Travel grants: IWA Montreal meeting
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Stream ecology post-doc: Arizona State
Applications are solicited for a post-doctoral associate in ecosystem ecology, ecohydrology, stream ecology, and/or biogeochemistry in the laboratory of Nancy Grimm at Arizona State University. An initial appointment will be made for one year, to begin as soon as possible (preferably before September 2010), but appointment for a second year is expected contingent upon funding. The work will entail research, laboratory oversight, and mentoring of graduate and undergraduate researchers. The specific research project to be conducted will depend on the interests of the successful applicant, within a broad array of topics from urban stormwater dynamics to atmosphere-land-stream
interactions to metabolism and nutrient dynamics of stream and wetland ecosystems.
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Briefing, reports: US climate change impacts & science
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Oxfam vulnerability site
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US EPA climate change grants
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is awarding nearly $17 million in Science to Achieve Results (STAR) grants to universities across the country to study the consequences of climate change on the air we breathe and the water we drink. Read More...
WaterWorks conference
To find out more: http://pnws-awwa.org/SectionIndex.asp?SectionID=60
To register: http://pnws-awwa.org/index.asp
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Municipal utilities climate adaptation network
Water Climate Forum Taps
International Network to Tackle Adaptation
Issues
Washington,
D.C. (January
28, 2010) – Leaders in water management and
climate change today embark on an ambitious
campaign to push water adaptation issues on to the
American policy agenda with Climate Change Impacts on
Water: An International Adaptation
Forum. The two-day meeting in
the nation’s capital is the first of its kind,
bringing together more than 200 key policy and
climate officials, water system executives,
scientists and subject leaders from around the
world to share their experiences and ideas on a
range of topics, from how to adapt water management
to climate change to getting results from local and
national policy makers.
Restore America's Estuaries conference
Call for Dedicated Sessions, Presentations, and Posters
Submittal Deadline: March 2, 2010
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Restore America's Estuaries |
International Water Adaptation Forum

Utility managers must plan and
act today to prepare for the unavoidable
consequences of climate change that are
already apparent. Supportive government
policies, practical climate research and sharing
the adaptation experiences of international water
sector colleagues are essential elements for taking
action. The Forum agenda is replete with case
studies, presentations and panel discussions
providing practical approaches to inform water
utility adaptation initiatives.
Aquatic carbon biogeochemistry PhD position
Application deadline: February 20, 2010
Start date: Spring / Summer 2010
Location: Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada
Two graduate assistantships are available to carry out either Master’s or Ph.D. theses in the Aquatic Ecology Group of the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQÀM). The projects will be associated to the newly-created NSERC-funded Chair in Carbon Biogeocheimstry in Boreal Aquatic Systems. The research projects may focus on a wide range of issues related to aquatic C biogeochemistry: Lake and river organic carbon dynamics and processing, green house gas dynamics, and ecosystem metabolism; links between aquatic and terrestrial C biogeochemistry and ecosystem function, and the role of aquatic ecosystems on regional carbon budgets.
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Public Interest Environmental Law Conference
28th Annual Public Interest Environmental Law Conference
February 25-28, 2010
University of Oregon School of Law • Eugene, Oregon
Registration is now open for the 28th annual Public Interest Environmental Law Conference (PIELC) at the University of Oregon School of Law. PIELC 2010 runs from February 25-28, and once again we will be welcoming attorneys, activists, government officials, students, and community members to the law school for the world's largest and most important conference of its kind. Read More...
US lakes study webcast
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Water footprint and availability risk
Organized by American Business ConferencesStrategic Partners: ERM (Environmental Resources Management)
ERM will be joining American Business Conferences as a Strategic Partner for the forthcoming ‘Water Footprinting & Availability Risk Management 2010 Summit’ taking place in February 2010 in San Francisco. ERM (Environmental Resources Management) is uniquely positioned to provide solutions to the water resource needs of corporations, from the initial water footprint calculation and analysis, to the provision and implementation of both technical and strategic solutions.
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Food security meeting
When: Thursday, January 14, 2010, 12:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m.
Where: Chemonics International, 11th Floor Conference Room, 1717 H Street, Washington, D.C.
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US AID conservation showcase
When: Monday, January 11, 2010 12:30 p.m.-2:00 p.m.
Where: SAIS, Rome Auditorium, 1619 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington, D.C.
This event will showcase a decade of learning and impact through the Global Conservation Program (GCP), USAID's flagship global conservation initiative from 1999-2009. The GCP was a partnership between USAID and six leading U.S.-based nongovernmental organizations: the African Wildlife Foundation, Conservation International, Enterprise Works/VITA, The Nature Conservancy, the Wildlife Conservation Society and the World Wildlife Fund. Read More...
Regional analysis of climate change in the Americas
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Canada's rivers & climate change risks
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US EPA water and climate webcast
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IWA Mexico meeting
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Mazamas research grants
Please distribute this information to the appropriate department, faculty member or graduate students within your institution.
The Mazamas, a 3,000 member Oregon mountaineering organization headquartered in Portland OR, is soliciting research grant proposals from scientists and their graduate students. Our organization supports research projects in keeping with the purposes of the Mazamas, including the investigation of geologic features, biotic communities, and human endeavors pertaining to mountains, forests, rivers, and lakes.
The Committee evaluates each proposal and awards grants to selected applicants in the spring of each year. Grants range from $500 to as much as $3,500 from a total amount available this year of approximately $11,500. The Publications Committee may edit and publish the final report of each grantee’s research in the Mazamas Annual Journal. Read More...
Hydrology research fellowships
Graduate training in hydrologic science typically focuses on a single field site or modeling approach. To assist graduate students in enriching their research program by moving beyond this “one site, one view,” CUAHSI is providing travel support for graduate students to make an extended visit (ca. 1-3 months) to conduct field research at an additional site or to collaborate with a research group using alternate modeling methods. CUAHSI will provide funding for up to five graduate students, with a $5000 maximum award to each recipient, to cover travel costs. Read More...
Freshwater conservation research fellowships: PhD & postdoc levels
Advancing Conservation through Science
WWF-US is pleased to announce the availability of Kathryn Fuller Fellowships for 2010. For nearly 50 years WWF has committed to delivering science-based conservation results while incorporating the latest research and innovations into our work. As part of its commitment to advancing conservation through science, WWF established Kathryn Fuller Fellowships to support PhD students and postdoctoral researchers working on issues of exceptional importance and relevance to conservation in WWF-US priority places. This year, the Kathryn Fuller Science for Nature Fund will support doctoral and postdoctoral research in the following three areas.
- ecosystem services
- measuring and monitoring carbon stocks in forests
- climate change impacts on and adaptation of freshwater resources
Hydrobiogeochemistry research position in Puerto Rico
Location: Department of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Pennsylvania
Project: NSF-Luquillo Critical Zone Observatory
Availability: Immediately
The Luquillo Critical Zone Observatory has been funded by the National Science Foundation to study the hydrology, geochemistry, and surficial processes of the Luquillo Mountains of Puerto Rico. The project involves faculty, post-doctoral research associates, graduate students, and undergraduates from a range of disciplines in the natural sciences as well as collaborators from local and federal government agencies and national and international Universities.
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PhD positions: Arctic stream seasonality shifts
Three Ph.D. Opportunities in Collaborative, Integrated Research
The Arctic System Science program of the National Science Foundation has funded a collaborative and integrated project to address the question “How does changing seasonality affect the capacity of arctic stream networks to influence nutrient fluxes from the landscape to the ocean?” As the arctic region warms in the future the synchrony among soil microbial processes (driven largely by warming temperatures) and terrestrial plant processes (driven by an unchanged light regime) will become increasingly out of phase. We expect that this growing asynchrony in arctic seasonality will have important impacts on the seasonal patterns of in-stream nutrient processing that ultimately control the flux of carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus from the arctic landscape to the Arctic Ocean via river networks. The primary goal of our project is to quantify the relative influences of throughflow, lateral inputs, and hyporheic regeneration on the seasonal fluxes C, N, and P in an arctic river network, and to determine how these influences will shift under seasonal conditions that are likely to be substantially different in the future. To address this goal, we seek three, motivated, self-starting, and experienced graduate students who are excited about the prospect of working on a multi-disciplinary and multi-institutional research project. The three research opportunities and the respective mentors and institutions are: Read More...
Wetlands Restoration Conference
Water and Fire Report
Tropical Cyclones/Hurricanes and Climate Change Forum
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