<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>9/7/2007</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>New Website Available - Gateway to the UN System's Work on Climate Change</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://www.un.org/climatechange/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.un.org/climatechange/</FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see RESOURCES 1 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"><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>WWF published a new report on coal, "COMING CLEAN The Truth and Future of Coal in Asia Pacific"</B></SPAN><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://assets.panda.org/downloads/coming_clean.pdf"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://assets.panda.org/downloads/coming_clean.pdf</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>New UNFCCC/UNEP Risoe CDM Bazaar web-portal</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>www.cdmbazaar.net </SPAN></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>Policymakers turn attention to ocean acidification</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"><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>Field Director</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> - Earth Watch - North America (Maryland, USA)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style=""><A href="http://www.disccrs.org/news.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.disccrs.org/news.html</FONT></SPAN></A> </SPAN> <DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Asst Prof</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> - Environmental geography and political economy - Department of Geography at Syracuse University (New York, USA)</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>Asst. Prof</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> - surface water hydrology – University of California at Berkeley (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 2 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Asst Prof</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> - Environmental Studies -- Eckerd College – St Petersburg, Florida (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"><SPAN style=""><B>Asst Prof</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> -Environmental Studies - St. Lawrence University<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://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000519981-01"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000519981-01</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>3 Positions - Bering Sea Sub Network</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> - Aleut International Association - Anchorage, Alaska (USA)<O:P></O:P></SPAN><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.aleut-international.org/Page3.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.aleut-international.org/Page3.html</FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see JOB 5 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Post-doc</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> (2 years) - Tree-ring analysis – Auckland – (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 6 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Asst. Prof</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> - Earth System Science - Lehigh University (Pennsylvania, USA)</SPAN><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Helvetica"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see JOB 7 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><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" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""> <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>Resources and Funding Opportunities</B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(RESOURCES 1) <B>New Website Available - Gateway to the UN System's Work on Climate Change</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://www.un.org/climatechange/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.un.org/climatechange/</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The United Nations (UN) announces a new website, "Gateway to the UN System's Work on Climate Change," which provides access to climate change information from various agencies of the UN. The website features the most recent scientific reports from the UN, the latest developments on efforts to reach a new international climate change agreement, climate change events, news, webcasts, projects in the field, and climate change information for youth.<O:P></O:P> <O:P></O:P></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>Science News</B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(NEWS 1) <B>WWF published a new report on coal, "COMING CLEAN The Truth and Future of Coal in Asia Pacific"</B></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://assets.panda.org/downloads/coming_clean.pdf"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://assets.panda.org/downloads/coming_clean.pdf</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It shows the share in supply that coal can account for (20 percent by 2050), only with the use of CCS. It emphasizes the local environmental and social impact of coal. Experts from Australia, Philippines, India and China contributed to this report.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The report is based on </SPAN><A href="http://assets.panda.org/downloads/climatesolutionweb.pdf"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">WWF's Climate Solutions report</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">, and framed around the development priorities of Asia. Key needs include:<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">a) a price on coal to reflect its true cost/carbon price (whether through taxes or emissions trading)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">b) the deployment of low emissions technology (to address both local and global pollution)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">c) a strengthened EIA processes, as this is integral in getting public acceptance for CCS and reducing the local impacts of coal use.<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 2) <B>New UNFCCC/UNEP Risoe CDM Bazaar web-portal</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>www.cdmbazaar.net<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) secretariat and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) have announced the official launch of the CDM Bazaar web-portal <</SPAN><A href="http://www.cdmbazaar.net/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">www.cdmbazaar.net</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">>, designed to facilitate exchange of information among buyers, sellers and service providers engaged in the clean development mechanism (CDM).<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The website allows stakeholders in the CDM to post information, such as potential emission reduction projects looking for financing or partnering, certified emission reduction (CER) credits available for sale, buyers looking for carbon credits to purchase, services available from various providers, and carbon market related events.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>By posting on the CDM Bazaar the CERs they have for sale, developing-country CDM project proponents can expect competitive offers from carbon credit buyers. The website is not, however, meant to be a trading platform for CERs, but rather an information exchange platform designed to create opportunities.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The CDM Bazaar was designed by the carbon finance team at the UNEP RISOE Centre in Denmark in cooperation with the UNFCCC secretariat.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For more information please contact: Daniele Violetti, Clean Development Mechanism, UNFCCC, e-mail: </SPAN><A href="mailto:dvioletti@unfccc.int"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">dvioletti@unfccc.int</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="">or Sami Kamel, Carbon Finance Coordinator, UNEP Risoe Centre on Energy, Climate and Sustainable Development, e-mail: </SPAN><A href="mailto:sami.kamel@risoe.dk"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">sami.kamel@risoe.dk</FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">********************<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(NEWS 3) <B>Policymakers turn attention to ocean acidification</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Taken from ASLO Aquatic Science Policy Report: July and August 2007<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>As policymakers continue discussions regarding climate change and its consequences, ocean acidification is gaining attention as well. Earlier this year, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Technology held a hearing on the effects of ocean acidification on living marine resources. At the hearing, Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) expressed pleasure that the committee was discussing ocean acidification, which she says “is potentially one of the most disconcerting aspects of ocean-related climate science.” <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Six witnesses testified at the hearing, including ASLO member Scott Doney. Doney, Senior Scientist in the Department of Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, told the committee that global warming should actually be called “ocean warming” since more than 80% of the added heat resides in the ocean. Doney also addressed controversial proposals to combat climate change with large-scale fertilizations of the ocean with iron. “There remain outstanding scientific questions about whether iron resulted in any enhanced long-term carbon storage in the ocean.” Doney presented the committee with a list of questions regarding large-scale ocean fertilization, which he says the scientific and policy communities need to work closely together to answer. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Following the hearing, Sens. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Maria Cantwell (D-WA) introduced S. 1581, the Ocean Acidification Research bill. In his introductory remarks, Sen. Lautenberg noted that Congress has been hearing from experts about ocean acidification since 2004. “Now,” he said, “is the time for national investment in a coordinated program of research and monitoring to improve understanding of ocean acidification, and strengthen the ability of marine resource managers to assess and prepare for the harmful impacts of ocean acidification on our marine resources.” The bill creates an interagency task force (to be chaired by NOAA) and new research program housed at NOAA to address ocean acidification. The bill authorizes a total of $30 million each year for fiscal years 2008 through 2012 for the activities. A similar bill will likely be introduced in the House very soon. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Ocean acidification is also gaining attention at the state level. In August, the Center for Biological Diversity petitioned seven states -- Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Hawaii, Florida, New York, and New Jersey -- to regulate carbon dioxide under Clean Water Act (a similar petition was filed in California earlier this year). The petition argues that coastal waters are being impaired by excess carbon dioxide and should be included on the list of impaired water bodies for 2008. By law, the states must consider the data on ocean acidification submitted in the petition. If coastal waters are listed under the Act, states would be required to limit carbon dioxide entering the ocean waters under their jurisdiction. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Further information: An archived webcast and copies of written testimony from the Senate hearing on ocean acidification can be found at: </SPAN><A href="http://commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Hearings.Hearing&Hearing_ID=1860"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Hearings.Hearing&Hearing_ID=1860</FONT></SPAN></A></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="">(JOBS 1) <B>Asst Prof</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> - Environmental geography and political economy - Department of Geography at Syracuse University (New York, USA)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Department of Geography at Syracuse University seeks to hire an environmental geographer at the Assistant Professor rank. This is a tenure track appointment. PhD required at time of appointment.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We are particularly interested in individuals with research and teaching interests in the political economy of nature, critical resource geography, or political ecology. The area of specialization is open, but the Department hopes to hire a scholar who will make theoretical and methodological contributions to the analysis of the intersections between environmental geography and political economy. The successful candidate will be expected to complement and deepen the Department¹s existing strengths in both these areas. Syracuse University and the Department of Geography are committed to inter-disciplinary environmental research, and the successful candidate will have the opportunity to coordinate with a number of units on campus with environmental foci. These include the State University of New York¹s College of Environmental Science and Forestry, which adjoins the SU campus, and the Center for Environmental Policy and Administration (CEPA) in Syracuse¹s Maxwell School. The Department strongly values excellence in teaching, and the successful candidate will be expected to teach both undergraduate and graduate courses. Faculty members normally teach two courses per semester. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Apply: applications should be sent to Environmental Geography Search, Department of Geography, 144 Eggers Hall, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244-1020.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><B>Applications must be postmarked by October 10, 2007. </B></SPAN><SPAN style="">Letters of application should detail the applicant¹s research program and teaching interests, and should be accompanied by a curriculum vitae,<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>teaching statement, and writing samples. Three letters of reference should also be arranged and mailed separately. The successful candidate must have a PhD at time of appointment. Inquiries may be directed to Professor Tod Rutherford, Search Committee<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Chair, 315-443-3533; </SPAN><A href="mailto:trutherf@maxwell.syr.edu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">trutherf@maxwell.syr.edu</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 2) <B>Asst. Prof</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> - surface water hydrology – University of California at Berkeley (USA)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position in surface water hydrology. The appointment will be effective July 1, 2008. The successful candidate must hold a doctoral degree in an appropriate field and must demonstrate potential for high-quality research and teaching. Research interests should incorporate a fundamental approach to the hydrologic cycle that could encompass theoretical aspects of water transport, measurement technologies, integrative data analysis, and predictive modeling. Examples of research approaches include, but are not limited to, mechanistic studies in large-scale water circulation, ecosystem response to dynamic water stressors, human-altered systems, responses to climate change, terrestrial and atmospheric coupling, and the water-energy nexus. Expanding the disciplinary basis of hydrologic science is highly desirable. The faculty member will teach undergraduate and graduate courses as part of the Civil & Environmental Engineering curricula. The faculty member will be expected to interact with faculty in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, the College of Engineering, research centers on campus, and relevant professional organizations. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Applicants must <B>send by November 9, 2007</B></SPAN><SPAN style="">, a detailed resume, a statement of teaching and research interests, copies of no more than two publications or manuscripts, and the names and contact information for five references. Applications postmarked after the deadline will not be considered.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Submission of electronic applications is preferred. Please go to our department website at </SPAN><A href="http://www.ce.berkeley.edu/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">www.ce.berkeley.edu</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">. Alternately, hard copy applications can be sent to Lisa Alvarez-Cohen, Chair, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, MC 1710, ATTN: Hydrology Faculty Search Committee, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-1710. <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 3) <B>Asst Prof</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> - Environmental Studies -- Eckerd College – St Petersburg, Florida (USA)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Ph.D. required. Someone to contribute to thriving interdisciplinary environmental studies program whose expertise is in coastal policy, planning and/or management. Ideal candidate will have an environmentally related degree, be an excellent teacher and active researcher. Teach seven courses per academic year, including introduction to environmental studies, sophomore level coastal management, applied statistics, and other coastal-related classes in candidate's area of expertise, to help shape potential new minor in coastal management. Participation in an interdisciplinary, values-oriented general education program is required, including regular rotation in the two-semester freshman program. Eckerd College, the only independent national liberal arts college in Florida, has a tradition of innovative education and teaching/mentoring excellence and is located directly on the Gulf of Mexico. Send letter of application, vita, teaching evaluations, statement of teaching philosophy, graduate and undergraduate transcripts, and three letters of recommendation by October 19, 2007 to Dr. Alison Ormsby, Eckerd College (BES), 4200 54th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, Florida 33711. No electronic applications please.<O:P></O:P> ********************<O:P></O:P><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(JOB 4) <B>Asst Prof</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> -Environmental Studies - St. Lawrence University<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://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000519981-01"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000519981-01</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Recreation Resource Management/ Environmental Assessment/Ecotourism St. Lawrence University seeks a qualified candidate for a tenure-track position in environmental studies at the assistant professor level. The successful candidate will be an individual whose academic interest is recreation resource management, environmental assessment, and/or ecotourism. Candidates should possess at least one of the following: good understanding of theories and models of recreation, grounding in the ecological impacts of nature/eco-tourism, familiarity with policy issues of contemporary recreation resource management, analytical experience in environmental analysis and assessment. In addition, field-oriented knowledge of the natural world and/or knowledge of international issues would be helpful. This person will teach Introduction to Environmental Studies regularly as well. The successful candidate will also have an on-going research program which can include undergraduate students. All faculty in environmental studies periodically teach a course in the University's First Year Program and opportunities exist for teaching in the University's Adirondack Semester Program as well. Ph.D. is preferred; ABD will be considered. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><B>Review of applications begins the 20th of January 2008</B></SPAN><SPAN style="">. A letter of application, curriculum vita, transcripts, brief descriptions of two upper level courses, and names and contact information for 3 references should be sent to: Chair, Environmental Studies Search, Environmental Studies Department, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY 13617. We encourage applications from candidates who bring diverse cultural, ethnic and national perspectives to their scholarship and teaching. For more information please visit SLU's homepage at </SPAN><A href="http://www.stlawu.edu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.stlawu.edu</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">********************<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(JOBS 5)<B> 3 Positions - Bering Sea Sub Network</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> - Aleut International Association - Anchorage, Alaska (USA)<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.aleut-international.org/Page3.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.aleut-international.org/Page3.html</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">Positions Open Until Filled<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Aleut International Association seeks to fill three positions for Bering Sea Sub Network (BSSN): International Community-Based Observation Alliance for Arctic Observing Network, an IPY project funded by the National Science Foundation that will be implemented in cooperation with the University of Alaska Anchorage, Alaska Native Science Commission, and UNEP-GRID Arendal from June 2007 through May 2009.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The open positions are Senior Project Coordinator, Data Management Research Assistant, and Administrative Assistant.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The overall goal of BSSN is to improve the scientific knowledge of the environmental changes in the BSSN region that have significance for the understanding of pan-arctic processes to enable scientists, arctic communities, and governments to predict, plan, and respond to these changes.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>BSSN will address:<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">- historical and present distribution and properties of economic and subsistence-important species as derived from collective indigenous and traditional knowledge;<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">- types of major variables and indicators that could be correlated with western science to develop predictable models based on indigenous and traditional knowledge; and<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">- spatial and temporal convergence and divergence of community-derived and western science data.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The project will result in a report entitled "The State of the Bering Sea Bioresources: Perspectives of Local Residents," an assessment based on observations of local and indigenous residents. Observations will be collected across the network using standard protocols and will be based on sophisticated surveying methods, such as Cognitive Interviewing techniques. The BSSN project is composed of six participating communities: Gambell, Togiak, and Sand Point in Alaska; and Lorino, Tymlat, and Nikolskoye in Russia.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>contact:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Jim Gamble, Assistant Director,<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>E-mail: </SPAN><A href="mailto:aia@alaska.net"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">aia@alaska.net</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">********************</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(JOB 6) <B>Post-doc</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> (2 years) - Tree-ring analysis – Auckland – (New Zealand)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>An opportunity exists to undertake post-doctoral studies investigating the potential for intra-annual climate reconstruction from kauri tree-rings, at the University of Auckland Tree Ring Laboratory (School of Geography, Geology, and Environmental Science). Recent work has identified relationships between kauri growth and climate (especially ENSO) at whole-ring level and we are now keen to see investigation of the potential for climate reconstruction from sub-annual cellular structure.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Some brief details of the project are provided below. Interested candidates are invited to contact Anthony Fowler in the first instance to obtain further information about the planned research and details about how to apply.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The position would particularly suit a dendrochronologist familiar with automated image analysis software.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Funding is available immediately (for 2 years) and the position should be taken up by the end of 2007.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>RESEARCH TEAM<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Dr Anthony Fowler (Principal Investigator)<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="mailto:a.fowler@auckland.ac.nz"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">a.fowler@auckland.ac.nz</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="">Dr Gretel Boswijk (Associate Investigator)<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="mailto:g.boswijk@auckland.ac.nz"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">g.boswijk@auckland.ac.nz</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>TITLE<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>1000 years of intra-annual climate history reconstructed from the anatomy of kauri tree rings<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>BRIEF OUTLINE OF PROJECT<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Research undertaken by the University of Auckland Tree-Ring Laboratory has focused on the potential of Agathis australis (kauri) tree rings as a palaeoclimate proxy. A substantial archive of wood has been assembled and a multi-millennial calendar-dated master tree-ring chronology has been developed. A regional-scale climate forcing signal in kauri tree-ring widths has been identified, which has been definitively linked to the El Niño - Southern Oscillation phenomenon.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>To date, kauri tree-ring research has focused on the signal contained in total ring width. No systematic investigation has yet been undertaken of intra-annual ring features (e.g. variations across an annual ring in wood density), thought likely to contain a wealth of additional environmental information. With the total-ring-width kauri research now well advanced, it is opportune to investigate the potential of intra-ring features as environmental proxies.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The proposed research will search for intra-ring features in kauri tree rings that carry information about environmental forcing. These will be quantified, where possible, using image analysis software. Relationships between the intra-ring features and environmental forcing will be established through a combination of field experimentation and empirical analysis. Transfer functions derived from these analyses will then be used to reconstruct associated environmental variables for the last 1000 years. Given known total-ring-width relationships, we hypothesize that the research will provide additional insights into the characteristics of past El Niño and La Niña events. However, we are also hopeful that additional information, related to variables such as early spring temperature and summer soil water, may also be forthcoming.</SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">********************<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(JOB 7) <B>Asst. Prof</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> - Earth System Science - Lehigh University (Pennsylvania, USA)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences has a tenure-track opening at the Assistant Professor level for an Earth System Scientist who conducts research in the near-surface environment where biological, geological, hydrological, atmospheric and human processes interact. We seek an individual doing innovative research, ideally with observations and modeling directed toward understanding the processes that control the behavior of the global environment and its response to natural and anthropogenic forcing at geologic to modern time scales. Fields of interest include, but are not limited to biogeochemistry, climatology, oceanography, glaciology, geobiology, and ecosystem ecology. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We expect the successful candidate to develop a vigorous externally funded research program, teach a course in their field of expertise, contribute to our undergraduate and graduate curricula, and mentor Ph.D., M.S., and undergraduate students. This position is one of several new hires in Earth and Environmental Sciences, engineering, and the social sciences expected to participate in a university wide, multidisciplinary initiative focusing on the environment.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>To receive full consideration, applicants should <B>submit by November 15th</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> a letter of application, curriculum vitae, statement of research and teaching interests, up to 3 reprints, and the names of three referees to Prof Dork Sahagian, Search Committee Chair, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, 31 Williams Drive, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA 18015. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For further information about the EES Department, see: </SPAN><A href="http://www.ees.lehigh.edu/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.ees.lehigh.edu/</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">. <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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