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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica"><b>12/7/2007</b></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
color:blue"><b><i>RESOURCES and FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><b>Travel funding for Early Career Scientists</b></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "> -
SCAR/IASC IPY Open Science Conference
- 8-11 July 2008
- St. Petersburg, Russia Polar Research: Arctic and Antarctic Perspectives in the
International Polar Year<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">
<span> </span></span><a href="http://www.iasc.se/"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; ">http://www.iasc.se</span></a><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "> or </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; "><a href="http://www.scar-iasc-ipy2008.org/">http://www.scar-iasc-ipy2008.org</a></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>(see RESOURCES 1 below)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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color:blue"><b><i>FORUM<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><b>Website: </b></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica">The International Arctic Science Committee (IASC)
announces the launch of its new website, which has been developed in
cooperation with the Arctic Portal.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span><a href="http://arcticportal.org/iasc"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;
color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">http://arcticportal.org/iasc</span></a><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">The START programme on capacity
building for global change research is developing plans for a new program of <b>African
Climate Change Fellowships</b></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica"> to
build capabilities for advancing and applying knowledge for climate change
adaptation in Africa. Please consider helping START by completing and returning
the linked survey by Dec. 20, 2007:</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><a href="http://www.disccrs.org/reports/Survey_African_CC_Fellowship_Program.dot"><span style="color:#004FAF">http://www.disccrs.org/reports/Survey_African_CC_Fellowship_Program.dot</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">Deadline: Dec 20, 2007<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><b>Global Deal</b></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica"> - a new blog project from openDemocracy and E3G
A major new blog project called Global Deal which brings together
openDemocracy's in-depth analysis and commentary with a dynamic blog from Bali
and reaction from around the world.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/global_deal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;
color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">globaldeal.opendemocracy.net</span></a><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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color:blue"><b><i>SCIENCE NEWS<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><b>The Dwindling Margin
for Error: The Realist Perspective on Global Governance and Global Warming</b></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span><a href="http://www.rutgerspolicyjournal.org/jlpp_issues_5_1.html"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:
none">http://www.rutgerspolicyjournal.org/jlpp_issues_5_1.html</span></a><span style="font-family:Helvetica"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><b>Nature SPECIAL: UN
Climate Conference In Bali<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">This week international
delegates and environmental activists are beginning to congregate in Bali,
where meetings will be held to start on a successor to the Kyoto Protocol. Find
all our coverage in one easy place.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><a href="http://ealerts.nature.com/cgi-bin24/DM/y/ehyn0XlIGY0Hji0Bicn0EI"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:
none">http://ealerts.nature.com/cgi-bin24/DM/y/ehyn0XlIGY0Hji0Bicn0EI</span></a><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><b>UN kicks off Bali climate change conference in Nusa Dua, Bali island, Indonesia on Monday, Dec. 3, 2007</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span> </span><a href="http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20071203/climate_bali_071203/20071203?hub=WorldCTV.ca">http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20071203/climate_bali_071203/20071203?hub=WorldCTV.ca</a> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>(see NEWS 1 below)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><b>Climate Talks Take on Added Urgency After Report</b></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span> </span><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/03/world/asia/03bali.html"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; ">http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/03/world/asia/03bali.html</span></a><span> </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">Or: </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; "><a href="http://tinyurl.com/2ax47u">http://tinyurl.com/2ax47u</a></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>(see NEWS 2 below)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><b>A Tussle Over Link of Warming, Disease<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span> </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><a href="http://www.boston.com/news/science/articles/2007/12/05/a_tussle_over_link_of_warming_disease/">http://www.boston.com/news/science/articles/2007/12/05/a_tussle_over_link_of_warming_disease/</a><span> </span>Or: </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; "><a href="http://snurl.com/1useo">http://snurl.com/1useo</a></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>(see NEWS 3 below)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><b>Scientists Beg for Climate Action</b></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span> </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/science/wire/sns-ap-climate-scientists,1,5205421.story">http://www.latimes.com/news/science/wire/sns-ap-climate-scientists,1,5205421.story</a><span> </span>Or: </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; "><a href="http://snurl.com/1ut9i">http://snurl.com/1ut9i</a></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>(see NEWS 4 below)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><b>New Report on the Influence of the UNFCCC Treaty Secretariat</b></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span> </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; "><a href="http://www.glogov.org/?pageid=22">http://www.glogov.org/?pageid=22</a></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>(see NEWS 5 below)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><b>Toll of climate change on world food supply could be worse than thought. Predictions, already daunting, fail to account for extreme weather, disease and other complications, say new reports.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span> </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; "><a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-12/teia-toc120307.php">http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-12/teia-toc120307.php</a></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>(see NEWS 6 below)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><b>Rudd acts to ratify Kyoto accord in Australia</b></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span> </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; "><a href="http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/03/asia/AS-GEN-Australia-New-Government.php?WT.mc_id=rssfrontpage">http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/03/asia/AS-GEN-Australia-New-Government.php?WT.mc_id=rssfrontpage</a></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>(see NEWS 7 below)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><b>US Lifestyle Won't Have To Change In CO2 Cut - Report</b></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span> </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; "><a href="http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/45696/story.htm">http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/45696/story.htm</a></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>(see NEWS 8 below)<o:p><span></span></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><b>Provisions of global warming bill approved by a Senate committee</b></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><o:p><span><span> </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; "><a href="http://climate.weather.com/articles/senate120607.html">http://climate.weather.com/articles/senate120607.html</a></span></span></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><o:p><span> </span>(see NEWS 9 below)</o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><b>Late leaf fall</b></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><span><span> </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; "><a href="http://www.nature.com/climate/2008/0801/full/ngeo.2007.61.html">http://www.nature.com/climate/2008/0801/full/ngeo.2007.61.html</a></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><span> </span>(see NEWS 10 below)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><b>Comparing apples with oranges</b></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><span><span> </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; "><a href="http://www.nature.com/climate/2008/0801/full/climate.2007.74.html">http://www.nature.com/climate/2008/0801/full/climate.2007.74.html</a></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><span> </span>(see NEWS 11 below)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">Atlantic invaders: The melting of Arctic sea ice is blurring the biological boundaries between Pacific and Atlantic</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
color:blue"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; "><span> </span><a href="http://www.nature.com/climate/2007/0711/full/climate.2007.61.html"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; ">http://www.nature.com/climate/2007/0711/full/climate.2007.61.html</span></a></span> <o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
color:blue"><b><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; "><span> </span>(see NEWS 12 below)</span></o:p></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
color:blue"><b><i>SUMMER PROGRAMS, COURSES, INTERNSHIPS, MEETINGS,
OPPORTUNITIES<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><b>MYRES III: Life and its Landscape </b></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">May 20-23, 2008 – Tulane University – New Orleans (USA)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span> </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><a href="http://www.myres.org/myres3">http://www.myres.org/myres3</a><span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>(see MEETING 1 below)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
color:blue"><b><i>JOBS<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><b>Faculty Position</b></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "> - Environmental Health - Department of Geography - University of Florida (USA)</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>(see JOB 1 below)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><b>Asst. Prof -</b></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "> Physical geography - Dept. of Geography and Geology - University of Southern Mississippi – Hattiesburg, MS (USA)</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>(see JOB 2 below)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><b>Faculty, tenure-track</b></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "> - Glaciology - Department of Geology - Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets (CReSIS) -<span> </span>University of Kansas – Lawrence KS (USA)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span> </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; "><a href="http://www.geo.ku.edu/">http://www.geo.ku.edu/</a></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>(see JOB 3 below)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><b>ostdoc Fellowship</b></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "> – The Study of Sharing Networks to Assess Resilience and Vulnerability of Indigenous Communities in Alaska<span> </span>- University of Alaska - Fairbanks, AK (USA)</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>(see JOB 4 below)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><b>Postdocl fellowships</b></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "> - Science, Technology, and Public Policy – Ford School of Public Policy – University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, MI (USA)</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>(see JOB 5 below)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><b>Asst Prof </b></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">- Environmental Science - Whittier College - near Los Angeles, CA (USA)</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>(see JOB 6 below)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><b>Postdoc </b></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">– Marine Biology - Marine Science Center and the Three Seas Marine Biology Program – Northeastern University - Nahant, MA (USA)</span></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="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><b>Postdoc</b></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "> - global ocean biogeochemistry modeling – Earth System Science – University of California – Irvine, CA (USA)</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>(see JOB 8 below)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><b>Postdoc</b></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "> - Geosciences - Yale University - New Haven, CT (USA)</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>(see JOB 9 below)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><b>Scientific Researcher & Post-doc (2 different positions)-</b></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "> Global Climate Division Royal - Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI) – De Bilt (THE NETHERLANDS)</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>(see JOBS 10 below)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><b>Postdocs</b></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "> - NOAA Climate & Global Change – Various locations – (USA)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><span> </span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; "><a href="http://www.vsp.ucar.edu./cgc.html">http://www.vsp.ucar.edu./cgc.html</a></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>(see JOBS 11 below)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><b>Asst Profs</b></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "> – Ecological and environmental anthropology – Department of Anthropology - University of Georgia - Athens, GA (USA)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span> </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; "><a href="http://careercenter.aaanet.org/jobdetail.cfm?job=2744162.32">http://careercenter.aaanet.org/jobdetail.cfm?job=2744162.32</a></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>(see JOBS 12 below)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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color:blue"><b>Resources and Funding Opportunities<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">(RESOURCES 1) <b>Travel
funding for Early Career Scientists</b></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica">
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SCAR/IASC IPY Open Science Conference
- 8-11 July 2008
- St. Petersburg,
Russia Polar Research: Arctic and Antarctic Perspectives in the
International
Polar Year <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span><a href="http://www.iasc.se/"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:windowtext;
text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">http://www.iasc.se</span></a><span style="font-family:Helvetica"> or </span><a href="http://www.scar-iasc-ipy2008.org/"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;
color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">http://www.scar-iasc-ipy2008.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">
The International
Arctic Science Committee (IASC) and Scientific
Committee on Antarctic Research
(SCAR) are jointly organizing the
SCAR/IASC IPY Open Science Conference in St
Petersburg, Russia, on 8-11
July 2008. Natural and social scientists are
invited to present papers
under a series of session headings that address the
themes of the
International Polar Year (IPY).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>IASC will provide travel grants
for early career scientists (less than
five years after completion of PhD) who
present papers with an Arctic
component. The maximum travel support will be
2,000 EUR per person.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Applications consisting of the
abstract submitted to the conference, a
short but informative CV, and an
estimate of the travel costs should be
sent by Tuesday, 15 January 2008,
to:
IASC Secretariat
P.O. Box 50003
104 05 Stockholm, Sweden
Phone:
+46-8-6739613
E-mail: </span><a href="mailto:iasc@iasc.se"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:
none">iasc@iasc.se</span></a><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Applications for funding will be
considered only when the abstract has
been submitted and accepted at:
</span><a href="http://www.scar-iasc-ipy2008.org/"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;
color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">http://www.scar-iasc-ipy2008.org</span></a><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Application Deadline: Tuesday, 15
January 2008<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
color:blue"><b>Science News<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"> (NEWS 1)<b> UN kicks off
Bali climate change conference in Nusa Dua, Bali island, Indonesia on Monday,
Dec. 3, 2007</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal">
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span><a href="http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20071203/climate_bali_071203/20071203?hub=WorldCTV.ca">http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20071203/climate_bali_071203/20071203?hub=WorldCTV.ca</a> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>About 10,000 delegates from
nearly 190 countries are in Bali today for a massive UN conference on climate
change. The focus of the conference is to begin negotiations on an
international agreement to fight climate change after 2012 -- when the first
commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol expires.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The main goals of the conference
are to: 1) launch negotiations on a climate change deal for the post-2012
period,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>2) set the agenda for the
negotiations<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>3) reach agreement on
when these negotiations will have to be concluded.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>…continued<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">******************** <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">(NEWS 2) <b>Climate
Talks Take on Added Urgency After Report</b></span><span style="font-family:
Helvetica"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/03/world/asia/03bali.html"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:
none">http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/03/world/asia/03bali.html</span></a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><span style="font-family:
Helvetica">Or: </span><a href="http://tinyurl.com/2ax47u"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:
none">http://tinyurl.com/2ax47u</span></a><span style="font-family:Helvetica"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>New York Times (Registration
Required) - JAKARTA, Indonesia, Dec. 2 - Thousands of government officials,
industry lobbyists, environmental campaigners and observers are arriving on the
Indonesian island of Bali for two weeks of talks starting Monday that are aimed
at breathing new life into the troubled 15-year-old global climate treaty.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>A heightened sense of urgency
surrounds the meeting in light of a report issued last month by the United
Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which detailed the
potentially devastating effects of global warming in the panel's strongest
language yet.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>But few participants expect this
round of talks to produce significant breakthroughs. At most, they say, it will
result in new commitments to negotiate to update the original treaty by the end
of 2009.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">(NEWS 1)<b> UN kicks off
Bali climate change conference in Nusa Dua, Bali island, Indonesia on Monday,
Dec. 3, 2007</b></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span><a href="http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20071203/climate_bali_071203/20071203?hub=WorldCTV.ca">http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20071203/climate_bali_071203/20071203?hub=WorldCTV.ca</a>
News Staff<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>About 10,000 delegates from
nearly 190 countries are in Bali today for a massive UN conference on climate
change. The focus of the conference is to begin negotiations on an
international agreement to fight climate change after 2012 -- when the first
commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol expires.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The main goals of the conference
are to: 1) launch negotiations on a climate change deal for the post-2012
period,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>2) set the agenda for the
negotiations<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>3) reach agreement on
when these negotiations will have to be concluded.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>…continued<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">(NEWS 2) <b>Climate
Talks Take on Added Urgency After Report</b></span><span style="font-family:
Helvetica"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/03/world/asia/03bali.html"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:
none">http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/03/world/asia/03bali.html</span></a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><span style="font-family:
Helvetica">Or: </span><a href="http://tinyurl.com/2ax47u"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:
none">http://tinyurl.com/2ax47u</span></a><span style="font-family:Helvetica"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>New York Times (Registration
Required) - JAKARTA, Indonesia, Dec. 2 - Thousands of government officials,
industry lobbyists, environmental campaigners and observers are arriving on the
Indonesian island of Bali for two weeks of talks starting Monday that are aimed
at breathing new life into the troubled 15-year-old global climate treaty.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>A heightened sense of urgency
surrounds the meeting in light of a report issued last month by the United
Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which detailed the
potentially devastating effects of global warming in the panel's strongest
language yet.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>But few participants expect this
round of talks to produce significant breakthroughs. At most, they say, it will
result in new commitments to negotiate to update the original treaty by the end
of 2009.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">(NEWS 3) <b>A Tussle
Over Link of Warming, Disease<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><a href="http://www.boston.com/news/science/articles/2007/12/05/a_tussle_over_link_of_warming_disease/">http://www.boston.com/news/science/articles/2007/12/05/a_tussle_over_link_of_warming_disease/</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Or: </span><a href="http://snurl.com/1useo"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:windowtext;
text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">http://snurl.com/1useo</span></a><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Boston Globe (Registration
Required) - WASHINGTON - As world leaders meet in Bali this week to find new
ways to battle global warming, some of the nation's top climate change
scientists yesterday argued that there's little concrete evidence connecting
global warming to the spread of infectious diseases, while others said the link
is crystal clear.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The debate before an Institute of
Medicine panel on global health ... was far from an academic exercise. A
similar review in 2001, which found little conclusive data that climate change
is adversely affecting human health, was among the arguments the Environmental
Protection Agency used in denying states the ability to curb emissions from new
motor vehicles.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Now, after the US Supreme Court
ordered the EPA to review that decision earlier this year, the scientific
disagreement yesterday ... paralleled an ongoing political battle between the
Bush administration and several states, including Massachusetts.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">******************** </div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">(NEWS 4) <b>Scientists
Beg for Climate Action</b></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/science/wire/sns-ap-climate-scientists,1,5205421.story">http://www.latimes.com/news/science/wire/sns-ap-climate-scientists,1,5205421.story</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Or: </span><a href="http://snurl.com/1ut9i"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:windowtext;
text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">http://snurl.com/1ut9i</span></a><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Los Angeles Times (Registration
Required) - WASHINGTON (Associated Press) -- For the first time, more than 200
of the world's leading climate scientists, losing their patience, urged
government leaders to take radical action to slow global warming because
"there is no time to lose."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>A petition from at least 215
climate scientists calls for the world to cut in half greenhouse gas emissions
by 2050. It is directed at a conference of diplomats meeting in Bali,
Indonesia, to negotiate the next global warming treaty. The petition, obtained
by The Associated Press, is to be announced at a press conference there
Wednesday night.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The appeal from scientists follows
a petition last week from more than 150 global business leaders also demanding
the 50 percent cut in greenhouse gases. That is the estimate that scientists
calculate would hold future global warming to a little more than a 3-degree
Fahrenheit increase and is in line with what the European Union has adopted.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">(NEWS 5) <b>New Report
on the Influence of the UNFCCC Treaty Secretariat</b></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><a href="http://www.glogov.org/?pageid=22"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;
color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">http://www.glogov.org/?pageid=22
</span></a><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>A new report of the Global
Governance Project, a joint research programme of eleven European research
institutions which seeks to advance understanding of the new actors,
institutions and mechanisms of global governance, especially in the field of
sustainable development, is now available online:<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>"How to Make a Living in a Straitjacket.
Explaining Influences of the Secretariat to the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change" (Global Governance Working Paper no 22, authored
by P.-O. Busch). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The paper analyses the influence
of one of the largest treaty secretariats, the secretariat to the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, based in Bonn, Germany. The
report details the influence of the secretariat in the normative, cognitive,
and executive domains, and explains the influence of the secretariat through a
set of factors, including the overall problem structure of climate governance,
the role of organisational culture and structures, and the mandate and
resources of the secretariat. The study is one of the most comprehensive
accounts of this important intergovernmental bureaucracy so far. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Other climate-related recent
studies of the Global Governance Project include:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>"Preparing for a Warmer
World: Towards a Global Governance System to Protect Climate Refugees"
(Global Governance Working Paper No 33) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>"Remapping Global Climate
Governance: Fragmentation beyond the Public-private Divide" (Global
Governance Working Paper No 32).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>"Dealing with the
Fragmentation of Global Climate Governance: Legal and Political Approaches in
Interplay Management" (Global Governance Working Paper No 30). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>"Between the United States
and the South. Strategic Choices for European Climate Policy" (Global
Governance Working Paper No 17).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">******************** </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">(NEWS 6) <b>Toll of
climate change on world food supply could be worse than thought. Predictions,
already daunting, fail to account for extreme weather, disease and other
complications, say new reports.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-12/teia-toc120307.php"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:
none">http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-12/teia-toc120307.php</span></a><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Global agriculture, already
predicted to be stressed by climate change in coming decades, could go into
steep, unanticipated declines in some regions due to complications that
scientists have so far inadequately considered, say three new scientific
reports. The authors say that progressive changes predicted to stem from 1- to
5-degree C temperature rises in coming decades fail to account for seasonal
extremes of heat, drought or rain, multiplier effects of spreading diseases or
weeds, and other ecological upsets. All are believed more likely in the future.
Coauthored by leading researchers from Europe, North America and Australia,
they appear in this week's issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of
Sciences (PNAS).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>"Many people assume that we
will never have a problem with food production on a global scale. But there is
a strong potential for negative surprises," said Francesco Tubiello, a
physicist and agricultural expert at the NASA/Goddard Institute of Space
Studies who coauthored all three papers. Goddard is a member of Columbia
University's Earth Institute.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>In order to keep pace with
population growth, current production of grain—from which humans derive
two-thirds of their protein—will probably have to double, to 4 billion tons a
years before 2100. Studies in the past 10 years suggest that mounting levels of
carbon dioxide in the air—believed to be the basis of human-caused climate
change—may initially bolster the photosynthetic rate of many plants, and, along
with new farming techniques, possibly add to some crop yields. Between now and
mid-century, higher temperatures in northerly latitudes will probably also
expand lands available for farming, and bring longer growing seasons. However,
these gains likely will be canceled by agricultural declines in the tropics,
where even modest 1- to 2-degree rises are expected to evaporate rainfall and
push staple crops over their survival thresholds. Existing research estimates
that developing countries may lose 135 million hectares (334 million acres) of
prime farm land in the next 50 years. After mid-century, continuing temperature
rises—5 degrees C or more by then--are expected to start adversely affecting
northern crops as well, tipping the whole world into a danger zone. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">...continued...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">(NEWS 7) <b>Rudd acts to
ratify Kyoto accord in Australia</b></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><a href="http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/03/asia/AS-GEN-Australia-New-Government.php?WT.mc_id=rssfrontpage"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:
none">http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/03/asia/AS-GEN-Australia-New-Government.php?WT.mc_id=rssfrontpage
</span></a><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>CANBERRA, Australia - New Prime
Minister Kevin Rudd signed the paperwork Monday to ratify the Kyoto Protocol,
making good on an election promise to overturn Australia's decade-long
opposition to the international global warming pact.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>"This is the first official
act of the new Australian Government, demonstrating my government's commitment
to tackling climate change," Rudd said in a statement issued hours after
he was officially sworn in Monday.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The dramatic step just nine days
after Rudd was elected looked likely to send Australia's standing soaring at
international climate change talks that started Monday in Indonesia, and to
intensify pressure on Washington to join the Kyoto framework.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Australia's ratification of Kyoto
will leave the United States isolated among wealthy countries in shunning the
agreement.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>It was welcomed by
conservationists, who described Australia's previous opposition as hurting
global efforts to fight the problem.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>WWF-Australia chief executive
Greg Bourne said in a statement that the Rudd government has propelled
Australia "from a laggard to a leader."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>He said Australia's new stance
would send a strong message to Washington on the issue.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>Shortly after being sworn in by Governor General Michael
Jeffery, Rudd signed the "instrument of ratification" of the
protocol, the prime minister said. The signed document would now be sent to the
United Nations, and ratification would come into force 90 days after it was
received, Rudd said, predicting Australia would become a full member of the
Kyoto Protocol before the end of March 2008.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">...continued...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">******************** <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">(NEWS 8) <b>US Lifestyle
Won't Have To Change In CO2 Cut - Report</b></span><span style="font-family:
Helvetica"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><a href="http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/45696/story.htm"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:
none">http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/45696/story.htm</span></a><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>NEW YORK - US citizens will not
have to drive less or read in the dark to slash greenhouse gas emissions by
2030, but they will have to buy more efficient cars and appliances, a report
from two business groups said on Thursday. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>"You may have different
light bulbs, and your car may be made of different materials, but basically
we've assumed that consumer lifestyles stay constant," Jack Stephenson, a
director at McKinsey & Company, a business consultant group told reporters
on a teleconference call from Washington.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>McKinsey published the report
called "Reducing US Greenhouse Emissions: How Much at What Cost?"
with The Conference Board, a research group.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The United States could reduce
projected 2030 emissions of greenhouse gases by between one-third to one-half
at manageable costs to the economy, the report found. Its mid-range case found
that cutting 3 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent from the United
States by 2030 would cost an average about US$50 billion annually, or a total
of US$1.1 trillion.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>That would represent 1.5 percent
of the US$77 trillion in real investment the US economy is expected to make
over the period, it said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The effect on the economy of
cutting greenhouse gas emissions is being mulled in the US Congress where a
Senate committee is considering the top bill that would regulate the gases
blamed for global warming.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>About 80 percent of the reductions
could be made using technologies already proven in the United States or
elsewhere in the world, the report said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Power sector to bear brunt of
costs : The cheapest way to cut emissions would be making appliances and
buildings more energy efficient, through methods like better heating and
air-conditioning and more insulation, which could save 710 to 870 million
tonnes of the gases.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The next cheapest way could come
from more efficient cars and from biofuels, the report said, which could cut
emissions by 340 to 660 million tonnes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
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<div class="MsoNormal">(NEWS 9) <b>Provisions
of global warming bill approved by a Senate committee</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><a href="http://climate.weather.com/articles/senate120607.html"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:
none">http://climate.weather.com/articles/senate120607.html</span></a><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Global warming legislation
approved Wednesday by the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
would:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>1)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Require carbon dioxide and other
so-called greenhouse gas emissions reduced by 20 percent from 2005 levels by
2020, and 70 percent by 2050.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>2)
Cover electric power, manufacturing and transportation, which accounts for 80
percent of U.S. economy-related greenhouse gas emissions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>3)<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>Allow trading of emission allowances, a
"cap-and-trade" system. Companies unable to meet their emission cap
could buy allowances from other companies that have exceeded their required
cuts.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The bill, which was approved
11-8, represents the first action by Congress to advance mandatory greenhouse
gas emission reductions since global warming emerged as an environmental issue
in the 1980s.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Senate leaders plan to take up
the legislation next year but prospects of passage are uncertain. The House has
yet to take up climate change legislation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">(NEWS 10) <b>Late leaf
fall</b></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><a href="http://www.nature.com/climate/2008/0801/full/ngeo.2007.61.html"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:
none">http://www.nature.com/climate/2008/0801/full/ngeo.2007.61.html</span></a><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Nature reports - Over the last 30
years, leaves have started to change colour and fall later in the year, a
phenomenon that scientists can now attribute directly to rising levels of
atmospheric carbon dioxide. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Gail Taylor from the University
of Southampton and colleagues studied the growth and leaf fall of Populus trees
— a genus which includes aspen and poplars — growing in Tuscania and Wisconsin
from 2003 to 2004. The trees were grown in plots under either current or
elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide levels and their colour was monitored using
remotely sensed images of canopy greenness. Leaves turned yellow later in the
year under higher carbon dioxide concentrations, even when exposed to the same
temperatures. The researchers think that the change in leaf colour is probably
due to the effect of carbon dioxide on plant physiology. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Whereas earlier springtime leaf
growth is strongly related to temperature, the belated autumn leaf fall —
previously inexplicably — is not. Deciduous trees are staying greener for
longer than they were 30 years ago owing to the earlier arrival of new leaves
and later leaf falls.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">(NEWS 11) <b>Comparing
apples with oranges</b></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><a href="http://www.nature.com/climate/2008/0801/full/climate.2007.74.html"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:
none">http://www.nature.com/climate/2008/0801/full/climate.2007.74.html </span></a><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Nature reports - The drivers and
impacts of climate change extend beyond greenhouse gas emissions and rising
temperature, especially when deforestation enters the picture. In deciding how
best to mitigate, we may need to favour direct calculations of cost over
current means of measuring climate change. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Climate policymakers need to know
the total level of atmospheric greenhouse gases that we should not exceed
globally, and how one means of cutting emissions compares with another1. Both
of these issues involve quantifying the effects of various greenhouse gases
from different sources. In addition to carbon dioxide, the concentrations of
other greenhouse gases such as methane, nitrous oxide, halocarbons and ozone,
are also increased by human activity. Moreover, greenhouse gases are emitted
from many different sources — for example, carbon dioxide is emitted by deforestation
and cement production as well as by the burning of fossil fuels. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>So how do we compare, say,
methane emissions with those of carbon dioxide? And can we compare
deforestation with the burning of fossil fuels? This question is particularly
topical for the December 2007 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali,
Indonesia, as attention is once again turning to forests, which have been given
less prominence in the climate policy process in recent years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>...continued...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">(NEWS 12) <b>Atlantic
invaders: The melting of Arctic sea ice is blurring the biological boundaries
between Pacific and Atlantic</b></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><a href="http://www.nature.com/climate/2007/0711/full/climate.2007.61.html"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:
none">http://www.nature.com/climate/2007/0711/full/climate.2007.61.html</span></a><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>It was in May 1999, during
routine monitoring, that the tiny diatom was first found drifting in the ocean
currents. Not an unusual observation on a plankton survey, only the species was
in the wrong ocean. The north-west Atlantic was thick with phytoplankton of a
Pacific species on its first visit for 800,000 years.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>"We were very familiar with
the species in the Pacific," says Chris Reid, professor of oceanography at
the Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science (SAFHOS) in Plymouth, UK,
who led the survey. "But we had never seen it in the Atlantic before — it
took a while for us to realise the significance."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Reid's explanation — based on
analyses of sea ice coverage — is that Neodenticula seminae migrated from the
Pacific to the Atlantic via the Arctic as a direct consequence of the Arctic's
diminishing ice cover. Melting of ice is now opening up the Northwest Passage
between the Arctic and Pacific Oceans during summer and could result in a
seasonal ice-free state in the region as the climate continues to warm.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
color:blue"><b>Summer Programs, Courses, Internships, Meetings, Opportunities<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">(MEETING 1) <b>MYRES
III: Life and its Landscape </b></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica">May
20-23, 2008 – Tulane University – New Orleans (USA)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><a href="http://www.myres.org/myres3">http://www.myres.org/myres3</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>This May 20-23 the third Meeting
of Young Researchers in Earth Sciences (MYRES 2008) will explore the theme
“Dynamic Interactions of Life and its Landscape”. Our aim is to facilitate the
formation of a global network of young scientists who together can tackle
issues at the interface of geomorphology and ecology. Through a combination of
presentations, poster sessions, and extensive discussions, we will formulate a
hypothesis-driven framework for examining geomorphic-ecological feedbacks.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>MYRES 2008 will be held at Tulane
University in New Orleans (USA) to highlight the delicate and multifaceted
nature of human-climate-landscape interactions. Following the workshop there
will be an optional three days of field trips around the Mississippi Delta. To
facilitate participation by a diverse global group of young researchers, MYRES
will cover airfare and lodging costs for all attendees.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>If you are you an early career
scientist interested in linking physical and biological processes on the
Earth's surface, then please consider applying to attend MYRES 2008.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>We will be <b>accepting
applications from December 1, 2007 through January 18, 2008</b></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica">, and successful applicants will be contacted by
February 6th.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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color:blue"><b>Jobs<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica">Planktonnet:
Great listserv for aquatic-science jobs<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica">To
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Helvetica;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">planktonnet-subscribe@yahoogroups.com</span></a></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica">Or,
visit <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/planktonnet/"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">http://groups.yahoo.com/group/planktonnet/</span></a> and
click on 'Join this group' </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">(JOB 1)<b> Faculty
Position</b></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica"> - Environmental Health -
Department of Geography - University of Florida (USA)</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The Department of Geography (</span><a href="http://www.geog.ufl.edu/"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:windowtext;
text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">http://www.geog.ufl.edu/</span></a><span style="font-family:Helvetica">) and Emerging Pathogen Institute (EPI, see </span><a href="http://epi.ufl.edu/)"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:windowtext;
text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">http://epi.ufl.edu/)</span></a><span style="font-family:Helvetica"> at the University of Florida invites
applications for a full time tenure-track appointment in environmental health
at the rank of Assistant, Associate or Full Professor to join our faculty in
August 2008.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Emphasis will be given to 1)
climatology and health, and 2) the modeling of spatial distributions of, and
application of geospatial technologies and statistics in understanding the
spread of, emerging pathogens.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The successful candidate will
work actively with the EPI research program while maintaining good standing in
teaching and service to the Geography Department and its mission. Ph.D.
required. Salary will be commensurate with experience and qualifications. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Interested candidates should
submit resume, letter of interest, statement of teaching experience and
research, and names and contact information for 3 referees, to Dr. Michael
Binford, Search Committee Chair, Department of Geography, University of
Florida, PO Box 117315, Gainesville, FL, 32611. Applications via email are
encouraged, please send the requested information to </span><a href="mailto:mbinford@geog.ufl.edu"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;
color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">mbinford@geog.ufl.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:Helvetica"> as attachments in either word or pdf format. <b>Application
deadline is February 15, 2007.</b></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica">
Reference #00005052. Short-listed candidates will be contacted to provide 3
letters of reference immediately thereafter.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">(JOB 2) <b>Asst. Prof -</b></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica"> Physical geography - Dept. of Geography and
Geology - University of Southern Mississippi – Hattiesburg, MS (USA)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The Department of Geography and
Geology invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor
(or advanced Assistant Professor) commencing August 2008. The department seeks
a Physical Geographer. Area of specialization is expected to integrate with
existing faculty strengths. Applicants must show strong skills in graduate
mentoring and teaching Introductory and Advanced Physical Geography and courses
in their field of specialization. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Minimum qualifications include a
Ph.D. in Geography at time of appointment, evidence of teaching excellence, and
a demonstrable record of conducting quality research. Applicants are expected
to engage in cutting-edge scholarship in integrated environmental science and
to be committed to securing extramural funding and team-based activities to
support our research program. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>A complete application should
include: a personal statement of background and experience relevant to the
position, especially current and future research and philosophy of teaching, a
dated curriculum vitae, transcripts of academic degrees, and names and
addresses (including e-mail) of three references. <b>Review of applications
will commence on December 3, 2007</b></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica">
and continue until the position is filled. Application materials should be sent
to Dr. Clifton Dixon; Physical Geographer Position Search Committee; Department
of Geography and Geology, Box 5051, University of Southern Mississippi,
Hattiesburg, MS 39406-5051. E-mail: </span><a href="mailto:c.dixon@usm.edu"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:
none">c.dixon@usm.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:Helvetica">, Voice:
601.266.4729, Fax: 601.266.6219. In addition to materials sent to the department,
you must also complete an online University of Southern Mississippi employment
application, which can be found under the section entitled “Employment” at </span><a href="http://www.usm.edu/hr"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:windowtext;
text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">www.usm.edu/hr</span></a><span style="font-family:Helvetica">. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">(JOB 3) <b>Faculty,
tenure-track</b></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica"> - Glaciology -
Department of Geology - Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets (CReSIS) -<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>University of Kansas – Lawrence KS
(USA)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><a href="http://www.geo.ku.edu/"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:windowtext;
text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">http://www.geo.ku.edu/</span></a><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><b>Application Review Begins:
Tuesday, 15 January 2008<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The Department of Geology and the
Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets (CReSIS) at the University of Kansas
seek applications for an academic year, tenure-track faculty position in the
field of glaciology. The university seeks an outstanding colleague whose research
addresses fundamental problems related to glaciology and the motion of glacial
ice, who will participate in the CReSIS research mission, and who will
complement existing programs in behavior of ice sheets, rates of geological
processes, and climate change. Individuals with expertise in numerical modeling
of ice sheets, remote sensing of ice sheets, landscape evolution, cosmogenic
nuclide dating, and ocean-ice-atmosphere modeling are particularly encouraged
to apply. The successful candidate will be expected to establish an externally
funded research program, direct graduate students, and participate in teaching
graduate and undergraduate students, including courses in glaciology.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>This faculty position will
directly support the mission of CReSIS: to understand and predict the role of
polar ice sheets in sea-level change. CReSIS is an NSF-funded Science and
Technology Center established in 2005 (</span><a href="http://www.cresis.ku.edu/"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:windowtext;
text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">http://www.cresis.ku.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:Helvetica">). The academic affiliation is expected to be
with the Department of Geology, but appointment in a different academic
department would be possible. The appointment is expected to<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">begin 18 August 2008.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Applicants are expected to have a
PhD or terminal degree in geology or a related field by the start date of the
appointment. A letter of application outlining research and teaching interests,
complete curriculum vita, and names and contact information of at least three
persons who can be contacted for letters of reference should be sent to:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">Doug Walker<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">Department of Geology<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">1475 Jayhawk Boulevard,
120 Lindley Hall<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">University of Kansas<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">Lawrence, KS 66045-2124<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">Phone: 785-864-2735<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">E-mail: </span><a href="mailto:jdwalker@ku.edu"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:windowtext;
text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">jdwalker@ku.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">(JOB 4)<span style="font-family:Helvetica"> <b>Postdoc
Fellowship</b></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica"> – The Study of
Sharing Networks to Assess Resilience and Vulnerability of Indigenous Communities
in Alaska<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>- University of Alaska -
Fairbanks, AK (USA)</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>This is
an interdisciplinary project using quantitative and qualitative methods to
assess the resilience and vulnerabilities of three indigenous rural Alaskan
communities to social-ecological change.<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>We seek
a postdoctoral fellow who will join our team of researchers, work with partner
communities, and take leadership implementing key aspects of the study.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The project combines social network
analysis, ethnographic methods, and group interviewing to document current
conditions an possible futures in three villages.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>The use of social network analysis to study indigenous
community resilience represents a novel approach in the assessment of possible
impacts of global change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Researchers an leaders of participating communities will compare their
vulnerabilities with other communities through the international meetings of the
Community Adaptation and Vulnerability in Arctic Regions (CAVIAR) Project, an
initiative of the International Polar Year.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>Applicants should hold a PhD in a related field an be
prepared to base from Fairbanks and tribes to villages and international meetings.<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>For
further information contact:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Gary
Kofinas, Dept of Resources Management and Institute of Arctic Biology,
University of Alaska Faribanks, 907 474 7078<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span><a href="mailto:ffgpk@uaf.edu">ffgpk@uaf.edu</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">(JOB 5) <b>Postdocl
fellowships</b></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica"> - Science,
Technology, and Public Policy – Ford School of Public Policy – University of
Michigan – Ann Arbor, MI (USA)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The Science, Technology, and
Public Policy (STPP) Program in the Ford School of Public Policy at the
University of Michigan seeks to fill up to two postdoctoral fellow positions
(each for two years in residence.) Fellows will be expected to perform research
in some aspect of science and technology policy, teach courses in science and
technology policy (one course in Year 1 and two courses in Year 2), help to
organize a seminar series, and work with faculty to develop the STPP
program. In addition to working with colleagues in STPP and the Ford
School, fellows will find a wide range of programs at University of Michigan
that provide opportunities for enrichment and collaboration, including leading
programs in law, business, public health, medicine, engineering, the sciences,
and science & technology studies. Prospective applicants can learn more
about the STPP Program via our website: </span><a href="http://www.stpp.fordschool.umich.edu/index.html"><span style="font-family:
Helvetica;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">http://www.
stpp.fordschool.umich.edu/index.html </span></a><span style="font-family:Helvetica">.
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Applicants should be recent
recipients of the doctoral degree, with demonstrated interest in science and
technology policy. Areas of specialization and disciplinary approaches
are open. These fellowships are made possible through a generous gift
from The Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow Foundation. Salary is competitive
and includes benefits. Modest funds will also be provided for moving,
conference travel, and research. The start date for this position is
August 2008, although this date is flexible. Awardees will be expected to
be in residence in Ann Arbor, Michigan, for the time of their award and be an
active colleague within UM.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><b>Applications received by
January 15, 2008</b></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica">, will be given
first consideration, although we will continue to accept applications after
that date. Please send application materials in electronic form to </span><a href="mailto:fischerb@umich.edu"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:windowtext;
text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">fischerb@umich.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:Helvetica">. Applications should include a CV, letter
describing research and teaching interests, a statement outlining the proposed
research project, teaching evaluations, and three letters of reference to:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">STPP Fellow Search
Attn: Bonnie Roberts
Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
University of
Michigan
735 S. State Street, 4204 Weill Hall
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-3091 USA
(734) 615-6942
</span><a href="mailto:fischerb@umich.edu"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:
none">fischerb@umich.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">(JOB 6) <b>Asst Prof </b></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica">- Environmental Science - Whittier College - near
Los Angeles, CA (USA)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Whittier College invites
applications for a tenure track position at the rank of Assistant Professor in
the Environmental Science/Studies Program, an interdisciplinary major.
Applicants need a PhD with a specialization in one of the physical
sciences (environmental science, geology, geophysics, physical geography) with
an emphasis on surficial processes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The ideal candidate will be
comfortable teaching introductory environmental science courses as well as
upper-division courses in their field of expertise. He/she is also expected to
participate in our Liberal Education Program, such as teaching First-year
Writing Seminar, courses in quantitative literacy, "paired" courses,
and/or science and society courses. In addition to teaching, the
successful candidate will be expected to remain an active scholar in their
field of expertise and involve undergraduates in their research program.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Whittier College is a small
private liberal arts college located 18 miles southeast of Los Angeles, with a
highly diverse student population. The college is committed to increasing
opportunities for collaborative student research and internships. Please
direct a letter of interest, a curriculum vitae, a statement of teaching
philosophy, and three letters of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>reference
to: Cheryl Swift, Coordinator of Environmental Science, Whittier College,
P.O. Box 634, Whittier, CA 90608 (email: </span><a href="mailto:cswift@whittier.edu"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;
color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">cswift@whittier.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:Helvetica">).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><b>Review of applications will begin
February 5, 2008</b></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica"> and will
continue until the position is filled (pending final approval).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">(JOB 7) <b>Postdoc </b></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica">– Marine Biology - Marine Science Center and the
Three Seas Marine Biology Program – Northeastern University - Nahant, MA (USA)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The Marine Science Center and the
Three Seas Marine Biology Program of Northeastern University (</span><a href="http://www.threeseas.neu.edu/"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;
color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">http://www.threeseas.neu.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:Helvetica">) seek applicants for a postdoctoral research and
teaching position in organismal marine biology or ecology. The successful
applicant will be expected to teach an upper division class in The Three Seas
Program at the Marine Science Center in Nahant, Massachusetts, and to develop
independent and collaborative research programs in marine biology or ecology.
The preferred start date for this position will be no later than August 1,
2008, for one year, with possible extension for a second year. The local
habitats surrounding Northeastern University’s Marine Science Center as well as
those throughout the Gulf of Maine provide excellent opportunities to perform
field-based research. In addition, the Marine Science Center has excellent
flow-through seawater facilities. The applicant will work closely with Dr.
Geoff Trussell and be based at the Marine Science Center. A Ph.D. in the area
of marine ecology, a demonstrated publication record, and the ability to
initiate and complete short-term research are required. Candidates wishing to
SCUBA dive must be able to do so within the AAUS framework. Please email (1) a
letter of application, (2) a curriculum vitae, (3) a description of research
interests and a brief research proposal, and (4) the names and email addresses
of three people who have agreed to provide references, including the doctoral
advisor, to Dr. Geoff Trussell (</span><a href="mailto:g.trussell@neu.edu"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:
none">g.trussell@neu.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:Helvetica">). <b>Review
of applications will begin on December 15, 2007</b></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica">, and will continue until the position is filled.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">(JOB 8) <b>Postdoc</b></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica"> - global ocean biogeochemistry modeling – Earth
System Science – University of California – Irvine, CA (USA)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The Department of Earth System
Science at the University of California, Irvine seeks a postdoctoral scholar to
participate in research on ocean biogeochemical cycles. The project involves
the continued development of computationally efficient global ocean
biogeochemistry models. The successful candidate will work closely with
François Primeau and Keith Moore to construct and test hypotheses regarding the
role of the iron cycle, particulate fluxes and re-mineralization profiles on
the large-scale distributions of biogeochemical tracers during past and present
climates. The position will be initially for 1 year, renewable up to 2.5 years,
salary commensurate with qualifications. The successful candidate should have a
PhD in oceanography or related fields. Experience with developing and running 3D
ocean general circulation models including biogeochemical modules is desirable.
Send applications including CV, a statement of research interests and a
list of three references to: Dr. François Primeau, Rm 3216 Croul Hall,
Department of Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine, Irvine,
CA 92697-3100. Electronic submissions are preferred and can be sent to </span><a href="mailto:fprimeau@uci.edu"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:windowtext;
text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">fprimeau@uci.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:Helvetica">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">(JOB 9) <b>Postdoc</b></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica"> - Geosciences - Yale University - New Haven, CT (USA)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The Department of Geology and Geophysics
at Yale University (<a href="http://%20www.geology.yale.edu">
www.geology.yale.edu</a>) seeks applicants for a postdoctoral fellowship in
research that links geosciences (studies of the solid earth, oceans,
atmosphere, climate, and the evolution of life) with other sciences, including,
for example, astronomy and astrophysics; environmental studies; physics;
chemistry; biology; engineering; anthropology; medical science and public
health; economics and political science.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>This Postdoctoral Associate
position is awarded for two years, contingent on satisfactory progress, and
provides a stipend ($48,000/yr) and base research funds ($5,000/yr), plus
health care benefits and expenses for relocation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The Interdepartmental
Postdoctoral Fellowship will have at least two faculty collaborators: the
primary sponsor will be from Geology and Geophysics, while others are from one
or more other Yale departments. Interested candidates should first contact a
faculty member in Geology and Geophysics to define a research theme and to
identify other appropriate faculty collaborators.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Applicants should submit a
curriculum vita, a list of publications, an interdisciplinary research proposal
(2-3 pages, in which the Yale collaborators are identified), and a brief letter
of endorsement from each of the Yale faculty collaborators. Applicants should
also arrange for three reference letters to be sent directly to the Department.
<b>The deadline for receipt of all application materials is January 2, 2008</b></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica">, and decisions will be announced by February 29,
2008. Successful candidates are expected to begin their program at Yale between
July 1 and December 31, 2008.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Application materials and
reference letters should be sent by email (</span><a href="mailto:interdepartmental.fellowship@geology.yale.edu"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:
none">interdepartmental.fellowship@geology.yale.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:Helvetica">) or by post: Interdepartmental Postdoctoral
Fellowship, Yale University, Department of Geology and Geophysics, PO Box
208109, New Haven, CT 06520-8109.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">(JOBS 10) <b>Scientific
Researcher & Post-doc (2 different positions)-</b></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica"> Global Climate Division Royal - Netherlands
Meteorological Institute (KNMI) – De Bilt (THE NETHERLANDS)</span></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><b>Deadline for applications is
Jan 15th, 2008</b></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>For both positions, application letters
and a CV, including references and the appropriate vacancy number (2007/47 or
2007/51), can be sent to KNMI before the 15th of January 2008:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>KNMI,<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>Afdeling P&O<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">t.a.v. Mw. H. Loeb,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Postbus 201,<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>3730 AE De Bilt,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The Netherlands<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>or e-mail: </span><a href="mailto:loeb@knmi.nl"><span style="font-family:
Helvetica;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">loeb@knmi.nl</span></a><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><b>Scientific researcher</b></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica"> at KNMI Global Climate Division (vacancy number<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">2007/51)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The candidate will perform
scientific research on changes in the global climate system on time scales of
weeks to centuries. He/she is expected to obtain a prominent position in the research
areas of the Global Climate Division of KNMI. The research will be focussed on
the interaction between physics (radiation, clouds) and the large-scale
dynamics of the atmosphere. In particular feed backs in the climate system will
be studied. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The candidate will use the
EC-EARTH earth system model and use global data-sets for validation and
diagnostics. The candidate is expected to contribute significantly to the
development of EC-EARTH. He/she will collaborate within KNMI and with partners
in Holland and abroad for this purpose. The results of the integrations with
the global model will be used for developing climate scenarios for adaptation
and mitigation to climate change.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Qualifications: The candidate
should have a PhD in meteorology or a related field and have experience as a
postdoctoral researcher. He/she should have experience with large numerical
models and geophysical data sets. He/she has a good knowledge on atmospheric
dynamics and physics and knowledge on the climate system in general. He/she
should have good communicational skills and be able to set up his/her own line
of research within the research strategy of KNMI. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>After satisfactory fulfillment of
the position after 2 years, this position could become a permanent position. More
information can be obtained from Dr. W. Hazeleger (head Global Climate
Division), phone +31 30-2206718, e-mail: </span><a href="mailto:Wilco.Hazeleger@knmi.nl"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;
color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">Wilco.Hazeleger@knmi.nl</span></a><span style="font-family:Helvetica">).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><b>Post Doc</b></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica"> - Abrupt Climate Change (vacancy number KNMI
2007/47) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>Last century, sea level has risen by approximately 20 cm due
to global warming. Regional sea level scenario's for the Northeast Atlantic
show a further rise between 35 and 85 cm in 2100. A large fraction of this
uncertainty can be attributed to uncertainties in melting of the ice sheet of
Greenland. In this research, the mass balance of the Greenland ice sheet will
be further investigated. The regional climate model RACMO with boundary
conditions from global climate models and an ice sheet model will be used. The
candidate will couple the regional climate model with the ice sheet model and
perform sensitivity studies and climate integrations for the 21st century.
He/she will make use of estimates of calving as function of environment
variables as well. This research will result in a more detailed mass balance of
the Greenland ice sheet. It will lead to better estimates of the contribution
of the melting of ice sheets to sea level rise in the next century. The results
will be used for development of scenarios for abrupt climate change.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Qualifications:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>You have a PhD in meteorology, physical
oceanography, glaciology, or a related field. You have experience with large
geophysical data sets, numerical atmosphere-ocean models and/or computational
fluid dynamics. You are able to focus your work and translate questions to
scientific analyses. You have good communicative skills in English.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>More information can be obtained
from Dr. W. Hazeleger (head Global Climate Division), phone +31 30-2206718,
e-mail: </span><a href="mailto:Wilco.Hazeleger@KNMI.nl"><span style="font-family:
Helvetica;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">Wilco.Hazeleger@KNMI.nl</span></a><span style="font-family:Helvetica">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">(JOBS 11) <b>Postdocs</b></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica"> - NOAA Climate & Global Change – Various
locations – (USA)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span><a href="http://www.vsp.ucar.edu./cgc.html"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;
color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">http://www.vsp.ucar.edu./cgc.html</span></a><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The UCAR Visiting Scientist
Programs announces the continuation of the 2008 NOAA Climate and Global Change
Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. Up to 10 new postdoctoral fellows will be
hired, and<b> the recruitment period begins immediately and ends January 15,
2008.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Preference is given to those who
have held a Ph.D. for no more than five years. Awardees must change
institutions in the absence of compelling circumstances.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>UCAR postdoctoral positions are
for one year with an opportunity to renew for a second year. Successful applicants
in this program will be paired with host scientists to work in areas of mutual
interest in the U.S.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Basic Job Function:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The NOAA Climate and Global Change
Program seeks to provide an effective national climate service based on the
development and application of global and regional climate forecast
information. The Program focuses on observing, understanding, modeling, and
predicting the climate system on seasonal to centennial time scales and
assessing the regionally specific socioeconomic consequences of climate
variability.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Additional information:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>To apply for this position, please
refer to the NOAA Climate and Global Change announcement at </span><a href="http://www.vsp.ucar.edu/"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:windowtext;
text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">www.vsp.ucar.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:Helvetica">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Duties Include:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Specific research focuses
on:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>1) Understanding and
predicting both changes in, and regional manifestations of, large-scale
patterns of climate variability such as the El Ni?o-Southern Oscillation
(ENSO), the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), Pacific Decadal Variability (PDV)
Tropical Atlantic Variability (TAV), and global monsoon stems. 2) Observing and
modeling ocean, atmosphere, land and cryosphere in order to characterize the
coupled processes that give rise to climate variability. 3) Determining the
impacts of radiatively important trace gases and aerosols on global climate
change, including the modeling of the biogeochemical processes that cycle these
constituents throughout the earth system. 4) Documenting and analyzing past
climate change -- including abrupt climate change -- in order to understand the
full range of natural variability in the earth system, thus resulting in more
accurate climate predictions. 5) Assessing the role of polar regions in global
climate variability and change, with special reference to the full
International Polar Year (2007-2009).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>6) Improving our understanding of how humans adapt to climate, which
includes the societal and economic responses to both current climate
variability and potential long-term changes in climate, as well as the potential
use of climate information to improve human welfare.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Requirements Include: 1)
Education and Experience:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Ph.D.
related to climate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>2) Knowledge,
Skills and Abilities: * Ability to work independently and conduct
research with minimal supervision. * Skill in oral and written communication. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Options for applying for this
position:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">(JOBS 12)<b> Asst Profs</b></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica"> – Ecological and environmental anthropology –
Department of Anthropology - University of Georgia - Athens, GA (USA)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><a href="http://careercenter.aaanet.org/jobdetail.cfm?job=2744162.32"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:
none">http://careercenter.aaanet.org/jobdetail.cfm?job=2744162.32</span></a><span style="font-family:Helvetica"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The Department of Anthropology of
The University of Georgia invites applications for two tenure-track positions
in ecological and environmental anthropology at the rank of assistant or
associate professor beginning Fall 2008. Topical area is open but
candidates with expertise in contemporary global, societal and/or health issues
addressed ecologically or environmentally are encouraged to apply.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Field-based or laboratory-based
research is essential to a successful application. Candidates should
demonstrate excellence in undergraduate and graduate teaching and
research-scholarship.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Applicants should submit a letter
describing their teaching and research interests, current CV, a writing sample,
and the names and addresses of four references to: Chair, Ecological and
Environmental Search Committee, Department of Anthropology, 250 Baldwin Hall,
The University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-1619. Our website </span><a href="http://www.anthro.uga.edu/"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;
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