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Call for Papers: Equipping society for climate change through improved treatments of uncertainty conference (UK) — Última modificación 08/09/2010 08:48

The first EQUIP conference will be held at the University of Leeds on the 19th - 21st Jan. It will showcase our work and provide opportunities for feedback and involvement in the project. Speakers both internal and external to EQUIP will present key topics, such as methodologies for quantifying uncertainty, assessing the information content of ensembles and evaluating predictions. Stakeholder-led approaches will be presented, along with analyses of our key impacts case studies: droughts, heatwaves, crop production and marine ecosystems.

Vacancy: two positions at the Climate Decision Support Consortium (CDSC) (USA) — Última modificación 08/09/2010 08:46

The Climate Decision Support Consortium (CDSC), a Northwest partnership led by the Oregon Climate Change Research Institute at Oregon State University, invites applications for two positions: one to act as a Program Manager and one a Regional Extension Climate Specialist. CDSC is the new NOAA RISA (Regional Integrated Science and Assessment) for the Pacific Northwest.

Vacancy: post-doctoral position at Indiana University (USA) — Última modificación 08/09/2010 08:51

We are seeking a highly-motivated individual to join our research team at Indiana University in investigating ecosystem carbon dynamics in forests, with a primary focus on belowground processes. The successful applicant will investigate the spatial and temporal dynamics of carbon assimilation and allocation in the mixed hardwood forests of south-central IN – a project funded by the Office of Science (BER), U.S. Department of Energy.

Vacancy: Agrometeorologist and modeller researcher — Última modificación 27/08/2010 09:06

The AGRI4CAST Action is built around the JRC's crop yield forecasting system aiming at providing accurate and timely crop yield forecasts and crop production biomass for the union territory and other strategic areas of the world. Also, the Action runs analysis of climate change impact on agriculture and adaptation strategies using modelling techniques, for Europe and other world areas key for agricultural production.

Call for Papers: Drought and Food Security (H94) at AGU (USA) — Última modificación 27/08/2010 09:03

The Fall AGU meeting is coming closer (Dec. 13-17) with the deadline of abstract submission ( 2nd September). We would like to encourage you to submit your abstracts to session AGU (H94): Drought and Food Security: which raises many challenges and opportunities for hydrologists and climate scientists for today and in coming future.

Call for Papers: Climate and the Nitrogen Cycle at AGU (USA) — Última modificación 27/08/2010 09:01

We will hold a nitrogen and climate session at the 2010 American Geophysical Union Meeting in San Francisco December 13-17. Abstracts must be submitted by September 2, 2010.

Call for Papers: "Adaptation of Vegetation to Global Change" at AGU (USA) — Última modificación 27/08/2010 08:59

We would like to draw your attention to the upcoming 2010 AGU Fall Meeting in San Francisco on 13-17 December 2010, where we are organising a session on "Adaptation of Vegetation to Global Change".

Call for Papers: Two Session on Climate Change Adaptation at AGU (USA) — Última modificación 27/08/2010 09:00

Please join us at the American Geophysical Union Meeting in San Francisco this December, and please provide an abstract on any and all work on climate change adaptation to one or other - or both of these sessions. Several members of this convener group have work together with Steve Schneider at AGU since 2007 on building these sessions. We are all very sad that Steve will not be with us - but his encouragement and inspiration continues in these sessions.

Vacancy: PhD Position at the University of Leeds (UK) — Última modificación 20/08/2010 10:56

The successful candidate will have a good first or Masters degree in a physical or mathematical discipline, such as mathematics, physics, geophysics, engineering or meteorology.

Vacancy: Postdoc at the University of Goettingen (Germany) — Última modificación 20/08/2010 10:54

The Bioclimatology group at the Büsgen-Institute of Georg-August University of Göttingen, Germany, seeks a Postdoc for Micro- and Regional Climate Modelling from 1st October 2010 for 3 years in the frame of the joint Research Project BEST (Bioenergie Regionen Stärken / Strengthening Bioenergy Regions)