http://www.geo.uzh.ch/phys"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.geo.uzh.ch/phys</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The position will commence in spring to autumn 2008. <B>Applications received by the 31st July 2007 will be guaranteed full consideration</B></SPAN><SPAN style="">, but the committee will be open to late applications of exceptional quality and will search until the position is filled. Applications, including a curriculum vitae, a list of publications and an outline of current and future research plans should be sent to the Dean of the Faculty of Science at the following address: Prof. D. Wyler, Dean, Faculty of Science, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland. The full application package should also be<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>submitted in a single PDF file to </SPAN><A href="mailto:jobs@mnf.uzh.ch"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">jobs@mnf.uzh.ch</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>All inquiries about this position should be directed to Prof. Wilfried Haeberli, </SPAN><A href="mailto:haeberli@geo.uzh.ch"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">haeberli@geo.uzh.ch </FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">, Department of Geography, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland. The University of Zurich is an equal opportunity employer. Applications from women are particularly encouraged.<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="">(JOB 4) <B>Communications Officer</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> - IHDP Secretariat (part time: 60-80%) – Bonn (Germany)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.ihdp.org/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">www.ihdp.org</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change is a joint programme of the International Council for Science (ICSU), the International Social Science Council (ISSC) and the United Nations University (UNU). The IHDP Secretariat is administered and hosted by the United Nations University at the United Nations Campus in Bonn, Germany. IHDP Secretariat staff is employed by UNU and based in Bonn.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>IHDP is an international, interdisciplinary science programme. It promotes, co-ordinates and communicates research on the human dimensions of global environmental change. This research focuses on the ways human beings and societies (a) contribute to and drive global environmental change; (b) are influenced by and impacted upon by global environmental change, and (c) respond to global environmental change. IHDP takes a social, human, behavioural and economic science perspective and works at the interface between science and practice. IHDP entertains a world-wide network of distinguished scientists, runs and/or co- sponsors about a dozen international science projects and organizes capacity development and training activities. IHDP is a member of the Earth System Science Partnership (ESSP). The IHDP Secretariat is the central node of the programme's activities and is mandated to oversee and implement its operations. It is administered and hosted by the UNU at the UN Campus Bonn, which hosts a variety of UN agencies working in the field of environment and sustainable development. A team of professionals from different national and academic backgrounds staffs the IHDP Secretariat. The main working language of the IHDP is English.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The IHDP Secretariat is currently seeking to fill the position of Communications Officer (CO). The position is central to the Secretariat's goal of promoting, co-ordinating, and communicating research, policy advice and capacity development. The CO works closely with IHDP's Scientific and Programme Officers and our International Project Offices and partner programmes, and reports directly to the IHDP Executive Director. The CO is in charge of a portfolio of ongoing and fast-track activities in the area of public information, communication and outreach, and oversees and/or conducts a number of publication and editing activities. He/She contributes to programme planning, reporting, and the development of new activities.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>QUALIFICATIONS: 1) Advanced (post)graduate degree(s) preferably in the communications and journalism disciplines. Some study background or training in the environmental or social sciences.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>2) Demonstrated interest and/or experience in global environmental change research and policy, knowledge of international scientific collaboration and network development. 3)<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Significant professional experience (3-5 years) in outreach, public information and communication, press and media work, especially in scientific contexts.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>4)<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Excellent in spoken and written English. Other languages desirable. Strong drafting, writing and editing skills. Computer literate (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Website design and maintenance - Html or other tools, CMS, Databases).<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>5) <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Demonstrated ability to coordinate multiple tasks and prioritize job functions. Able to work efficiently and exercise sound judgement under minimal supervision. Able to supervise colleagues and able to work effectively as a member of a team. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>6) Willingness to travel internationally and perform under time pressure.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Principal Responsibilities:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>1. Act as the IHDP Secretariat's key liaison to press, media, experts and the public.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Provide clearing house functions to various IHDP Science Projects and joint research projects with partner programmes. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>2. Develop, organize, implement and monitor IHDP's various publications, its public information and outreach strategies and products.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>3. Organize and oversee the Secretariat's web, reference and database management.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>4. Act as the programme's main spokesperson. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Individual Responsibilities<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>1. Design and implementation of the IHDP communications strategy, including information and outreach activities and production of relevant information material<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>2. Editor-in-Chief of IHDP's scientific newsletter UPDATE, including contacts to authors, editing and writing of texts, supervising layout and distribution<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>3. Editor-in-Chief of IHDP's Annual Report, supervising layout and distribution 4. Editor-in-Chief of IHDP's E-zine, supervising layout and distribution<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>5. Acting as the spokesperson of the IHDP SC Chair and the IHDP Executive Director <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>6. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Drafting of IHDP Press Releases; organizing outreach and press activities for IHDP and the core research projects<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>7. Editing of IHDP Research Science Plans<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>8. Drafting and editing of IHDP general information materials (for example project information flyers, posters) and supervision of their production<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>9. Representing IHDP at conferences, meetings and public events 10. Managing and supervising the development and maintenance of IHDP's<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>website (</SPAN><A href="http://www.ihdp.org/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">www.ihdp.org</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">) 11. Managing and supervising the development and maintenance of the IHDP<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Database 12. Participating in the activities of the communications team of the Earth System Science Partnerships (ESSP, consisting of IHDP, IGBP, WCRP and DIVERSITAS)<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>13. Performing other duties as instructed by the IHDP Executive Director<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The preferred starting date is 1 September 2007. Please submit your full application (letter of motivation, CV, references, work samples and salary expectations).<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><B>Deadline for application: 30 June 2007</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The successful candidate will be based at the UN Campus in Bonn. The position is initially meant to be filled on a part-time basis. Weekly working hours can be discussed. Monthly remuneration shall be tax-free and commensurate with the incumbent's relevant experience and academic qualification.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Please address your application BY POST OR EMAIL to:<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">Dr. Andreas Rechkemmer, Executive Director IHDP,<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">UN Campus, Hermann-Ehlers-Str. 10, D-53113 Bonn, Germany,<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">Tel.: + 49 (0) 228-815 – 0602, Fax: + 49 (0) 228-815 – 0609.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">Email: </SPAN><A href="mailto:siklossy@ihdp.unu.edu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">siklossy@ihdp.unu.edu</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">.</SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">********************<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(JOB 5) <B>Nature Correspondent</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> – reporter - Washington, D.C. (USA)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Nature is looking for a full-time reporter to join its office in Washington DC. This position requires flexibility in covering a range of areas from policy issues to developments in various research communities to major scientific discoveries. Key areas of responsibility include climate/energy/environment issues and US science policy. To apply, send three to five clips, a résumé and a covering letter explaining your interest in and qualifications for the position, <B>by 15 June</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> to: </SPAN><A href="mailto:admin@natureny.com"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">admin@natureny.com</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">. Please put 'News Correspondent' in the subject line.<O:P></O:P> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">********************<SPAN style=""></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Helvetica">(JOBS 6) <B>Faculty Positions</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> - Ocean Sensors - Scripps Institution of Oceanography - University of California, San Diego (USA)<O:P></O:P></SPAN><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) (</SPAN><A href="http://scripps.ucsd.edu/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://scripps.ucsd.edu</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">) at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) invites applications to fill one or more positions at the Assistant (tenure-track), Associate or Full Professor (tenured) levels in fields related to the research on, and development of, ocean sensors, with particular emphasis on sensors for biological and chemical variables. We seek an innovative individual who will establish a vigorous independent research program that complements established capabilities at Scripps.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The successful candidate will be expected to teach graduate level courses, and will be encouraged to participate in undergraduate teaching at UCSD. The position requires a Ph.D. degree and a competitive record of publication as well as evidence of the ability to conduct and fund an active research program and, for more senior candidates, of the ability to mentor graduate students and junior colleagues. The salary will depend on the experience of the successful applicant and will be based on the University of California pay scale.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><B> </B></SPAN><B>Review of applications will begin July 16, 2007</B></SPAN><SPAN style="">, and will continue until position(s) are filled. Applicants should submit their CV, a letter including descriptions of research interests and teaching interests/experience, a list of publications, immigration status, and the names of at least five potential referees, along with their complete institution address, email address, phone and fax numbers, to: Chair, Ocean Sensors Search Committee, 0208, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0208, USA. Please clearly label applications "Ocean Sensors Search". Applicants are welcome to include in their cover letter a personal statement summarizing their contributions to diversity.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">*******************</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(JOB 7) <SPAN style=""><B>Research scientist</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> -<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Statistical analysis/spatial modeling - Climate Department - Norwegian Meteorological Institute (Norway)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Norwegian Meteorological Institute ( </SPAN><A href="http://met.no/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">met.no</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">) provides public meteorological services for both civil and military purposes. The main activities of the institute are to issue weather forecasts, risk management, climate monitoring and also research and development within meteorology, climatology, and oceanography.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Climate Department has as its main objective to provide the society with best information about the Norwegian climate for the present, past and the future, and to conduct general climate and applied research. The department has the responsibility for the Institute's climate data base, data processing for further use in information and research activities, establish climate services, and products for general users based on the climate data base. The department also participates in national and international scientific collaboration. The department has at the present 39 members of staff, and is organised into three sections and one secretary unit. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A main objective at the Climate Department is to utilize meteorological data to describe the spatial distribution of various climate elements. In order to strengthen this effort there is a vacancy of a permanent position as research scientist at the climate research section. The focus area for this position will be to take part in developing methodology for deriving high resolution spatially distributed climate datasets by developing and applying advanced analysis tools in a GIS (Geographical Information System) environment. The objective is to utilize meteorological observations, remote sensed data and information from numerical weather prediction models.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Working Area: 1) Statistical analysis of relations between geographical parameters and various climate elements.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>2)<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Spatial modelling (mapping) of climate elements using GIS-tools or equivalent.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>3) Study relations between atmospheric circulation patterns and spatial distribution of climate elements. 4)<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Operationalisation and implementation of production lines to establish gridded<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>climate datasets.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>5)<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Develop and implement database solutions for spatially distributed climate information.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>6)<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Apply gridded datasets in quality control routines and for interpolation of meteorological data. 7)<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Participate in national and international research on spatial distribution of climate elements.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Qualifications: 1)<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>University degrees (cand.scient, M.Sc, PhD or equivalent) within climate science, meteorology, hydrology, geophysics or equivalent;<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>2)<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Experience within research and development and with the use of geographical information systems. 3) Knowledge to climatology and climate data. 4) Broad knowledge in data handling, programming, statistical analysis tools, databases. 5)<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Systematic, reliable and result oriented; 6)<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Team working, skills, yet able to work independently as well as in groups; 7)<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Good oral and written communication skills in Norwegian and/or English.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Working conditions: 1) Friendly working environment 2) Scientific challenges in a modern technological environment<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>3) Good opportunities for self development<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>4) Salary as 1108 researcher or 1109 researcher depending on qualifications;<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>5) Membership in the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund;<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>6) Six months mutual trial period.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>According to our policy, we aim at a staff complement that reflects the population of Norway with respect to gender as well as cultural diversity. The institute employs researchers from a number of different nations.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For further information, please contact section leader Inger Hanssen-Bauer or senior scientist Ole Einar Tveito, tel: +47 22 96 30 00.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Applications must be submitted electronically, see "Vacancies" at<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><A href="http://met.no/english"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://met.no/english</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><B>Closing date: 15.June 2007.</B><O:P></O:P></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"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman">This newsletter has been developed by C. 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