<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>9/25/2007</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></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>Applications sought for study of socioeconomic impacts of harmful algal blooms</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> - Coastal Management (NOAA)<O:P></O:P></SPAN><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2008/2008_star_ecohab.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2008/2008_star_ecohab.html</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">.</SPAN></DIV> (see FUNDING OPPORTUNITY 1 below) </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>Call for Climate Change Impacts Case Studies to Support Human Rights, Advocacy and Education Efforts</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=""><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>Social Scientists Must Help Policy Makers Respond to Climate Change, Report Says.</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> By Jeffrey Brainard<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://chronicle.com/daily/2007/09/2007091403n.htm"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://chronicle.com/daily/2007/09/2007091403n.htm </FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>More Progress Urged on Ozone Hole</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6998489.stm"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6998489.stm</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="">Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/ysqmkt"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/ysqmkt</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>Ancient Records Help Test Climate Change</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style=""><A href="http://www.examiner.com/a-936349~Ancient_Records_Help_Test_Climate_Change.html">http://www.examiner.com/a-936349~Ancient_Records_Help_Test_Climate_Change.html</A> <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/3cngw8"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/3cngw8</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>Panel Faults Emphasis of U.S. Climate Program</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/14/science/13cnd-climate.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/14/science/13cnd-climate.html</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="">Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/36cjac"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/36cjac</FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see NEWS 3 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Eating Less Meat May Slow Climate Change</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style=""><A href="http://www.boston.com/news/science/articles/2007/09/12/eating_less_meat_may_slow_climate_change/">http://www.boston.com/news/science/articles/2007/09/12/eating_less_meat_may_slow_climate_change/</A> <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/2zcnep"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/2zcnep</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>Neanderthals 'Not Killed by Climate Change'</B><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.nature.com/news/2007/070910/full/070910-7.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.nature.com/news/2007/070910/full/070910-7.html</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="">Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/2uqztl"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/2uqztl</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>Hunting the Holy Grail of Fusion</B><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.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article2413310.ece"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article2413310.ece</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="">Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/39vokn"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/39vokn</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>GAO Criticizes Interior Department for Brushing Off Global Warming</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style=""><A href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003873011_warmparks07.html">http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003873011_warmparks07.html</A> Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/2xel45"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/2xel45</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>NOAA Scientists Say Arctic Ice Is Melting Faster Than Expected</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/06/AR2007090602499.html">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/06/AR2007090602499.html</A> <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/37fw9c"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/37fw9c</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"><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>Lecturer in Geography</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> - Environment, development & international studies - Open University – Milton Keyns (UK)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Closing date for applications: 19 October 2007.</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www3.open.ac.uk/employment/job-details.asp?id=3268"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www3.open.ac.uk/employment/job-details.asp?id=3268</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Physical Scientist</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> - NOAA Paleoclimatology - Asheville, NC or Boulder, CO (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 tenure-track</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> – Global Hydrology - Department of Geological Sciences - University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, NC (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=""> - Spatial analysis/modeling - University of Carolina – Columbia SC (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>Three Faculty Positions</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> - Ecology - School of Natural Sciences - University of California, Merced (USA)</SPAN><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see JOBS 4 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Research asst</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> – Microbial Ecology – Michigan State University – Kellogg Biological Station – Hickory Corners, MI (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</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> - Environmental Studies – Oberlin College – Oberlin Ohio (USA)</SPAN><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see JOBS 6 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Asst Prof</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> - Human Geography – University of Hawaii – Manoa (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 7 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Project Coordinator</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> - NSF-IGERT in Applied Biodiversity Science - Texas A&M University - College Station, TX (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 8 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Asst Prof</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> - Climate Science - Department of Geography - University of California, Santa Barbara CA (USA)<O:P></O:P></SPAN><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.geog.ucsb.edu/about/positions/faculty.php"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.geog.ucsb.edu/about/positions/faculty.php</FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see JOB 9 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Asst or Assoc Prof</B></SPAN><SPAN style="">. - Marine Life Sciences – Graduate School Of Oceanography – University of Rhode Island – Kingston RI (USA)<O:P></O:P></SPAN><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.uri.edu/human_resources/11842.htm"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.uri.edu/human_resources/11842.htm</FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see JOB 10 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Asst Prof</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> - Biology (Ecology) –Whitman College – Walla Walla WA (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 11 below)<SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><B> </B></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Research asst</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> – Microbial Ecology – Michigan State University – Kellogg Biological Station – Hickory Corners, MI (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 12 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV></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">(FUNDING OPPORTUNITY 1) <SPAN style=""><B>Applications sought for study of socioeconomic impacts of harmful algal blooms</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> - Coastal Management (NOAA)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2008/2008_star_ecohab.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2008/2008_star_ecohab.html</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), through the Ecology and Oceanography of Harmful Algal Blooms (ECOHAB) program, is seeking applications for studies that assess the socioeconomic impacts of harmful algal blooms (HABs) on coastal communities and identify opportunities to mitigate these impacts.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Anthropologists, sociologists, risk communication specialists, economists, and others with an interest in the human dimensions of coastal resource management are encouraged to apply.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><B>The deadline is October 4th</B></SPAN><SPAN style="">.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The RFP can be found at </SPAN><A href="http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2008/2008_star_ecohab.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2008/2008_star_ecohab.html</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A recent report, /Harmful Algal Research and Response: A Human<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">Dimensions Strategy/, summarizes human dimensions research needs to<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">support HAB mitigation:<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><A href="http://www.cop.noaa.gov/stressors/extremeevents/hab/human_dimensions.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.cop.noaa.gov/stressors/extremeevents/hab/human_dimensions.html</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">The report is a companion document to the National HAB Plan - /Harmful<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">Algal Research and Response: A National Environmental Science Strategy/<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(HARRNESS) - which can be found at: </SPAN><A href="http://www.esa.org/HARRNESS/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.esa.org/HARRNESS/</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=""> <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> Call for Climate Change Impacts Case Studies to Support Human Rights, Advocacy and Education Efforts</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Dear colleagues,<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Center for International Environmental Law is developing a database of case studies on the impacts of climate change on vulnerable communities. The case studies will be used to support climate change work on human rights, advocacy and policy development, adaptation, and education. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We invite contributions from the larger climate change community. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We think it will be very powerful to have a number of examples of how climate change has and will have a direct and potentially devastating effect on the lives and livelihoods of millions of people, and therefore are compiling brief descriptions of how climate change has or will impact people in various countries, regions, or cities. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Case studies will be posted on the web and will be cited in educational material we are preparing. Although there is no deadline as will be an ongoing project, we are especially interested in submissions by late October, which can be presented at the December 2007 United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties and Meeting of the Parties of the Kyoto Protocol (COP/MOP) meeting in Bali. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Case studies are approximately 2-3 pages focusing on a vulnerable area or group of people threatened by climate change. For a copy of the author's guidelines and a sample case study on the Inuit for reference, or if you have any questions, please contact me at </SPAN><A href="mailto:chart@ciel.org"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">chart@ciel.org</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Thank you.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Craig Hart<SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="; text-align: center; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF">***************************************************</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><B>Science News</B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""> <SPAN style="">(NEWS 1) <B>More Progress Urged on Ozone Hole</B></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6998489.stm"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6998489.stm</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="">Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/ysqmkt"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/ysqmkt</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>BBC News Online - Faster progress is needed to safeguard the ozone layer, according to one of the scientists who discovered the "ozone hole" over Antarctica. Writing on the BBC News website, Joe Farman calls for faster phase-out of some ozone-destroying chemicals, and for the destruction of stockpiles.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Montreal Protocol regulating these substances is 20 years old this week. Some of Dr Farman's arguments have been echoed by senior figures in the UN, and by European and US politicians.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>He is of critical of the agreement which allows developing countries to keep on using some ozone-depleting chemicals until 2040. "Frequent reviews rescued the Montreal Protocol from deficiencies in the original draft, and another comprehensive re-examination is clearly needed," he writes in the BBC's Green Room series.<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>Ancient Records Help Test Climate Change</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style=""><A href="http://www.examiner.com/a-936349~Ancient_Records_Help_Test_Climate_Change.html">http://www.examiner.com/a-936349~Ancient_Records_Help_Test_Climate_Change.html</A> <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/3cngw8"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/3cngw8</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>San Francisco Examiner - EINSIEDELN, Switzerland - A librarian at this 10th century monastery leads a visitor beneath the vaulted ceilings of the archive past the skulls of two former abbots. He pushes aside medieval ledgers of indulgences and absolutions, pulls out one of 13 bound diaries inscribed from 1671 to 1704 and starts to read about the weather.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"Jan. 11 was so frightfully cold that all of the communion wine froze," says an entry from 1684 by Brother Josef Dietrich, governor and "weatherman" of the once-powerful Einsiedeln Monastery. "Since I've been an ordained priest, the sacrament has never frozen in the chalice. But on Jan. 13 it got even worse and one could say it has never been so cold in human memory ..."<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Diaries of day-to-day weather details from the age before 19th-century standardized thermometers are proving of great value to scientists who study today's climate. Historical accounts were once largely ignored, as they were thought to be fraught with inaccuracy or were simply inaccessible or illegible. But the booming interest in climate change has transformed the study of ancient weather records from what was once a "wallflower science," says Christian Pfister, a climate historian at the University of Bern.<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 3) <B>Panel Faults Emphasis of U.S. Climate Program</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/14/science/13cnd-climate.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/14/science/13cnd-climate.html</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="">Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/36cjac"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/36cjac</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>New York Times (Registration Required) - An effort by the Bush administration to improve federal climate research has answered some questions but lacks a focus on impacts of changing conditions and informing those who would be most affected, a panel of experts has found.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Climate Change Science Program, created in 2002 by President Bush to improve climate research across 13 government agencies, has also been hampered by governmental policies that have grounded earth-observing satellites and dismantled programs to monitor environmental conditions on earth, concluded the report, issued by the National Academies, the nation's pre-eminent scientific advisory group.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In a printed statement, Veerabhadran Ramanathan, the panel's chairman, said that the program's basic scientific efforts had constituted "an important initiative that has broadened our knowledge of climate change." Among other things, the report noted, the effort has helped resolve disputes over whether the earth's atmosphere is warming significantly or not, allowing scientists to compare data and agree that warming is occurring.<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 4) <B>Eating Less Meat May Slow Climate Change</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style=""><A href="http://www.boston.com/news/science/articles/2007/09/12/eating_less_meat_may_slow_climate_change/">http://www.boston.com/news/science/articles/2007/09/12/eating_less_meat_may_slow_climate_change/</A> <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/2zcnep"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/2zcnep</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Boston Globe (Registration Required) - LONDON -- Eating less meat could help slow global warming by reducing the number of livestock and thereby decreasing the amount of methane flatulence from the animals, scientists said on Thursday.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In a special energy and health series of the medical journal The Lancet, experts said people should eat fewer steaks and hamburgers. Reducing global red meat consumption by 10 percent, they said, would cut the gases emitted by cows, sheep and goats that contribute to global warming. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"We are at a significant tipping point," said Geri Brewster, a nutritionist at Northern Westchester Hospital in New York, who was not connected to the study. "If people knew that they were threatening the environment by eating more meat, they might think twice before ordering a burger..."<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 5) <B>Neanderthals 'Not Killed by Climate Change'</B><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.nature.com/news/2007/070910/full/070910-7.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.nature.com/news/2007/070910/full/070910-7.html</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="">Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/2uqztl"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/2uqztl</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Nature News - Whatever it was that sealed the fate of the Neanderthals, it looks unlikely to have been climate change. That is the verdict of a new study that used climate records from Venezuela to deduce what happened at the Neanderthals' last stand at the southern tip of Europe.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The research suggests that a switch to a cold, dry climate was probably not the telling factor in the demise of the Neanderthals, because of all the probable dates for their extinction, most do not lie near major cold events in the climate record.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Neanderthals (Homo neanderthalensis) lived in Europe until around 30,000 years ago - not long after Homo sapiens arrived on the scene 40,000 years ago. The Neanderthals are thought to have lasted longest in the region around Gibraltar, off the southern tip of Spain. "There are different factors that have been invoked to explain the Neanderthal extinction," says Chronis Tzedakis of the University of Leeds, UK, who led the new research. "Clearly the appearance of anatomically modern humans is the prime suspect..."<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>Hunting the Holy Grail of Fusion</B><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.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article2413310.ece"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article2413310.ece</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="">Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/39vokn"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/39vokn</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Times (London) - "The mighty Zeta: limitless fuel for millions of years" trumpeted the newspapers. It was January 25, 1958 and Britain's media were alive with the news that the nation's scientists had created the world's first controlled fusion reaction. It was, they promised, the dawn of a new era, when power would be both limitless and free.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>...That was 49 years ago. Just a few months later [Sir John] Cockcroft quietly issued a press release. His researchers had, it seemed, been mistaken. Zeta [a massive machine's code name] had never achieved fusion. ...The machine was a dud. Cockcroft's blunder was, however, far from the last. Over the years, fusion's lure of limitless energy has tempted many more scientists and politicians into the same trap of wishful thinking.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In 2002 one set of researchers announced that they had achieved bubble fusion, while in 1989 another group announced that they had achieved cold fusion. All have ended in retractions, recrimination and humiliation. What, then, are we to make of a new announcement last week ... that Britain could once more be on the road to achieving nuclear fusion?<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 7) <B>GAO Criticizes Interior Department for Brushing Off Global Warming</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style=""><A href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003873011_warmparks07.html">http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003873011_warmparks07.html</A> Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/2xel45"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/2xel45</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 - Wildfires are flaring bigger and hotter in Alaska, the northern Rockies and the Sierra Nevada. Bighorn sheep, mountain goats and grizzly bears in Glacier National Park, along with deer and marsh rabbits in the Florida Keys, face a housing crisis. Glacier's alpine meadows are disappearing, sea levels are rising in the Keys and other federal lands are feeling the heat from global warming - and the government is not doing much about it, congressional investigators said in a report Thursday.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>...After more than three years of study, the Government Accountability Office, an arm of Congress, harshly faulted the Bush administration for doing little to deal with the far-reaching effects of climate change rapidly taking place in national parks, forests, marine sanctuaries and other federal lands and waters - almost 30 percent of the United States.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The GAO said the Interior, Agriculture and Commerce departments have failed to give their resource managers the guidance and tools they need – computer models, temperature and precipitation data, climate projects and detailed inventories of plant and animal species - to cope with all the biological and physical effects from the warming.<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 8) <B>NOAA Scientists Say Arctic Ice Is Melting Faster Than Expected</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.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/06/AR2007090602499.html">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/06/AR2007090602499.html</A> <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/37fw9c"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/37fw9c</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Washington Post (Registration Required) The Arctic ice cap is melting faster than scientists had expected and will shrink 40 percent by 2050 in most regions, with grim consequences for polar bears, walruses and other marine animals, according to government researchers.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Arctic sea ice will retreat hundreds of miles farther from the coast of Alaska in the summer, the scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration concluded. That will open up vast waters for fishermen and give easier access to new areas for oil and gas exploration. It is also likely to mean an upheaval in species, bringing new predators to warmer waters and endangering those that depend on ice.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The study, by NOAA oceanographer James Overland and meteorologist Muyin Wang, adds to the increasingly urgent predictions of major ice loss in the Arctic. Six years ago, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change predicted major ice loss by 2100. An update by that United Nations-sponsored panel in February said that without drastic changes in greenhouse gas emissions, Arctic sea ice will "almost entirely" disappear by the end of the century.</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">********************<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(JOB 1)<B> Physical Scientist</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> - NOAA Paleoclimatology - Asheville, NC or Boulder, CO (USA)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The NOAA Paleoclimatology Branch of the National Climatic Data Center seeks a physical scientist (ZP-1301-IV) to conduct research and promote the use of paleoclimate data in studies of climate variability and change. The applicant should have expertise in the area of annually-resolved reconstructions of climate variables from tree-rings or other high-resolution proxies, and be interested in developing an archive of paleoclimate data for climate and climate change impacts research. The applicant should also have experience with non-annually resolved proxies and their calibration and interpretation. Responsibilities include research leading to publications and new data sets in the applicant’s area of expertise, and the expansion and improvement of paleoclimate data archived by the World Data Center for Paleoclimatology (working together with a team of data experts and IT specialists) (for information about NOAA Paleoclimatology visit </SPAN><A href="http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">).<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Requirements include the ability to develop and maintain a reputation as a research scientist and evidence of potential to publish regularly in peer-reviewed literature. Preferred skills include the ability to write computer programs to analyze scientific data, ability to design and perform statistical analyses of paleoclimate reconstruction quality, familiarity with data management, data quality control, relational databases, and Internet delivery of scientific information. This position is in the competitive service, covered under the Department of Commerce Personnel Management Demonstration Project. Pay Band IV is equivalent to the GS-13-14 level. The duty station will be either Asheville, NC or Boulder, CO to be determined at time of selection. Position is open to any U.S. citizen. Applications must be submitted during the open period via the USAJOBS website: </SPAN><A href="http://www.USAJOBS.gov/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.USAJOBS.gov</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">. Vacancy announcement number is NSDIS-NCDC-2007-0004 for any U.S. Citizen and NSDIS-NCDC-2007-0005 for current Federal employees and <B>will close 10/18/2007</B></SPAN><SPAN style="">. Human Resources point of contact is Lars Morales at (303) 497-6292.<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 2) <B>Asst Prof tenure-track</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> – Global Hydrology - Department of Geological Sciences - University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, NC (USA)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Department of Geological Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in the area of global hydrology. We seek candidates whose interests lie in understanding Earth’s water cycle, its response to changing climate, and its interaction with the lithosphere. Particular areas of interest include: response of the hydrosphere and cryosphere to climate change; quantification and calibration of hydrologic processes in global climate models; exchange of water among major Earth reservoirs; the forecast of sea level rise, droughts and floods; interactions of surface processes and the biosphere with the hydrologic cycle; and geochemical signatures of hydrologic processes in the lithosphere.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Applicants must hold a Ph.D. at the time of appointment and postdoctoral and teaching experience is highly desirable. The successful candidate will be expected to establish a vigorous, externally funded research program and to demonstrate excellence in teaching at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Applicants must submit (print and PDF format on CD) a letter of application, names, addresses, e-mail and phone numbers of four references, statements of teaching and research interests, and curriculum vitae to: Chair, Search Committee for Global Hydrology, University of North Carolina, Department of Geological Sciences, 104 South Road, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3315. <B>Review of applications will begin on December 17,</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> 2007 and will continue until the position is filled. Members of the Department will be present at the fall GSA and AGU meetings; please contact Patricia Bigelow (<A href="mailto:pcbigelo@email.unc.edu">pcbigelo@email.unc.edu</A>) to arrange an informal interview. For more information on the Department and the University please visit our web page at </SPAN><A href="http://www.geosci.unc.edu/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">www.geosci.unc.edu</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">.<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=""> - Spatial analysis/modeling - University of Carolina – Columbia SC (USA)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Department of Geography at the University of South Carolina invites applications by specialists in GIScience for a tenure track assistant professor position to begin August 16, 2008. Required characteristics of the successful applicant include a PhD in Geography (in hand at time of appointment) and demonstrated excellence in research and teaching in spatial analysis and modeling. We are particularly interested in applicants with expertise in spatial econometrics, network analysis (especially transportation), and/or location-allocation modeling. Demonstrated interests that complement and extend existing departmental strengths in environmental science, nature-society studies, and human geography are required. Preferred characteristics include the candidates demonstrated success in both theoretical research and applications in cross-disciplinary settings, and experience in publication and grant acquisition.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Successful candidates will join an 18-member department (expanding this year to 22 members) that offers bachelors, masters, and PhD programs in integrative geography. The department offers a full range of degree programs and enjoys excellent administrative support for its activities. The department has excellent, renovated facilities that house several specialized activities including the Hazards and Vulnerability Research Institute, Center for GIS & Remote Sensing, and Geographic Alliance.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For full consideration by the search committee, <B>applications must be received by October 8, 2007</B></SPAN><SPAN style="">. To apply, send letter of application, curriculum vitae, and the names and addresses (including e-mail addresses) of three references to the address below. We prefer E-mail applications.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Apply to Professor John R. Jensen, Chair of GIScience Search Committee, Department of Geography, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">E-mail </SPAN><A href="mailto:jrjensen@sc.edu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">jrjensen@sc.edu</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""> .<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For additional information, visit our departmental web site at </SPAN><A href="http://www.cas.sc.edu/geog"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">www.cas.sc.edu/geog</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""> .<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="">(JOBS 4) <B>Three Faculty Positions</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> - Ecology - School of Natural Sciences - University of California, Merced (USA)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The University of California, Merced, invites applicants for three faculty positions in Ecology. Appointments will be made at both the Assistant (tenure-track) and the Associate or Full Professor (with tenure) ranks. We seek outstanding individuals with research interests in areas such as global change, biodiversity, biocomplexity, microbial ecology, soil ecology, plant ecology, conservation biology, community ecology, biogeography, invasive species, paleoecology, ecology of infectious disease, ecological physiology, and behavioral ecology. We welcome applicants using experimental, field, computational, and/or theoretical approaches and working at population to ecosystem scales. Applications from interdisciplinary teams of ecologists offering an integrated research approach will be considered.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>UC Merced is ideally located for research in the environmental sciences, with close proximity to a diversity of natural and managed environments from the Sierra Nevada to the Pacific Ocean. Successful candidates will have the opportunity to participate in the Sierra Nevada Research Institute, a research unit at UC Merced focusing on interdisciplinary environmental studies, and in partnerships with Yosemite and Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Parks. UC Merced offers access to the UC Natural Reserve System and opportunities for collaboration with other UC campuses and UC-affiliated national laboratories.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The University of California at Merced is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer with a strong institutional commitment to the achievement of diversity among its faculty, staff, and students. The University is supportive of dual career couples.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Qualifications: Applicants must have a Ph.D. in ecology, biology, microbiology, biogeosciences, or other relevant field, and a record of research, publication, and teaching commensurate with a faculty appointment at the University of California at the appropriate level. Applicants at the Assistant Professor level must have a strong publication record, potential to develop an independent, innovative research program, and ability to teach effectively at undergraduate and graduate levels. Applicants for tenured appointments must have a well established, funded, internationally recognized research program as evidenced by publication and grant record, and must have demonstrated effectiveness as educators. For Associate or Full Professor appointments, we seek distinguished scholars who will provide leadership in establishing a program of international repute in ecology and environmental research at UC Merced. At all levels, we seek individuals who will participate actively in the development of innovative, interdisciplinary curricula, and in the teaching and mentoring of a diverse student population.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>To Apply: Interested applicants are required to submit 1) a cover letter 2) curriculum vitae 3) statement of research 4) statement of teaching and 5) a list of five references with contact information including mailing address, phone number and e-mail address. Please do not submit individual letters of recommendation. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For appointment as Assistant Professor, submit materials to Job ASNS1219A <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For appointment as Associate or Professor, submit materials to Job ASNS1221A<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Applications must be submitted via the website: </SPAN><A href="http://www.ucmerced.edu/jobs/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.ucmerced.edu/jobs/</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""> (Academic Positions)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">For more information: Contact Professor P</SPAN></FONT><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">eggy O'Day, search committee chair (</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><A href="mailto:poday@ucmerced.edu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">poday@ucmerced.edu</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">)</SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN> <DIV>********************<O:P></O:P><DIV class="MsoNormal">(JOB 5) <B>Research asst</B><SPAN style=""> – Microbial Ecology – Michigan State University – Kellogg Biological Station – Hickory Corners, MI (USA)<O:P></O:P></SPAN><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I am looking for a research assistant to work in the microbial ecology laboratory at the Kellogg Biological Station (KBS), which is a part of Michigan State University (</SPAN><A href="http://www.kbs.msu.edu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">www.kbs.msu.edu</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">).<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>KBS is located in Hickory Corners, MI, which is approximately 20 minutes from Kalamazoo, MI and one hour from the main campus in East Lansing.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Assistant will be responsible for conducting laboratory experiments using molecular techniques (e.g., PCR) and traditional microbiological culturing techniques.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In addition, the assistant will be responsible for ordering supplies and managing other aspects of the lab.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Assistant should familiar with data management, graphing, and basic statistics.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Salary is commensurate with experience.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Descriptions of some of the research projects in the microbial ecology lab can be found at </SPAN><A href="http://microbes.kbs.msu.edu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://microbes.kbs.msu.edu</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">/.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Interested applicants should send a resume/CV and a brief description of their research experience to Jay T. Lennon (DIALOG VII) at </SPAN><A href="mailto:lennonja@msu.edu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">lennonja@msu.edu</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">.</SPAN></DIV></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">********************<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(JOBS 6) <B>Faculty</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> - Environmental Studies – Oberlin College – Oberlin Ohio (USA)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Friends and Colleagues:<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Oberlin College has two openings for faculty in our Environmental Studies Program. The first is a tenure track position focused on energy, society and ecological design and the second is a one semester replacement position for the coming semester focused on humanities or arts. Full details on the application process and appointments are included below. Oberlin was the first coeducational institution to grant bachelor's degrees to women and historically has been a leader in the education of African-Americans; the college was also among the first to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation. In that spirit, we are particularly interested in receiving applications from individuals who would contribute to the diversity of our faculty. Thank you for posting and circulating these announcements widely.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>John Petersen, Chair, Environmental Studies Program, Oberlin College.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><B>1. Asst Prof</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> - Environmental Studies<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Environmental Studies Program at Oberlin College invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track faculty position in the College of Arts and Sciences. Initial appointment to this position will begin August 2008, will be for a term of four years, and will carry the rank of Assistant Professor or higher, depending on experience.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We seek a candidate able to integrate the technical, social, political, cultural, and ecological issues surrounding energy acquisition and use, particularly in the built environment. The ideal candidate will be grounded with training in the physical sciences and/or applied fields such as engineering, architecture, systems dynamics, and energy technology, and will have cross disciplinary interests and experiences. Disciplines in which an incumbent might be cross-trained could, for example, include urban planning, transportation policy, climate change policy, sociology, or psychology.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The faculty member occupying this position will teach five courses, including a section of Environmental and Society (an introductory course required for all majors), Energy and Society (an intermediate level course) and additional intermediate or upper level courses appropriate to the individual's area of specialization.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Oberlin's Adam Joseph Lewis Center for environmental studies provides rich opportunities for teaching energy issues and ecological design. The applicant will also be expected to participate in the full range of faculty responsibilities, including: supervision of student research, academic advising, service on committees, and sustained scholarly research.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Candidates must have a Ph.D. degree in hand or expected when the appointment begins and should demonstrate interest and potential excellence in undergraduate teaching. Successful teaching experience at the college level is highly desirable.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>To be assured of consideration, complete materials including a letter of application, statement of research and teaching interests, curriculum vitae, undergraduate and graduate academic transcripts, and at least three letters of reference should be sent to John Petersen, Director, Environmental Studies Program, A.J. Lewis Center, 122 Elm Street, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio 44074, <B>by October 19, 2007.</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> Fax (440)775-8946. Application materials received after that date will be considered until the position is filled. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><B>2. Visiting Prof</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> of Environmental Studies<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Environmental Studies Program at Oberlin College invites applications for a full-time, one-semester replacement position in the College of Arts and Sciences. Appointment to this position will begin January 2008, and will carry the rank of Visiting Assistant Professor.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We seek candidates who address environmental issues in compelling and original ways from a humanities perspective. Applications from candidates who bridge two or more disciplines within the humanities (such as religion, ethics, philosophy, law; visual arts, literature, film, history, journalism) are particularly welcome.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The incumbent will teach three courses, including one section of our introductory course Environment and Society, which provides majors and non-majors with a broad introduction to the status of the environment, the causes of environmental dilemmas, and the economic, social, political and technical options available for solving environmental problems.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Among the qualifications required for appointment is the Ph. D. or appropriate terminal degree in hand or expected by January 2008. Candidates must demonstrate interest and potential excellence in undergraduate teaching. Successful teaching experience at the college level is desirable.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>To be assured of consideration, a letter of application, a curriculum vitae, graduate academic transcripts, and at least three recent letters of reference, should be sent to John Petersen, Director, Environmental Studies Program, A.J. Lewis Center, 122 Elm Street, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio 44074 <B>by October 1, 2007</B></SPAN><SPAN style="">. Fax (440) 775-8946. Application materials received after that date will be considered until the position is filled.</SPAN> <DIV>********************<DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(JOB 7) <B>Asst Prof</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> - Human Geography – University of Hawaii – Manoa (USA)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Geography (</SPAN><A href="http://www.geography.hawaii.edu/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.geography.hawaii.edu</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">) invites<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>applications for a full-time, 9-month, tenure-track position for an Assistant Professor in Human Geography and Globalization, addressing issues such as environmental conflict/security or socio-cultural consequences of global change, to start 1 August 2008.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Expertise in a range of methodological approaches will be welcome. Duties: To teach undergraduate and graduate courses; advise undergraduate and graduate students; conduct an active research program; publish research results; seek extramural funding; and engage in departmental governance and activities.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Minimum Qualifications: A PhD in Geography or an allied field must be held by the start of the appointment. A record of scholarly achievement as evidenced by publications and research. Desirable Qualifications: A research agenda with relevance to issues in the Asia-Pacific region or Hawaii in particular. Academic interests which complement the department's strengths. Demonstrated excellence in teaching and research.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>To apply, send letter of application outlining teaching interests and research agenda, curriculum vitae, names and addresses of at least three academic referees, and evidence of teaching effectiveness. Candidates should state clearly how they would expect to fit within the department and link to other programs of the College of Social Sciences and the University. <B>Review of applications will begin on 15 November 2007.</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> Applications should be sent to Professor Krisna Suryanata, Chair of Search Committee, Department of Geography, 2424 Maile Way, 445 Saunders Hall, Honolulu, HI 96822-2223. E-mail: </SPAN><A href="mailto:krisnawa@hawaii.edu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">krisnawa@hawaii.edu</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Position number: 82332.<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 8) <B>Project Coordinator</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> - NSF-IGERT in Applied Biodiversity Science - Texas A&M University - College Station, TX (USA)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A new NSF-funded doctoral training program entitled, “IGERT: Applied Biodiversity Science, Bridging Ecology, Culture, and Governance for Effective Conservation” is seeking a full-time Coordinator to manage program affairs. Doctoral research in this program is focused on multiple sites in Latin America and USA-Mexico transboundary region. Complementary teams of students and advisors will conduct research aimed at achieving biodiversity conservation in collaboration with local partners and institutions. The ABS-IGERT team consists of 20 faculty from ten departments and five colleges. The Coordinator will report to the ABS-IGERT Co-directors. The position will begin in January 2008 and last five years.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>More about the ABS-IGERT can be found at </SPAN><A href="http://biodiversity.tamu.edu/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://biodiversity.tamu.edu</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Responsibilities— The Coordinator position is a hub for the ABS-IGERT. S/he will become a central communicator and facilitator for faculty, students, and the international network. Duties include managing day-to-day activities and information requests; supervising website; arranging interviews for applicants to the program; facilitating contacts with partners in Latin America; coordinating logistics for the Amazon Field Course, visits to research sites, and internships at participating partner institutions; helping implement the student recruitment strategy; tracking student progress; coordinating program assessment activities and compiling assessment data. Travel to Latin America is required.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Qualifications— The Coordinator will be a Ph.D.-level or 10-year experienced social or biological scientist who is bilingual and has a background in international conservation. Ability to work with faculty and students in interdisciplinary teams and in diverse cultural settings is paramount. The candidate should possess outstanding leadership skills as well as demonstrated success in communicating effectively with diverse groups in Spanish and English.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Application Process— Applications should include a letter of interest emphasizing a track record in international conservation research, a complete Curriculum Vitae, and list of references. Materials should be sent by email attachment to: Amanda Stronza and Lee A. Fitzgerald, Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-2258<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Emails:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="mailto:astronza@tamu.edu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">astronza@tamu.edu</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="">lfitzgerald @tamu.edu<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><B>Screening will begin 15 October, 2007,</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> and applications will be accepted until the position is filled.<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 9) <B>Asst Prof</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> - Climate Science - Department of Geography - University of California, Santa Barbara CA (USA)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.geog.ucsb.edu/about/positions/faculty.php"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.geog.ucsb.edu/about/positions/faculty.php</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><B>Application Deadline: Monday, 15 October 2007</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) Department of Geography invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position in the field of climate science effective 1 July 2008. The Department of Geography seeks candidates whose research and teaching interests focus on understanding coupled climate processes using numerical modeling and observations. Research focus areas include climate scale interactions of the atmosphere with terrestrial, oceanic, and/or cryospheric processes; global climate change and its feedbacks with regional climates; climate impacts on humankind and potential feedbacks; and the role of the mesoscale atmospheric processes in climate and climate change. The successful applicant should be versed in the use of observational data (e.g., remote sensing and historical or paleo records) as well as the numerical and/or mathematical modeling of climate. It is expected that the candidate should be able to (1) conduct state of the art research in association with the diverse group of scholars in the departments of Geography, Earth Science and Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology, the Institute for Computational Earth System Science, the Marine Science Institute, and the Donald Bren School of Environmental Science and Management; (2) help focus interdisciplinary graduate training and research programs in the study of Earth's climate and its changes; and (3) teach classes at both the graduate and undergraduate level in physical geography and atmospheric sciences.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The department is especially interested in candidates who can contribute to the diversity and excellence of the academic community through research, teaching, and service. UCSB is an EO/AA Employer. Applicants must have a PhD and should submit a complete curriculum vitae, statement of research and teaching interests, and names and addresses of three referees by Monday, 15 October 2007 to: </SPAN><A href="mailto:climate_search@geog.ucsb.edu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">climate_search@geog.ucsb.edu</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>E-mail submissions are preferred, though applications may also be sent via regular mail to: Search Committee, Department of Geography, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-4060<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 10) <B>Asst or Assoc Prof</B></SPAN><SPAN style="">. - Marine Life Sciences – Graduate School Of Oceanography – University of Rhode Island – Kingston RI (USA)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.uri.edu/human_resources/11842.htm"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.uri.edu/human_resources/11842.htm</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Graduate School of Oceanography (GSO) of the University of Rhode Island invites applications from outstanding scientists for a calendar-year, tenure-track position with 8 months of hard money per year. We are particularly interested in scientists who address one or more interdisciplinary topics in marine life sciences. Special attention will be given to applicants with skills in advanced technologies such as: genomics, proteomics, remote sensing, data assimilation and numerical modeling.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Please send via e-mail or regular post, a letter of application, curriculum vitae, statement of teaching philosophy and research interests, and the names and addresses of four references to: </SPAN><A href="mailto:MarineLifeSciencesSearch@uri.edu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">MarineLifeSciencesSearch@uri.edu</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""> or Peter Cornillon, Search Chair (Req # 011842), UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND, P.O. Box G, Kingston, RI 02881. <B>Review of applications will begin on October 12, 2007</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> and continue until the position is filled. URI is an AA/EEO employer and values diversity and also is an NSF ADVANCE institutional transformation university, working to advance the careers of women faculty, especially in the science and engineering disciplines.<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 11) <B>Asst Prof</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> - Biology (Ecology) –Whitman College – Walla Walla WA (USA)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Tenure-track position in biology, at the rank of assistant professor, effective 2008-2009. Ph.D. required, post-doctoral experience preferred.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We seek a field biologist with expertise in ecology whose teaching/research interests consider ecological phenomena (such as animal behavior or interactions) in evolutionary contexts. Teaching duties will include courses and laboratories in ecology and field biology, contributions to Whitman’s interdisciplinary environmental studies program, and supervision of student research in biology. Whitman College wishes to reinforce its commitment to enhance diversity, broadly defined, recognizing that to provide a diverse learning environment is to prepare students for personal and professional success in an increasingly multicultural and global society. In their application, candidates are strongly encouraged to address their potential contribution to the promotion of diversity, a core value of the Whitman College community; their interest in working with undergraduates as teachers and scholars in a liberal arts environment that emphasizes close student-faculty interaction; and their interest in participating in the College's general education offerings.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><B>Deadline: October 19, 2007</B></SPAN><SPAN style="">. Materials should include a letter of application; curriculum vitae; three letters of reference; undergraduate and graduate transcripts; teaching evaluations or other evidence of demonstrated or potential excellence in undergraduate instruction; and separate statements on the candidate’s teaching interests and scholarly agenda. Send to: Patti Moss, Biology Department, Whitman College, 345 Boyer Ave, Walla Walla, WA 99362. Whitman College, located in the scenic Columbia Basin, is a small, selective, liberal arts college dedicated to providing excellent educational opportunities for students. The College has a generous sabbatical leave program and professional development support for both research and teaching. For additional information about Whitman College and the Walla Walla area, see </SPAN><A href="http://www.whitman.edu/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">www.whitman.edu</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""> and </SPAN><A href="http://www.wallawalla.org/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">www.wallawalla.org</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">.<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">**************************************************</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. Susan Weiler to distribute information of potential interest to recent PhDs engaged in interdisciplinary aquatic science or climate-change research, and to build an international sense of community among recent grads. It provides an international forum for the exchange of information and opinions regarding research, professional and social issues. The views and opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of the funding agencies or sponsoring societies. Dr. Weiler reserves the right to edit or reject material submitted to the list.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman"> Please submit announcements of interest to recent PhDs to </FONT><A href="mailto:phd@whitman.edu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman">phd@whitman.edu</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman">. Send a short message in the body of an e-mail message, and link to any appropriate websites. Do not send attachments.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman"> Moving? 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Susan Weiler, Ph.D. </SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Office for Earth System Studies Tel: 509-527-5948 </SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Whitman College Fax: 509-527-5961</SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Walla Walla, WA 99362</SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;"> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=""><A href="mailto:weiler@whitman.edu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000" face="Arial" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;">weiler@whitman.edu</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></A></SPAN><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;"> </SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;"> Programs for Recent PhDs </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=""><A href="http://aslo.org/phd.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000" face="Arial" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;">http://disccrs.org</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></A></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;"> DISCCRS poster </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=""><A href="http://aslo.org/phd.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000" face="Arial" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;">http://disccrs.org</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></A></SPAN><SPAN style=""> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;"> Workshop Report, Meeting the Needs of </SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;"> Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Graduates in a </SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;"> Changing Global Environment</SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><A href="http://marcus.whitman.edu/~weilercs/biocomplexity/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000" face="Arial" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;">http://marcus.whitman.edu/~weilercs/biocomplexity/</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></A></SPAN><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;"> </SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;"> </SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> <O:P></O:P></DIV><BR></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>