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<div align="center"><font size="+2" color="#0000FF"><b>DIALOG and
Disccrs News</b></font></div>
<div align="center"><b>01/18/2005</b></div>
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<div align="center"><font size="-1"><b>TABLE OF
CONTENTS</b></font></div>
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<div><font size="-1" color="#0000FF"><b>RESOURCES</b></font></div>
<div><font size="-1"><b>Funding for aquatic plant management</b>
http://www.apms.org/student.htm</font></div>
<div><font size="-1" color="#000000"><b>Climate Change</b>,<b>
Government of Canada</b></font><font size="-1">
http://www.climatechange.gc.ca/english/</font></div>
<div><font size="-1"><b>NCSE Releases Report on<i> Water for a
Sustainable and Secure Future</i></b></font></div>
<div><a href="http://www.ncseonline.org/ncseconference/#water"><font
face="Times New Roman" size="-1">NCSE conference
website</font></a></div>
<div><font size="-1"><b>Tsunami Sites</b></font></div>
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<div><font size="-1" color="#0000FF"><b>SCIENCE NEWS</b></font></div>
<div><font size="-1"><b>Top Science Stories of 2004</b></font></div>
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<div><font size="-1" color="#0000FF"><b>FORUM</b></font></div>
<div><font size="-1"><b>2003 U.S. Science and Engineering Doctorate
Awards</b> http://nsf.gov/sbe/srs/nsf05300/htmstart.htm</font></div>
<div><font size="-1"><b>Lessons from Environmental Collapse of Past
Societies</b><font face="Times New Roman">
www.NCSEonline.org</font></font></div>
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<div><font size="-1" color="#0000FF"><b>SUMMER PROGRAMS, COURSES,
INTERNSHIPS, MEETINGS</b></font></div>
<div><font size="-1"><b>Cutting-Edge Workshops</b>
http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/current_workshops/index.html</font
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<div><font size="-1" color="#0000FF"><b>JOBS</b></font></div>
<div><font size="-1"><b>Tenure-Track Position in Coastal Watershed
Science at the University of Texas</b></font></div>
<div><font size="-1"><b>Postdoctoral Positions, Limnology and
Microbial/Plankton Ecology. The Tahoe Environmental Research Center of
the University of California, Davis</b></font></div>
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<div align="center"><font size="+1"
color="#0000FF"><b>Resources</b></font></div>
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<div><b>Funding for aquatic plant management</b></div>
<div>Submitted by Katia Engelhardt</div>
<div> The following link provides information on a good
funding opportunity for some people interested in aquatic plant
management: http://www.apms.org/student.htm</div>
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<div><b>Climate Change</b>,<b> Government of Canada website</b></div>
<div>http://www.climatechange.gc.ca/english/</div>
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<div><b>NCSE Releases Report on<i> Water for a Sustainable and Secure
Future</i></b></div>
<div> Water is at the root of many of society's most
pressing concerns -- from human health to food production to economic
prosperity to environmental protection. In some cases, we lack
fundamental scientific information upon which to make informed water
policy decisions. In other cases, water policies are inconsistent with
basic tenets of water science. A new report from the National Council
for Science and the Environment (NCSE) provides recommendations for
closing the gap between water science and water policy.</div>
<div><b> </b> Water for a Sustainable and Secure Future: A
Report of the 4th National Conference on Science Policy and the
Environment</div>
<div>explores science-based strategies for achieving water
sustainability. NCSE's unique conference attracted more than 800
scientists, policymakers, business executives and civil society
representatives from 46 states and 14 countries. The participants
worked together to craft recommendations about the role of science in
achieving sustainable relationships among water, people and the
environment.</div>
<div> In his opening keynote address, William K. Reilly,
former Administrator of the U.S. EPA, stressed the need to modify U.S.
water policies that have become remnants of a bygone era. He
emphasized the need to engage scientists in making environmental
policies and setting environmental priorities. Reilly urged scientists
to avoid becoming "truants from the policy process."</div>
<div> Bruce Babbitt, former Secretary of the
Interior, noted that there is no absolute shortage of water in most
areas of the United States, but water is often delivered at vastly
below cost and used inefficiently. Klaus Toepfer, Under Secretary
General of the United Nations, recommended progressive pricing --
charging more per unit the more water is used -- to ensure that people
can afford enough water to live healthfully and still provide
incentives for efficient use.</div>
<div> Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jared Diamond offered
a cautionary example of the results of poor environmental management
practices as he delivered the John H. Chafee Memorial Lecture on
Science and Environment,<i> Lessons from Environmental Collapses of
Past Societies</i>. Drawing upon his natural science research to
understand why some environments are more fragile than others, Diamond
explained how inadvertent environmental degradation led to the demise
of the isolated civilization on Easter Island in the South
Pacific.</div>
<div> The complete text of the conference report,<i> Water
for a Sustainable and Secure Future,</i> is available at the<font
color="#0000EE"> NCSE conference website</font>. A second report
containing Jared Diamond's lecture,<i> Lessons from Environmental
Collapses of Past Societies,</i> is also available online at<font
color="#0000EE"> www.NCSEonline.org</font>.</div>
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<div><b>TSUNAMI SITES</b></div>
<div>Courtesy of Mark Francek, GeoEd:</div>
<div> Schoolgirl saved 100 people after learning about
tsunamis in school two weeks before the event:<font color="#0000EE">
http://www.cbc.ca/cp/world/050102/w010210.html</font></div>
<div> Visualizations from SERC, Carleton College:<font
color="#0000EE">
http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/visualization/collections/tsun<span
></span>ami.html</font></div>
<div><font color="#0000EE"> </font> USGS site with general
information about tsunamis and USGS tsunami research:
http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/tsunami/</div>
<div> NOAA website:<font color="#0000EE">
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/spotlight/tsunami/tsunami.html</font></div>
<div><font color="#0000EE"> </font> How Tsunamis Work: much
movie footage here at the bottom of the page:<font color="#0000EE">
http://science.howstuffworks.com/tsunami.htm</font></div>
<div> Asia's Deadly Waves (NY Times):<font
color="#0000EE">
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/html/international/20041227_QUA<span
></span>KE_FEATURE/index.html</font></div>
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<div>Courtesy of Heather McDonald, VIMS.</div>
<div>The On the Cutting Edge - Teaching Geoscience with Visualizations
site has put together a collection of tsunami visualizations created
by researchers around the world. The collection includes several of
the recent December 26, 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami as well as other
historical tsunamis. There are also some visualizations of
hypothetical and generalized tsunamis. Check out the collection by
going to
http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/visualization/collections/tsun<span
></span>ami.html</div>
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<div align="center"><font size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b>Science
News</b></font></div>
<div align="center">Check out this section both for news tidbits, and
for</div>
<div align="center">examples of how to communicate science to a
non-scientist audience</div>
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<div><b>TOP SCIENCE STORIES OF 2004</b></div>
<div> The Boston Globe printed a story on the top 10 picks
by<b> Science magazine</b>, coming from the Science Dec. 17, 2004
issue:
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/health_science/articles/2004/12/28/t<span
></span>op_10_science_stories_mars_water_evidence_leads_list/</div>
<div> <b> Discover Magazine</b> published its picks for the
top 100<font color="#0000EE">
http://www.discover.com/issues/jan-05/features/top-100-stories/</font>
(abstracts only), I didn't have time to read them all, but judging by
the titles these are the only ones dealing with climate change or
aquatic science....</div>
<div> 38. Caution: Farmed salmon may cause cancer</div>
<div> 49 Endangered species act reconsidered</div>
<div> 55 Oceans store half of human-made carbon dioxide</div>
<div> 58 Surface weather affects life at bottom of the sea</div>
<div> 76 Weird worms feast on whale bones</div>
<div> 94 Smallest fish found</div>
<div> 98 Hearing tied to hormones in midshipman fish</div>
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color="#0000FF"><b>Forum</b></font></div>
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<div><b>2003 U.S. Science and Engineering Doctorate Awards</b></div>
<div>Contributed by Sue Weiler</div>
<div> This site reports the NSF statistics on
US degrees awarded in different disciplines.</div>
<div>http://nsf.gov/sbe/srs/nsf05300/htmstart.htm</div>
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<div><b>Lessons from Environmental Collapse of Past
Societies</b></div>
<div>Contributed by Sue Weiler</div>
<div><b> </b> Guns, Germs and Steel author
Jared Diamond http://www.thelavinagency.com/college/jareddiamond.html
has recently published a book called Collapse: How Societies Collapse
or Succeed. I consider this to be one of those "must read"
books for everyone on this planet, especially those interested in the
future of our planet and society. The text of a recent lecture by
Diamond on the Collapse of Past Societies is available at<font
face="Times New Roman"> www.NCSEonline.org</font></div>
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<div align="center"><font size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b>Summer
Programs, Courses, Internships</b></font>,<font size="+1"
color="#0000FF"><b> Meetings</b></font></div>
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<div><b>CUTTING-EDGE WORKSHOPS</b> in 2005 (note application deadlines
are different for different workshops and the earliest deadline is
January 17)</div>
<div
>http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/current_workshops/index.html</div
>
<div> Understanding What Our Geoscience
Students are Learning: Observing and Assessing, May 12-14, Carleton
College, MN - APPLICATION DEADLINE March 1</div>
<div> Designing Effective and Innovative
Courses in the Geosciences, June 1-5 Georgia Southern University,
(also an on-line version of the workshop will be offered May 23-June
23) APPLICATION DEADLINE February 14</div>
<div> Early Career Faculty in the Geosciences
Workshop: Teaching, Research, and Managing Your Career, June 8-12,
2005, with optional trip to NSF on June 13, College of William and
Mary, VA - APPLICATION DEADLINE February 21</div>
<div> Teaching About the Ocean System Using
New Research Technique: Data, Models, and Visualizations (emerging
theme workshop), July 6-9, 2005, University of Washington -
APPLICATION DEADLINE March 1</div>
<div> <b> A WORKSHOP FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS AND
POST-DOCS</b>: Preparing for an Academic Career in the Geosciences,
July 21-24, 2005, Pennsylvania State University</div>
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<div align="center"><font size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b>Jobs for
PhDs</b></font></div>
<div align="center">http://www.higheredjobs.com/about/</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><b>Tenure-Track Position in Coastal Watershed Science at the
University of Texas</b></div>
<div>The Marine Science Institute (MSI, www.utmsi.utexas.edu) and
Environmental Science Institute (ESI, www.geo.utexas.edu/esi) at The
University of Texas at Austin invite applications for a faculty
position in coastal watershed science. This position will further a
growing program at UT-Austin in marine and environmental science that
is focused on coastal issues, including a current faculty search in
Ecological Modeling and a proposed National Estuarine Research Reserve
at MSI (www.utmsi.utexas.edu/txnerr). We seek an individual with broad
interests in integrated field, laboratory, and/or modeling studies of
the physical, geochemical, and/or biological processes that occur in
coastal watersheds. The position is at the rank of Assistant Professor
in the Department of Marine Science and Research Assistant Professor
in MSI. The successful candidate will be based at the Marine Science
Institute in Port Aransas and will be expected to build a vigorous and
interdisciplinary research program with one or more affiliated ESI
departments in Austin, including integrative biology, geological
sciences, geography, engineering, and social sciences. Candidates must
have a Ph.D. degree at the time of appointment; postdoctoral
experience and a strong research and publication record are preferred.
Primary teaching responsibilities will be participation in a
developing Integrated Watershed Science graduate program that will
train students in science, engineering, and policy aspects of water
resources, and a graduate course (likely team taught) in one of the
following: coastal oceanography, time series analysis, or microbial
ecology. Applicants should send a statement of research and teaching
interests (3 pages maximum), curriculum vitae, and five letters of
recommendation to: MSI-ESI Search Committee Chair, The University of
Texas Marine Science Institute, 750 Channel View Dr., Port Aransas,
Texas 78373-5015. The statement of research interests should mention
how the program would incorporate coastal watershed science. Review of
applications will start February 15, 2005 and will continue until the
position is filled. Background check conducted on applicant
selected.</div>
<div> The University of Texas at Austin is an Affirmative
Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.</div>
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<div><b>Postdoctoral Positions, Limnology and Microbial/Plankton
Ecology. The Tahoe Environmental Research Center of the University of
California, Davis,</b></div>
<div> Two highly motivated and enthusiastic postdoctoral
scientists sought to carry out research in limnology and aquatic
ecology within our multidisciplinary group. Possible areas of research
include but are not limited to: lake metabolism, organic matter
sources and cycling in lakes, molecular microbial ecology, plankton
community structure and function, physical/biological coupling in
lakes. The candidates will be expected to develop independent research
projects in their area in collaboration with one or several members of
the Center, or other UC Davis faculty working in the Tahoe Basin. The
positions include some research funds and technical support, and will
extend for 2 years, with the possibility of extension. The TERC
operates two research vessels at Lake Tahoe, and has commenced
construction of a new research laboratory at Incline Village to
complement the historic laboratory at Tahoe City. Applicants should
submit a curriculum vitae, a statement of research interests, and the
names and contact information for three references.</div>
<div> The positions remain open until filled. The University of
California is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer.</div>
<div> Applications can be sent by email to George Malyj,
at gjmalyj@ucdavis.edu. Enquiries can be made to TERC Director Prof.
Geoffrey Schladow, at gschladow@ucdavis.edu, or Prof. Charles Goldman,
at crgoldman@ucdavis.edu.</div>
<div>S. Geoffrey Schladow</div>
<div>Professor of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering</div>
<div>Director, Tahoe Environmental Research Center</div>
<div>University of California, Davis</div>
<div>Dept. Civil & Env. Engineering</div>
<div>3111 Engineering III</div>
<div>Davis, CA 95616</div>
<div>(530) 752 6932 (office)</div>
<div>(530) 754 6433 (lab)</div>
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<div><font size="-1">This newsletter has been developed by C. Susan
Weiler to distribute information of potential interest to recent PhDs
engaged in interdisciplinary aquatic science or climate-change
research, and to build an international sense of community among
recent grads. It provides an international forum for the exchange of
information and opinions regarding research, professional and social
issues. The views and opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect
those of the funding agencies or sponsoring societies. Dr. Weiler
reserves the right to edit or reject material submitted to the
list.</font></div>
<div><font size="-1"
color="#0000FF"><b><x-tab>
</x-tab>Please submit announcements of interest to recent PhDs to
phd@whitman.edu. </b></font><font size="-1"> Send a short message
in the body of an e-mail message, and link to any appropriate
websites.</font></div>
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<div>C. Susan Weiler,
Ph.D. <br>
Office of Earth System Studies Tel:
509-527-5948 <br
>
Whitman
College <span
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> <span
></span> Fax: 509-527-5961<br>
Walla Walla, WA 99362<br>
weiler@whitman.edu <br>
Programs for Recent
PhDs <span
></span>
http://aslo.org/phd.html<br>
DIALOG poster
http://www.aslo.org/phd/dialogposter.pdf<br>
DISCCRS poster
http://www.aslo.org/phd/disccrsposter.pdf <br>
<br>
Workshop Report, Meeting the Needs of Interdisciplinary Ph.D.
Graduates in a Changing Global Environment<br>
http://marcus.whitman.edu/~weilercs/biocomplexity/ <span
></span>
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