<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#2931FF" face="Helvetica" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><B>DIALOG and DISCCRS News</B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><B>10/14/2005</B></FONT></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#2931FF"><B><I>************************************</I></B></FONT></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><B>TABLE OF CONTENTS</B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="text-align: auto;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#2931FF" face="Arial" size="1"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px;"><B><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="text-align: auto;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#2931FF" face="Arial" size="1"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px;"><B>RESOURCES</B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV><B>New_LocClim, a software/database</B></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> (See Below)</DIV><DIV><B>Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America (ESA) now available on-line with open (no-charge) access.</B></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times New Roman; min-height: 15px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#2931FF"> <A href="http://www.esapubs.org/bulletin/current/current.htm">http://www.esapubs.org/bulletin/current/current.htm </A><BR></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Predoctoral, dissertation, postdoctoral fellowships to increase diversity in higher education
</B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> <A href="http://csd.tamu.edu/news/news_item.2005-10-05.7363946684">http://csd.tamu.edu/news/news_item.2005-10-05.7363946684
</A> </DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>IPY, International Polar Year, Newsgram - October 2005</B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> <A href="http://csd.tamu.edu/news/news_item.2005-10-10.1454741588">http://csd.tamu.edu/news/news_item.2005-10-10.1454741588</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B>NSF Implementation of the October 5th OMB/OSTP Joint Announcement Entitled, Hurricane Relief on Federal Research Awards</B></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> <A href="http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=katrinaostpomb">http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=katrinaostpomb</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B>NSF workshop report, Making a Broader Impact: Geoscience Education, Public Outreach, and Criterion 2, </B><A href="http://www.gepon.org/"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"></FONT></B></A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span"> <FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><A href="http://w">http://w</A></SPAN></FONT><A href="http://www.gepon.org/"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF">ww.gepon.org</FONT></A> </SPAN>Hard copies can be requested at <A href="mailto:support@dlese.org"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF">support@dlese.org</FONT></A>. </DIV><DIV><B><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></B></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#2931FF" face="Arial" size="1"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px;"><B>SCIENCE NEWS</B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B>Hurricane Environmental Damage "Almost Unimaginable"</B></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> (See Below)</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Scientist scours globe for largest freshwater fish</B></DIV><DIV> (See Below)</DIV><DIV><B>Sea Ice Decline Intensifies, National Snow Ice Data Center (NSIDC)</B><B><A href="http://nsidc.org/news/press/20050928_trendscontinue.html"></A></B></DIV><DIV> <A href="http://nsidc.org/news/press/20050928_trendscontinue.html">http://nsidc.org/news/press/20050928_trendscontinue.html</A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>As Polar Ice Turns To Water, Dreams Of Treasure Abound</B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> from the New York Times (Registration Required) <A href="http://tinyurl.com/dxxxh">http://tinyurl.com/dxxxh</A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>NAS Advisory Panel Warns Of An Erosion Of The U.S. Competitive Edge In Science</B></DIV><DIV style="text-align: auto;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times New Roman; min-height: 15px; "><SPAN style=""> from the New York Times (Registration Required) <A href="http://tinyurl.com/7vbgt"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000F0" face="TimesNewRomanPSMT">http://tinyurl.com/7vbgt</FONT></SPAN></A></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Mysterious Microbe Retrofits Itself With Plant</B></DIV><DIV style="text-align: auto;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times New Roman; min-height: 15px; "><SPAN style=""> <A href="http://tinyurl.com/8ynjb"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000F0" face="TimesNewRomanPSMT">http://tinyurl.com/8ynjb</FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="TimesNewRomanPSMT"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="TimesNewRomanPSMT"></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 9px/normal Arial; min-height: 10px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#2931FF"><BR></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#2024FF" face="Arial" size="1"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px;"><B>SUMMER PROGRAMS, COURSES, INTERNSHIPS, MEETINGS</B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B>ORION Design & Implementation Workshop</B></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> (See Below)</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B>Ecological Responses to Climate Change at the Viikki Campus, southern Finland, on November 3 to 4, 2005.</B></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B></B></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> <A href="http://www.helsinki.fi/bioscience/spatialecology/workshop8.html"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000F0">http://www.helsinki.fi/bioscience/spatialecology/workshop8.html</FONT></A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></B></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#2931FF" face="Arial" size="1"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px;"><B>JOBS</B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV><B>Three post-doc openings at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)</B></DIV><DIV> (See Below)</DIV><DIV><B>Faculty Position, Environmental Toxicology, Fairfield University</B></DIV><DIV> (See Below)</DIV><DIV><B>Postdoctoral Researchers and graduate students </B><B>in Geological Hazards Mitigation, Michigan Technological University</B></DIV><DIV> (See Below)</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B>Postdoc, Auburn University</B></DIV><DIV> (See Below)</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B>Assistant professor - Atmospheric Sciences - University of Illinois</B></DIV><DIV> (See Below)</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B>Junior Faculty Position, Yale University - Urban environment</B></DIV><DIV> (See Below)</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B>Assistant Professor, McGill University - Earth System Science</B></DIV><DIV> (See Below)</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B>USGS Mendenhall Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program</B></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B></B></DIV><DIV><B></B><A href="http://geology.usgs.gov/postdoc"></A></DIV><DIV> <A href="http://geology.usgs.gov/postdoc">http://geology.usgs.gov/postdoc</A></DIV><DIV><B>Faculty Position,Dauphin Island Sea Lab, AL: Marine Scientist at the Assistant or Associate Professor</B></DIV><DIV> <A href="http://press.disl.org/PDFs/facPos2005.pdf">http://press.disl.org/PDFs/facPos2005.pdf</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B>Fellowship, Natural-Resource Economics and Political Economy, UC Berkeley</B></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> <A href="http://research.chance.berkeley.edu/ciriacy/">http://research.chance.berkeley.edu/ciriacy/</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B>Post-doc - Universityof Edinburgh - coupled chemistry-climate modelling</B></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> <A href="http://tinyurl.com/aj6xr">http://tinyurl.com/aj6xr</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span"><B>Researcher, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) Climate Policy project (CP)</B>, evaluate and recommend pragmatic climate policies</SPAN></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">for sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific in an era of evolving global climate regime.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> <A href="http://www.iges.or.jp/en/news/saiyo/recruit18/recruit18.html">http://www.iges.or.jp/en/news/saiyo/recruit18/recruit18.html</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B>Climate Policy Researcher - Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Japan</B></DIV><DIV style="text-align: auto;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times New Roman; min-height: 15px; "> <A href="http://www.iges.or.jp/en/news/saiyo/recruit18/recruit18.html">http://www.iges.or.jp/en/news/saiyo/recruit18/recruit18.html</A></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> <FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#2931FF" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><B>***************************************************</B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#2931FF" face="Helvetica"><B>Resources</B></FONT></DIV><DIV><B>New_LocClim, a software/database</B></DIV><DIV> This is to announce the publication of the New_LocClim, a software cum database that aims at estimating climate averages for any location on land, based on the almost 30,000 stations in the FAO agroclimatic database (see attachment for distribution of stations).</DIV><DIV> The New_LocClim results from a collaboration between FAO and the German Weather Service (DWD), more specifically the Global Precipitation Climatology Center. The user can select between nine interpolation techniques (kriging, thin plate splines, inverse distance weighting, etc) to prepare maps, extract data in various formats for further processing or display graphs for point locations. The software works also with user provided data.</DIV><DIV> Version 1.03 of the New_LocClim can be downloaded from <A href="ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/SD/SDR/Agromet/New_LocClim/">ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/SD/SDR/Agromet/New_LocClim/</A> (file <<NewLocClim050725.zip>>). For a description of the New_LocClim and other tools, refer to sections 3.2, 3.3. and 3.4 in file <<FAO_software.pdf>> available from the same FTP site.</DIV><DIV> Colleagues who have no easy access to FTP, or who would prefer a CD-ROM version with New_LocClim, FAOCLIM 2 and other software and databases), can request it free of charge from <A href="mailto:Anne.RicchiutiRomanelli@fao.org">Anne.RicchiutiRomanelli@fao.org</A> (pls provide mailing address!).</DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> <FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#2931FF" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><B>***************************************************</B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#2931FF" face="Helvetica"><B>Science News</B></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Hurricane Environmental Damage "Almost Unimaginable"</B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, September 7, 2005 (ENS) - Hurricane Katrina has left Louisiana with environmental wreckage that is "almost unimaginable," the head of the state Department of Environmental Quality said on Tuesday.</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> In a news briefing at the Homeland Security Office in Baton Rouge, DEQ Secretary Mike McDaniel said assessment crews are finding hazardous materials in ruined factories, hundreds of damaged sewage plants, and polluted water.</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> State officials Tuesday confirmed 83 deaths from Orleans and Jefferson parishes but say they know that number will increase as more bodies are recovered from areas now inundated with flood waters contaminated with gasoline, chemicals, and excrement.</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> Initial surveys show that 140,000 to 160,000 Louisiana homes were flooded and cannot be recovered, McDaniel said, calling them "unsalvageable,"</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">He said it would take "years" to restore water service to the city of New Orleans.</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> An estimated 78,000 barrels of oil is flowing down the Mississippi River from the Venice oil storage depot of Bass Enterprises Production Company of Fort Worth, Texas.</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">At Chalmette, Louisiana, a Murphy oil tank was knocked off center by the storm and is leaking. DEQ spokesperson Jean Kelly says the oil has spread into the surrounding neighborhoods. But no estimate of the amount of oil spilled is possible as the entire area is under water. "The problem is access," she said, and for that reason the DEQ has not been able to assess this and the numerous other oil and chemical spills as yet.</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> In New Orleans, fires are burning across the city on the oily surface of the flood waters that still reach to the rooftops in some neighborhoods.</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> Using sandbags and rocks, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has succeeded in closing off the breach in the 17th Street canal, through which water flooded into the city. The floodwater is being pumped off, but it could take nearly three months before the water is gone, a U.S. Army general said Friday.</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> "It will be 36 to 80 days to be done with the de-watering," said Brigadier General Robert Crear of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Although the toxic floodwaters are slowly receding, only five of New Orleans' 148 drainage pumps were operating, the engineers said.</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> Sources of nuclear radiation, including the Waterford III nuclear power plant, have been secured, McDaniel said, and the state is working with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to restart the power plant 20 miles west of New Orleans.</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> The Entergy operated Waterford III still has no offsite power or communications facilities, and the Civil Defense communication system is still inoperable, the NRC says.</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">Entergy’s workforce has restored electrical service to more than 639,000 of the 1.1 million customers affected by Hurricane Katrina and some of the lights are on again in New Orleans. Limited service has been returned to the Central Business District and downtown New Orleans after crews restored the Market Street substation.</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> To the estimated 10,000 residents still believed to remain in the city, Mayor Ray Nagin warned today that they must get out now or risk being taken out by force.</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> Nagin authorized law enforcement officers and the U.S. military to force the evacuation of all residents who refuse to obey orders to leave.</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> Police Captain Marlon Defillo said that forced removal of citizens had not yet begun. "That's an absolute last resort," he said.</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> Many residents have been resisting orders to abandon their property. They may have stocks of food and water and a generator to supply electricity.</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> State health officials are still advising residents to boil all water used to drink, cook, make ice or brush teeth in the parishes of: Ascension, Jefferson, Livingston, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Helena, St. James, St. John the Baptist, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, and Washington. The boil order was lifted today for all other parishes since testing showed their water does not contain unsafe levels of bacteria and is safe to drink and use.</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> Just as it does for any other nation in distress after a natural disaster, the United Nations has mobilized inter-agency teams to help the United States recover from Hurricane Katrina. Further deployments may occur within the next few days, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said Tuesday.</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> The teams will offer humanitarian services, from food and health to storm evacuees and children. They were assembled after U.S. acceptance of help from the world body last week.</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> One inter-agency liaison team is based at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Hurricane Katrina Operations Centre in Arlington, Virginia.</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> The other teams will be deployed at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)’s regional coordination centers in Texas and Georgia.</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> These two teams include representatives from the World Food Programme (WFP), the Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees, the World Health Organization, and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), as well as support teams from the OCHA/UN Disaster Assessment and Coordination network.</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> UNICEF spokesman Damien Personnaz told reporters at a news briefing in Geneva his agency would specifically look at trauma effects on children as well as the situation of schools.</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> WFP spokesman Simon Pluess told reporters his agency would provide logistical help, while UNHCR spokesman Ron Redmond said his organization would put its experience in working with mass displacement on an emergency basis to good use.</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> In Washington, President George W. Bush and Congress pledged Tuesday to open separate investigations into the federal response to Katrina and New Orleans' broken levees.</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> "Governments at all levels failed," said Senator Susan Collins, a Maine Republican.</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu, a Democrat, blamed FEMA for turning away assistance. "I understand that the U.S. Forest Service had water-tanker aircraft available to help douse the fires raging on our riverfront, but FEMA has yet to accept the aid," she said.</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> "When Amtrak offered trains to evacuate significant numbers of victims - far more efficiently than buses - FEMA again dragged its feet. Offers of medicine, communications equipment and other desperately needed items continue to flow in, only to be ignored by the agency," said Landrieu.</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">Landrieu is calling for the President to appoint a cabinet level official to be responsible for the Hurricane Katrina recovery effort.</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, a New York Democrat, again called for the Federal Emergency Management Agency to be made autonomous from the Department of Homeland Security and for an independent commission to investigate the federal response to the disaster, saying neither Congress nor the administration should do it.</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> "The people that I met in Houston - they want answers and they want to know what went wrong and they want to know what they are going to be able to count on in the future," she said in a television interview Wednesday, two days after visiting refugees at the Astrodome. "I don't think the government can investigate itself."</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> The Department of Homeland Security says that to date 32,000 people were rescued from the disaster. There are 559 shelters operating around the country housing 182,000 people.</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> The National Guard has deployed 43,000 personnel, and there are 15,000 active duty military personnel responding to the hurricane disaster. There are 7,000 FEMA responders in the field and the U.S. Coast Guard has 4,000 personnel at work on disaster recovery.</DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">********************</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Scientist scours globe for largest freshwater fish</B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> CNN, Friday, September 9, 2005 Posted: 1434 GMT (2234 HKT)</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) -- Floating down the Mekong in his dinghy, Zeb Hogan is on the ultimate fisherman's quest: to find the world's largest freshwater fishes.</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> The American biologist's search is to take him to 10 rivers around the globe including the Nile, Amazon and Mississippi, looking for about 20 species of hulking fish such as the goliath catfish, Chinese paddlefish and North American lake sturgeon -- not to catch them, he says, but to save them.</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> "These big, amazing creatures all over the world, they might be goners, on their way out," he says.</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> Right now Hogan is on the Mekong that flows through the Indochinese peninsula, looking for a stingray said to weigh over 1,300 pounds -- as much as a full-grown longhorn steer.</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> He knows it's out there; he photographed one in 2002. And smaller stingrays abound. As he passes villages on riverbanks or floating on the water, he sees children playing with severed stingray tails.</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> The 2,600-mile Mekong is known for its diversity of river creatures, as well as their size, to judge from places along its banks named the Pool of the Giant Catfish, or the Pool of the Giant Carp. Just last May, fishermen in Thailand landed a Mekong catfish that weighed 646 pounds and was 8 feet, 10 inches long. It's believed to be the largest freshwater fish ever caught and measured. It ended up on dinner tables.</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> On his voyages, says Hogan, "The main question I'll be asking everywhere is what were populations like in the past, what are they now?" He believes, "you'll see a pattern that these populations of these large fish species are declining -- a lot."</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> These are not aquatic sasquatches he's looking for, but fish whose existence is proven fact. The goliath catfish is still fairly common, Hogan says, and Wisconsin has a fishing season for lake sturgeon. The Chinese paddlefish is very rare, but a 275-pounder was caught on the Yangtze River in China on December. 11, 2003. There are said to be 650-pound carp, but none over about 300 pounds has been seen in recent times, Hogan says.</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> Almost all maximum lengths and weights come from accounts over the ages by scientists, explorers and taxonomists, and "in many cases have been verified by present-day scientists like myself. That is, after all, one of the main objectives of the project," Hogan says.</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> Hogan, of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is 31 and has worked on the Mekong since 1996. His research is supported by the World Wildlife Fund, the National Geographic Society's Emerging Explorers Program, and outdoor-gear companies Marmot and Patagonia.</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> He'll be working with other scientists studying the creatures, such as a biologist researching the Amazon's arapaima, which can weigh 450 pounds, and a Texas freshwater guide who will help him study the alligator gar, which can reach 300 pounds.</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> As they putter down the Mekong, Hogan and his two Cambodian assistants pass constant reminders of the importance of the Mekong's fish population to the 73 million people living along its banks. People busily mend nets, and at night, dozens of tiny candles in floating containers mark where nets have been laid in the water off Phnom Penh's riverfront.</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> Along the way, Hogan and his assistants pepper fishermen with questions and pictures of their quarry.</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> The fishermen may not have caught or even seen the fish, Hogan said, but often will say they have heard about it being somewhere else. "Theoretically, that's supposed to lead us to where the fish are."</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> Not always, though. He says fishermen are hesitant to admit they've hooked a big one, for fear of running afoul of Cambodian and international restrictions on hunting rare species. The penalties are small, but the fishermen don't want the bother.</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> Hogan expects to finish in December 2006 and give his fish counts to IUCN, the World Conservation Union, which compiles a Red List of Threatened Species -- creatures threatened by overfishing, pollution, dams and alien aquatic life introduced by humans.</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> IUCN lists some of the giants as endangered or critically endangered, but for others, there simply isn't enough data to judge.</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> "We have a sense that the world's largest freshwater fish are disappearing really fast," said Robin Abell, a WWF freshwater conservation biologist. "We do need to work to understand both the species and the threats to them."</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> "The most exciting part for me," says Hogan, "is that that no one's done this before."</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> He believes the stingray ultimately will take the title, but says he will adhere to tough standards.</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> "If I don't have a photo or a weight, to me, it's not legitimate," he said. "I can't go just by word of mouth ... fishermen are famous for exaggerating the size of fish that they catch."</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"> <FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#2024FF" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><B>*************************************************** </B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#2024FF" face="Helvetica"><B>Summer Programs, Courses, Internships, Meetings</B></FONT></DIV><DIV><B>ORION Design & Implementation Workshop </B></DIV><DIV> Salt Lake City, 27-30 March 2006. </DIV><DIV> The ORION Project</DIV><DIV> Office would like to encourage you to attend and provide input to the final design of the Ocean Observatories Initiative infrastructure. </DIV><DIV> This workshop will present to the ocean research community the preliminary design of the global, regional and coastal ocean research observatory networks to be implemented under the ORION Program. The preliminary design is being developed based on the ideas submitted in the recent Request for Assistance Proposals, previous workshop reports and advice from ORION¹s scientific, technical and engineering advisory committees. The workshop will also provide an opportunity for collaborative groups to begin developing integrated research projects. This effort will lead to the realization of the Ocean Observatories Initiative, the National Science Foundation¹s ambitious plan to develop and deploy observatory infrastructure in the oceans to enable novel research and expand educational opportunities. We strongly encourage participation in implementing these community facilities.</DIV><DIV> <A href="http://www.orionprogram.org">http://www.orionprogram.org</A> or email <A href="mailto:oriondi@joiscience.org">oriondi@joiscience.org</A>.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B></B></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> <FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#2931FF" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><B>***************************************************</B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#2931FF" face="Helvetica"><B>Jobs</B></FONT></DIV><DIV><B>Three post-doc openings at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)</B></DIV><DIV> The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) was founded in 1992 and now employs around 140 people from a range of natural and social science disciplines. Primarily through data analysis, computer simulation and modelling, we study global change and its impacts on ecological, economic and social systems, and provide decision-makers with sound information and tools for sustainable development.</DIV><DIV> We are looking for five PhD students and three post-docs to work with us on a number of issues related to climate change vulnerability, adaptation and mitigation. The sources of funding for these positions are the European Commission through its collaborative projects ADAM (Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies: Supporting European Climate Policy) and NeWater (New Approaches to Adaptive Water Management under Uncertainty), the German Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt) and the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. Positions are available in four research activities, as follows:</DIV><DIV> 1. Post-doc (BAT-O IIa, full time, ref. kl/05/04). The post-doc will analyse opportunities to create synergies between European post-Kyoto climate policy and international development assistance with respect to adaptation and natural disaster risk reduction. S/he will aim to provide strategic options for mainstreaming and restructuring development assistance, such that it promotes adaptation to climate change in ways that are acceptable to the donor and recipient communities. The research will be carried out together with developing-country partners and engage developing-country stakeholders. The successful candidate will have a PhD or equivalent research experience in political science, economics, development studies or a related discipline, be familiar with the UNFCCC and post-Kyoto process, and have affinity with environment-development issues in developing countries. Project development experience is an advantage, as the post-doc will be expected to initiate new research.</DIV><DIV> 2. Post-doc, macro-economics (BAT-O IIa, full time, ref. oe/05/01). The post-doc will make a significant contribution to the development and empirical foundation of a computer model designed to analyse European and global post-Kyoto mitigation policies. A major focus will be on interactions between world regions (e.g., foreign investments, capital and trading flows) and the modelling of international energy and resource markets. Work will also include data management and model calibration. The successful applicant will have a PhD or equivalent research experience in applied econometrics, international economics and/or development economics. Programming and computer modelling skills are required. Project development experience is an advantage.</DIV><DIV> 3. Post-doc, economics or applied mathematics (BAT-O IIa, full time, ref. oe/05/02). The post-doc will make a significant contribution to the development and empirical foundation of a computer model that is designed to analyse European and global post-Kyoto mitigation policies. A major focus will be on modelling interactions between economic growth and climate policies. Related research will deal with endogenous technological change and include analysis of the role of policy instruments that simultaneously help to mitigate climate change and support innovation, competitiveness and economic growth. This position requires expertise in endogenous economic growth theory and dynamic general equilibrium theory. Profound knowledge in numerical mathematics and optimisation methods as well as programming skills are expected. Project development experience is an advantage.</DIV><DIV> More information on PIK can be found at <A href="http://www.pik-potsdam.de">http://www.pik-potsdam.de</A>/.</DIV><DIV> Applications should be written in English and arrive at PIK as soon as possible but no later than 12 November 2005. They should indicate the position’s reference number and be directed to:</DIV><DIV> Prof. Dr. H.-J. Schellnhuber, Director</DIV><DIV> Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research</DIV><DIV> P.O. Box 601203, D-14412 Potsdam, Germany</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B></B></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">********************</DIV><DIV><B>Faculty Position, Environmental Toxicology, Fairfield University</B></DIV><DIV> The Biology Department at Fairfield University announces a new tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level to begin fall 2006. We seek an environmental toxicologist who works with multicellular organisms. We are especially interested in applicants with expertise in either phytotoxicity, contaminants in aquatic ecosystems, ecological risk assessment, or population biology. Teaching responsibilities include participation in the ecology, evolution and diversity portions of a team-taught introductory biology sequence, and development of an upper division course with laboratory in the candidate's specialty area. The successful candidate will be housed in the Biology department and have a 1/3 teaching commitment in the Chemistry Department. Candidates with an interest in interdisciplinary teaching and research are especially encouraged to apply. There is flexibility in the courses taught through the Chemistry department and could include an Environmental Toxicology course for non-science majors or courses/labs in the general chemistry curriculum based on the candidate's background and experience. Job requirements also include advising and mentoring students, maintaining an active research program involving undergraduates, and participating in departmental and university committees. Commitment to teaching excellence, responsiveness to student needs, and effective communication skills are</DIV><DIV>expected.</DIV><DIV> Candidates must possess a Ph.D. in biology, environmental toxicology, or a closely related discipline. Those with demonstrated excellence in undergraduate teaching, experience working with undergraduates in research, and post-doctoral research experience will be given special consideration. Salary and benefits at Fairfield University are highly competitive.</DIV><DIV> Qualified candidates should send a cover letter that addresses the above requirements. The application must include a curriculum vitae, graduate transcripts, a statement of teaching goals, a statement of research interests and goals (including the role of undergraduates and the potential for grant initiatives), selected reprints, and three letters of reference sent under separate cover. All application materials should be addressed to: Dr. Glenn Sauer, Chair, Biology Department, Environmental Toxicologist Search, Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT 06824. Review of completed applications begins on November 1 and will continue until the position is filled. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. Fairfield University is a comprehensive Jesuit university with an active and pluralistic faculty located in southern Connecticut, 50 miles from New York City and minutes from New Haven CT. Fairfield University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.</DIV><DIV style="text-align: auto;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B></B></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">********************</DIV><DIV><B>Postdoctoral Researchers and graduate students in Geological Hazards Mitigation, Michigan Technological University</B></DIV><DIV> From: William Rose <<A href="mailto:raman@mtu.edu">raman@mtu.edu</A>></DIV><DIV> We are beginning a new NSF-supported project titled, "Remote Sensing for Hazard Mitigation and Resource Protection in Pacific Latin America." This 5-year project has funding for postdoctoral researchers, and Ph.D., Master's, and Peace Corps Master's International students. We seek highly qualified applicants in remote sensing aspects of natural hazards (volcanic and landslides) and water resource development and protection. Applicants should expect to work extensively in Guatemala, Nicaragua, El Salvador, or Ecuador, in close collaboration with scientists, technicians and students in the host countries. Additional project and application information is available at the project website: <A href="http://www.geo.mtu.edu/rs4hazards">http://www.geo.mtu.edu/rs4hazards</A>.</DIV><DIV> Gregg Bluth, Bill Rose, John Gierke</DIV><DIV> Geological Engineering & Sciences</DIV><DIV> Michigan Technological University</DIV><DIV> Houghton, MI 49931</DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;">********************</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B>Postdoc, Auburn University</B></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> Postdoctoral/Research Fellow: We are seeking a postdoctoral/research fellow to investigate large-scale patterns and processes of terrestrial ecosystems by using emerging technologies in remote sensing, GIS and ecosystem modeling, and the knowledge of biogeochemistry, hydrology and meteorology.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> Requirements include: (1) a PhD in ecosystem ecology, hydrology, meteorology, applied mathematics, and related areas, (2) demonstrated experience with modeling techniques and proficient programming skill, (3) demonstrated sound understanding about terrestrial ecosystem processes, land-atmosphere interactions, (4) demonstrated strong mathematic and statistical skills, and (5) high motivation and ability to interact and collaborate with other scientists. The individuals will work on several projects funded by NASA, EPA and USDA. The successful incumbent will (1) involve in the development of a dynamic ecosystem model which incorporates disturbances (e.g., fire, hurricane) and management practices to study the biogeochemistry of carbon, nutrients, and water in terrestrial ecosystems; (2) compile relevant data for modeling analysis; (3) provide professional and technical support for a team of scientists with various backgrounds; and (4) publish papers in refereed journals of high quality. Consideration of candidates will start immediately and will continue until suitable ones are found. If interested, please send (preferably via email) your CV including list of publications, the names and addresses (email and phone) of three references, a short statement of research interests, and a copy of academic transcripts to: Dr. Hanqin Tian, School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, 602 Duncan Drive, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, USA. Phone: (334) 844-1059, Fax: (334) 844-1084, e-mail: <A href="mailto:tianhan@auburn.edu">tianhan@auburn.edu</A>; <A href="http://www.sfws.auburn.edu/tian">http://www.sfws.auburn.edu/tian</A></DIV><DIV style="text-align: auto;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B></B></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">********************</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B>Assistant professor - Atmospheric Sciences - University of Illinois</B></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> The Department of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Illinois welcomes applications for a tenure-track faculty position at the assistant professor level beginning August 2006. Candidates with expertise in synoptic-scale weather processes, quantitative precipitation forecasting, mesoscale processes, data assimilation, numerical weather prediction and computationally intensive modeling will be given primary consideration. We especially encourage applications from candidates with additional expertise in observational analysis.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> Candidates with exceptional strengths in other areas of the Atmospheric Sciences will also be considered. The new faculty member will be part of the newly formed interdisciplinary Center for Water as a Complex Environmental System (<A href="http://cwaces.geog.uiuc.edu">http://cwaces.geog.uiuc.edu</A>/). The main focus of CWACES is on fundamental research questions related to the hydrological cycle, and the interconnections between society and all aspects of water-related environmental processes.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> The Department currently comprises 11 faculty, 2 instructors, 14 research scientists, and 35 graduate students. The Department is engaged in several exciting initiatives, including the development of undergraduate programs in atmospheric and Earth-system science. The Department maintains close ties with the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) and the Illinois State Water Survey.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> Applicants must have a Ph.D. degree. The successful candidate is expected to develop a robust externally funded research program and to teach at the graduate and undergraduate levels. Applicants should submit a vita, list of publications, record of research funding, description of research and teaching interests, and the names of at least three referees to:</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> Robert M. Rauber</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> Chair, Faculty Search Committee</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> Department of Atmospheric Sciences</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> 105 S. Gregory St.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> Urbana, IL 61801(<A href="mailto:rauber@atmos.uiuc.edu">rauber@atmos.uiuc.edu</A>)</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> The search will remain open until the position is filled, but for full consideration, candidates should submit all applications materials no later than 15 December 2005. Information about the Department can be found at (<A href="http://www.atmos.uiuc.edu">www.atmos.uiuc.edu</A>), the Center for Water as a Complex Environmental System at (cwaces.geog.uiuc.edu) and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign at (<A href="http://www.uiuc.edu">www.uiuc.edu</A>).</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> The University of Illinois is an equal opportunity / affirmative action employer. Women and minorities are especially encouraged to apply.</DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">********************</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B>Junior Faculty Position, Yale University - Urban environment</B></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> Yale University's School of Forestry & Environmental Studies (FES) seeks to fill a junior-level faculty position focused on the urban environment. We seek an individual who takes an integrated view of the natural and human aspects of urban systems. Candidates should have an interdisciplinary approach and a capacity to address both natural and social science aspects of the urban environment. Research topics of interest include but are not limited to: urban land use and land cover; urban environmental modeling, transportation and environment linkages; and alteration of urban ecological conditions by development, including waste management, air or water pollution, and habitat fragmentation and destruction. The successful candidate will have an earned doctorate and an active research program that complements those of existing faculty in FES. She or he will demonstrate capacity for excellence in teaching, and will be expected to advise Master's and Doctoral students. We prefer a candidate with formal training in one or more relevant disciplines such as ecological sciences (e.g., ecology, hydrology, chemistry, geoscience), geography, political science, urban planning, or allied fields.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> Applicants should send a c.v., a statement of research and teaching interests, two reprints or other professional publications, and a list of three references to: Eleanor Migliore, Urban Environment Search Committee, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, 205 Prospect St., New Haven, CT 06511, USA. The deadline for receipt of applications is November 18, 2005.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> Yale University is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer. Men and women of diverse racial/ethnic backgrounds and cultures are encouraged to apply. Women and minorities, as well as individuals from developing countries, are particularly urged to apply.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> Web Site : <A href="http://www.yale.edu/forestry/"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000F0">http://www.yale.edu/forestry/</FONT></A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> Ms. Eleanor Migliore</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> Urban Environment Search Committee</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> School of Foresty & Environmental Studies</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> Yale University</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> 205 Prospect Street</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> New Haven, CT 06511</DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">********************</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B>Assistant Professor, McGill University - Earth System Science</B></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> (atmospheric component of the hydrologic cycle)</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> The Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at McGill University is seeking outstanding applicants for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Earth system science. The successful applicant will be expected to develop an active research program, supervise graduate students, and teach a variety of undergraduate and graduate courses, including those in Earth system science. The successful applicant may qualify for a Canada Research Chair, Tier 2 position. The Earth System Science initiative at McGill University is a collaborative effort among the Departments of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Earth and Planetary Sciences, and Geography.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> The candidate's area of expertise should be in the atmospheric component of the hydrologic cycle. Preference will be given to candidates with expertise in measurement of precipitation through ground-based or satellite-based radar.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> A Ph. D. in atmospheric or oceanic sciences or a closely-related field is required.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> McGill University is an English-speaking university located in Montreal, one of North America's most cosmopolitan cities. For more information about McGill University and the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences please see <A href="http://www.mcgill.ca/meteo">http://www.mcgill.ca/meteo</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> A hard copy (not via e-mail) of the applicant's curriculum vitae, research proposal, and teaching statement should be sent to:</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> Dr. John R. Gyakum, Chair</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> McGill University</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> 805 Sherbrooke Street West</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> Montreal, QC H3A 2K6</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> Canada</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> (Telephone: 514-398-3760; fax: 514-398-6115).</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> Candidates should also arrange to have three letters of reference sent directly to the above address. In accordance with Canadian employment and immigration regulations, this advertisement is directed to Canadian citizens and permanent residents of Canada. However, applications from all outstanding candidates will be considered. McGill University is committed to equity in employment.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> The preferred starting date for this position is January 1, 2006. Review of the applications will begin in November 2005, and continue until the position is filled.</DIV><DIV style="text-align: auto;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B></B></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="1"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px;"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#2931FF" size="1"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px;"><B>**************************************************</B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="1"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px;">This newsletter has been developed by C. 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