Re: Climate change funding

2007-10-22 Thread Kelly Stettner
RE: George C. Marshall Institute funding paper With due respect, I see no problem with a scientist or private citizen calling for more research, further exploration and a clear, unbiased view of the facts in a given situation. Kelly, your scoff that the Institute didn't use any

FW: Paleonet: The dangers of creationism in education, a report from the Committee on Culture, Scien

2007-10-22 Thread Helena Fortunato
Hi this is the first time I post in this forum. Hope it reaches you =20 This post from paleonet relates to some of the recent discussions in this l= ist at the time someone wandered about the official european position on=20 this subject =20 helena fortunatoDesire can take you to hell or to

Graduate Assistantship at Iowa State University

2007-10-22 Thread Jan Thompson
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY College of Agriculture Graduate Research Assistantship in Risk Assessment for Invasive Woody Plants. A research assistantship is available immediately at Iowa State University for an M.S. or Ph.D. (preferred) candidate

Invitation for Scientists to Join Letter to Congress on Global Warming-Wildlife Funding

2007-10-22 Thread Bill Hodges
October 16, 2007 Dear Colleague: We are inviting researchers and practitioners from the various disciplines of biological science to join in a letter to Congress urging that any legislation to address climate change include dedicated funding for the conservation of wildlife and ecosystems

Re: JBS Haldane/inordinate fondness for...???

2007-10-22 Thread Tyler Cobb
Hi Wendee, Apparently, Haldane had a special fondness for the quip but did not publish it. I looked into this a while back and found a nice summary by Gould (Gould, S. J. 1993. A special fondness for beetles. Natural History 102(1): 4-9) which may be of some use to you. It seems that a

Staff Scientist Job Announcement

2007-10-22 Thread Jennifer Samson
Principal Scientist Job Announcement for Clean Ocean Action The principal scientist is the primary science expert on marine pollution issues for Clean Ocean Action (COA), a non-profit marine advocacy coalition. The Principal Scientist works closely with COA’s Executive Director, attorneys,

PhD scholarship/job announcement

2007-10-22 Thread Cindy Buschena
MQRES PhD Scholarship Closing date: 7 December 2007 *Physiological Ecology of Forest Succession*** * A PhD scholarship investigating the physiological ecology of forest succession is available at Macquarie University. The successful applicant will work in conjunction with an ARC

2nd call for submissions to special session on land use at AAG 2008

2007-10-22 Thread Monika Calef
Second Call for Submissions of Presentations to a special session on land use at the American Association of Geographers meeting in Boston in April 2008 (for conference information see http://aag.org/annualmeetings/2008/index.htm). We are looking for presentations related to land use change

Re: Ecology Indicators Forest Health Re: Question: Ecological indicators for National Forest Health

2007-10-22 Thread Wayne Tyson
And I also second Brian's comments. A good test of any model might be whether or not a virgin, closed-canopy Site I conifer forest as well as a diverse disturbed one, could survive the number-crunching. To me the TREND is the important thing, and recognizing the wide variety of compositions

Postdoctoral Research Associate in Isotope Ecology of Columnar Cacti

2007-10-22 Thread David G. Williams
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Isotope Ecology of Columnar Cacti Position number 4833 The University of Wyoming Department of Renewable Resources is soliciting applications for a full-time postdoctoral research scientist to conduct research on the physiological ecology and isotope

Please post

2007-10-22 Thread Jenny Smith
Postdoctoral Postion - Pasture Based Dairy Project W.K. Kellogg Biological Station, Michigan State University Primary Responsibility: To develop and implement a pasture-based dairy research facility at the Kellogg Biological Station (KBS) and initiate research and/or outreach activities that

Re: Heads up: The new Global Warming Denial

2007-10-22 Thread joseph gathman
There's a pretty impressive time-series animation of arctic ice shrinking at this page: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/ 2007/10/21/AR2007102100761.html?hpid=topnewssid=ST20071021007 I showed it today at the beginning of class. It takes no time and makes quite an impact.

JOB: Research Assistant (field technician)

2007-10-22 Thread John Anderson
Announcement of Position Availability at the Jornada Basin LTER TITLE: Research Assistant (Requisition #2007010593) START DATE: December 3, 2007 SALARY: Commensurate with education and experience.Continued employment contingent upon federal funding

Wildlife Tech Seasonal position

2007-10-22 Thread Chris E Lowrey
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE TECHNICIAN (WILDLIFE CREW LEADER) Hiring Agency: USGS Position Info: Full-Time. April 2008 thru August 2008. Not to exceed 6 months. Salary: $16.83/hour + stipend Open period: 10/18/2007 until filled. Duty location: Carrizo Plain, CA. and Spring Mountains, Nevada. Who may

Job: Faculty position in Ecology, University of Texas

2007-10-22 Thread Dan Bolnick
The Section of Integrative Biology of the University of Texas at Austin seeks to hire an ecologist at the Assistant Professor level to begin September 2008. The successful applicant will join a strong program in Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior (http://www.biosci.utexas.edu/ib) and will have

2 tenure-track jobs, ecology, University of Dayton

2007-10-22 Thread David Inouye
Would you please bring to the attention of your postdocs and talented finishing doctoral student the following two tenure track faculty positons in ecology. The department is beginning to experience retirements and these two positions are from retirement. We have initiated a wide search and

Re: Heads up: The new Global Warming Denial Front

2007-10-22 Thread Paul Cherubini
Kelly Decker wrote: The George C. Marshall Institute has launched a new PR campaign to suggest that scientists are biased in their findings of global climate change due to the fact that there is grant monies to study global climate change. It's pure talking points for those who do not want

Re: Heads up: The new Global Warming Denial

2007-10-22 Thread Madhusudan Katti
This, and a host of similar cool animations have been produced by NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio and are available in much higher resolution from their website at: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/ A search for arctic sea ice on the main page will give you 27 matches, including the series