Category Archives: Academic Departments
NSF’s Narrow View Of The Climate Issue – Climate Is Much More Than “Climate Change”
I received a notice of opportunity from the National Science Foundation. There is much in there that could fit with the bott0m-up, resource-based perspective that we present in our paper Pielke Sr., R.A., R. Wilby, D. Niyogi, F. Hossain, K. Dairuku, J. … Continue reading
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Guest Post ” Notions At The Intersection Of Climatology And Renewable Energy” By Jeremy Fordham
Notions at the Intersection of Climatology and Renewable Energy by Jeremy Fordham It’s quite common to hear renewable energy lauded as “America’s last saving grace” these days—after all, how else will the U.S. relieve its dependence on foreign oil imports? … Continue reading
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Job Announcement Western Kentucky University
WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY GEOGRAPHY AND GEOLOGY KENTUCKY CLIMATE CENTER RESEARCH SCIENTIST Western Kentucky University, Kentucky Climate Center (KCC), housed within the Department of Geography and Geology and a charter member of the Applied Research and Technology Program (ARTP) is seeking … Continue reading
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Advertisement Of A Faculty Position That Focuses On Multi-Decadal Climate Predictions
The march towards a scientifically non-robust approach to climate science continues (e.g. for other examples see and see). This position announcement is actually ironic since on a review of their program several years ago that I participated on, this was not … Continue reading
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Guest Post “Crisis in Academic Funding” By Toby N. Carlson
Crisis in Academic Funding by Toby N. Carlson. Professor of Meteorology, Emeritus. Penn State University, University Park, PA 16802 In recent articles (Carlson, 2006; Carlson 2008: Carlson 2010; see also Roulston, 2006), I described a growing crisis in academic funding … Continue reading
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Perceptive Article On The Sad State Of Research Funding By Toby N. Carlson
Toby N. Carlson of the Department of Meteorology at the Pennsylvania State University has shared with me two article on the sad state of research funding. This sentiment fits with my impressions of NSF funding that I have posted on in my weblog; … Continue reading
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Faculty Position Announcement In The Tennessee TechnologicalUniversity (TTU) Department Environmental and Water Resources Program
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) at Tennessee Technological University (TTU) invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position effective August 2011. This position is focused towards a faculty member who will contribute to the growth of the Department’s Environmental … Continue reading
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Faculty Position In Climate Science Advertised At Arizona State University
Atmospheric and Climate Sciences We seek applicants with research interests such as regional-scale weather and climate processes; land-atmosphere interactions in natural and human-modified landscapes; long-term coupling and feedbacks between climate and landscape evolution; and/or hydroclimatology of arid and semiarid regions. While … Continue reading
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A New Newsletter From The Department Of Atmospheric And Oceanic Sciences (ATOC) At The University Of Colorado In Boulder
The Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (ATOC) is pleased to announce our introductory issue of the ATOC Newsletter. You can obtain a copy by clicking on http://lasp.colorado.edu/~btoon/ATOCnewsletter.pdf and it is also available on the ATOC home page at http://atoc.colorado.edu. … Continue reading
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