[ECOLOG-L] AGU Session: Linking biogeophysical and socioeconomic processes, methods and impacts

[David Reed]

 Hello all, my colleague and I convening a session at this year's AGU Fall
meeting on the very broad topic of combining biogeophysical and
socioeconomic datasets and methods. We would very much welcome abstracts
covering any and all types of work on socioeconomic topics.

Session B046: Linking biogeophysical and socioeconomic processes, methods
and impacts
Physical observations and models have led to a better understanding of the
earth system. However, results drawn from physical methods might be biased
due to underrepresentation of human dimensions. Socioeconomic data can
provide critical information and insight into biogeophysical processes and
impacts. The rise in very high-resolution imagery, community-level
reporting and other fine-scale data products open new research
opportunities in connecting biophysical and socioeconomic datasets. This
session invites research topics applying new technological advancements and
unique approaches to address the interactions between socioeconomic and
biophysical processes. New products and methods that work towards
integrated understanding of ecosystem mechanisms or processes at any
temporal or spatial scale as welcome as are studies focusing on the
socioeconomic impacts of biogeophysical work.

Invited abstracts:
Becky Chaplin-Kramer, Stanford University
Brian O'Neill, NCAR

Conveners:
David Reed
Gabriela Shirkey
Michigan State University

Thank you very much

david reed, Michigan State University

[ECOLOG-L] Fwd: AGU Fall Meeting: How water limitation impacts ecosystems and catchments

[David Reed]

Dear Colleagues,

Please consider our new session on how water limitation impacts terrestrial
cycling of water, energy, and biogeochemicals.  We invite contributions
from both hydrological (catchment) and ecological perspectives.  We are
excited to hear from invited speakers Ben Poulter (NASA) and Mike Goulden
(UC Irvine).

You may find session details below or at
https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm16/preliminaryview.cgi/Session13596

and submit your abstract at
 http://fallmeeting.agu.org/2016/abstract-submissions/

B082:
The impacts of water limitation on terrestrial ecosystems and catchments:
integrating measurements and models across scales

*Session ID#: *13596
Session Description:
This session presents diverse methods to understand and predict impacts of
water limitation on terrestrial cycling of water, energy, and
biogeochemicals.  Global-scale studies suggest that water-limited regions
dominate the increasing trend of the terrestrial CO2 sink and the
interannual variability of atmospheric CO2, and that water limitation
affects most terrestrial biomes.  Research shows terrestrial processes are
increasingly sensitive to water due to vegetation change or CO2 fertilization,
while other work suggests nutrient constraints. Comparatively little is
known about water limitation of non-CO2 gases and other ecohydrological
processes.  We encourage submissions that show how combining models and
observations can represent processes across spatial scales (e.g. soil
collar, leaf, ecosystem, catchment, continent) or leverage longer-tem
datasets to address questions across times scales including: 1) fast
ecohydrological responses to weather, 2) interannual variability, 3)
response to extreme events, and 4) multi-year trends (e.g. in response to
changing temperature, precipitation patterns, or [CO2]).
Primary Convener:  *Joel Biederman*, Agricultural Research Service Tucson,
Tucson, AZ, United States
Convener:  *David E Reed*, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI,
United States

Cross-Listed:

   - H - Hydrology

Index Terms:

0414 Biogeochemical cycles, processes, and modeling

 [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
0426 Biosphere/atmosphere interactions

 [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
1812 Drought

 [HYDROLOGY]
1813 Eco-hydrology

 [HYDROLOGY]
Best Regards,

Joel Biederman
Associate Research Hydrologist
Southwest Watershed Research Center
USDA - Agricultural Research Service
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Re: [ECOLOG-L] Cuts everywhere...except a few states

[David Reed]

So you've collected headlines from roughly half the states, of which some
really don't paint a doom-and-gloom picture (Colorado, Minnesota ,Oregon,
while Mississippi and Alabama are increasing funding to K-12 education),
and then proceed to make some pretty sweeping claims. It's almost as is
often repeated quip about states being the laboratories of democracy has
some truth to it! If this was the draft thesis of an undergrad paper, I
would return it and ask for more effort.

Instead of complaining about it to each other in an echo chamber, how about
we actively work to fix it! Those of us with budgets, why don't we hired an
undergrad student or two for the summer. Those of us with elegant writing,
send in a letter to the editor to your local paper. Those of us with a cell
phone, call your elected Representative. Those of us teaching, get
non-science majors exciting about what you (and the rest of us) are doing!

Throwing your hands up and blaming it on a disinterested populace is a lazy
excuse since we are the ones educating that populace. Saying there is a war
on science is worse since it helps increase the amount of polarization in
our society.

david reed

On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 1:21 PM, Malcolm McCallum <
malcolm.mccallum.ta...@gmail.com> wrote:

> THere are a few states with increased higher ed budgets, and the vast
> majority being slashed and burned.
> IF you read through these articles, you will find common threads in regard
> to party-lines, common issues, etc.
> Bottom line, there is a ware on higher education and science.  The excuse
> is budgets; however, you can't milk a stone.
> It all boils down to lack of creativity, an general unwillingness of those
> benefitting form higehr education to do anything,
> and largely a disinterested populace who believes whatever tripe is shoved
> down their throat by part-sponsored news agencies.
> I feel for the new graduates who are hoping to get a job, its hard enough
> when you have been let go as a line item and
> have some cv to shop around. These people just keep making things worse
> through ineptitude and ignorance.
>
> *Some General responses*
> Apparently, most states are increasing out-of-state enrollment an
> decreasing in-state enrollment due to cuts.
>
> http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2016-04-01/colleges-look-to-out-of-state-students-amid-state-funding-shortages
> <http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2016-04-01/colleges-look-to-out-of-state-students-amid-state-funding-shortages>
>
> another article on the topic of state budgets & higher ed
>
> http://www.dailytexanonline.com/2016/03/28/states-must-protect-higher-education-from-budget-cuts
>
> I keep hearing stories from certain family members that higher ed is a
> waste of time based on fox news reports. I don't agree, but , I'm and
> part-time employed PHD, and most of them are employed, about to retire or
> retired highschool/college drop outs.  Maybe they are right?
>
>
> https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2016/04/07/lincoln-project-report-offers-suggestions-public-research-universities-financial
>
> A report from the Lincoln Project, which has been studying public research
> universities since 2013. Final report was issued yesterday, with
> wide-ranging suggestions for financial futures of these institutions.
>
> Lawmakers hiked tuition faster than schools did..
> http://interactives.dallasnews.com/2016/tuition-costs/
>
>
> *Alabama*
> The $6.28 billion budget approved is the largest Education Trust Fund
> since 2008, before the Great Recession led to an ebbing of state revenues.
> The 2017 ETF is about $290 million higher than the current budget, an
> increase of about 4.8 percent.
>
> http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/news/politics/southunionstreet/2016/03/08/ala-house-approves-education-budget-teacher-pay-raise/81437740/
>
> *Alaska...*
> Alaska is a good example - cuts have been proposed on the order of 10-20%
> (and more, if you count cuts in the last couple years).  Programs have been
> lost already - fairly grim.
>
> Also look into the situation in Alaska. Here are some links:
>
> http://www.adn.com/article/20160127/university-alaska-leaders-plan-restructure-campuses
>
>
> http://www.cnbc.com/2016/03/14/alaskas-schools-face-cuts-at-every-level-over-oil-collapse.html
>
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/15/us/oil-collapse-drains-alaskas-wide-ranging-education-system.html?_r=0
>
> *Arizona.*
>
> http://tucson.com/news/local/education/college/tuition-rate-hikes-ok-d-for-arizona-universities/article_5b5b3e8d-925f-5738-9cdd-950f82a7c6b7.html
>
> *Arkansas..

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Advice sought about applying for a postdoc

[david reed]

David and mystery grad student(s)

I might be able to provide a bit of input as I am a current postdoc with
career aims at a teaching college. I defended my PhD in 2014 and last year
I was employed as a visiting prof at a liberal arts school, so I've seen
both sides of the current job market. From my POV, the market is crowded
with highly qualified folks with both a fair amount of teaching and
research experience. Just because you want to focus on teaching doesn't
mean you can neglect the research side of your CV. If either side of your
CV is neglected, you aren't going to be getting many interviews anyway.

While doing research, use the postdoc to work with undergrads. Get that
work published in a timely fashion and take undergrad students to
conferences with you. Having a few papers on your CV with undergrads as
first authors will be a huge plus. Add a sector to your CV listing
undergrad students mentored. Many job applications will ask for
demonstrated abilities to mentor undergrads, so prove that now with RUE's.
Work on career research plans that will fit into three summer months and
isn't going to rely on advanced, can-work-independently, PhD students. Show
you can work without a huge startup budget.

A good post-doc advisor can also help advance your teaching skills as well.
Look for co-teaching experience, learn pedagogy from others, go on field
trips with classes, and offer to fill on when the primary instructor out of
town for travel. Volunteer to teach the course the second time. If you
haven't had the chance to be a primary instructor for a class, make sure
you check that box soon, hopefully before applying to teaching positions.
Help your advisor re-develop a course with new pedagogy, as this will show
you can do the same when handed an outdated class to teach on your own.

Focus on what skills you'll need at a tenure-track teaching position
(spoiler alert, it's nearly the same skills you'll need at a R1 position,
just a different priority placed on each skill). Make a plan and work on
those skills. If a potential postdoc PI doesn't want to help you while you
are doing good research AND teaching, they maybe aren't going to be a great
advisor for you anyway.

Finally, the visiting prof route was an awesome experience for me. You will
still be expected to do research as a visiting prof if you want to get
interviews for tenture-track positions, but don't overlook jumping right
into a teaching school if you really feel that would be best. Note, there
is a massive differences between a full-time visiting prof and a part-time
adjunct position.

david

On Sun, Aug 16, 2015 at 7:55 PM, David Inouye ino...@umd.edu wrote:

 I'm posting this on behalf of a grad student I met at the ESA meeting last
 week, who will read responses on the list (or you can send them to me to
 forward).

 David Inouye

 For an outgoing graduate student applying for research post-docs, are
 there advantages/disadvantages to sharing with your potential PI that your
 ultimate career goal is to work at a teaching university? Would a potential
 PI prefer a post-doc who has more research-oriented career goals?

[ECOLOG-L] AGU 2015 session 'Inland Waters as Dynamic Foci in Climate Systems'

[david reed]

Dear Colleagues and Friends,

Sorry to add to your Inbox burden but we would like to call your attention
to a session to be held at the Fall AGU in San Francisco, 14-18

Inland Waters as Dynamic Foci in Climate Systems: Hydrodynamic and
Biophysical Controls on Variability,

We hope to bring together researchers taking a broad range of approaches in
our attempts to understand the basic process level relationships between
energy and mass fluxes in inland waters.  Please join us and lend your
voice and work to the conversation.


Remember, abstract submission deadline is August 05, 2015:
http://agu.confex.com/agu/fm15/preliminaryview.cgi/Session8013

We are looking forward to seeing you in San Francisco

Thank you,
David, Sam, Sally and Patrick

David Reed
University of Wisconsin Madison

Sam Dunn
Colorado State University, Fort Collins

Sally MacIntyre
University of California - Santa Barbara

Patrick Crill
Stockholm University


Session ID: 8013
B041: Inland Waters as Dynamic Foci in Climate Systems: Hydrodynamic and
Biophysical Controls on Variability
Session abstract
Inland waters – such as lakes, reservoirs, wetlands, rivers, and streams –
act as important components of carbon, water and energy exchanges in the
climate system and the connections between land and associated surface
waters are becoming more apparent. However, it remains challenging to
quantify and scale over-water rates and mechanisms of greenhouse gas
production and consumption, surface energy budgets, linkages between
terrestrial-aquatic processes, and the influences of anthropogenic
disturbances. These processes are regulated by many interacting
biogeochemical factors (substrate quantity/quality, nutrient availability,
redox chemistry, microbial community composition and physiology, etc.).
This session solicits contributions that advance our understanding of
physical, biological, chemical, and limnological processes that influence
vertical and lateral transports of carbon, over-water surface energy
fluxes, hydrologic cycling, aquatic and terrestrial water-carbon coupling,
using novel approaches such as overwater eddy covariance, cross
aquatic-terrestrial boundary observation, incorporation of aquatic
ecosystems in earth system models, and cross-site data synthesis and
scaling.

[ECOLOG-L] AGU Fall Meeting Session on Vulnerability, Disturbance Impacts, and Recovery

[David Reed]

This year the AGU fall meeting will have a session focusing on
Vulnerability, Disturbance Impacts, and Recovery. This session is
co-sponsored by the Biogeosciences, Hydrology and Global Climate Change
sections.

Studies to assess vulnerability (metrics and indicators) under climate
change have become widespread in recent years. Vulnerable systems are more
susceptible to disturbances that in turn alter biophysical,
eco-hydrological, biogeochemical, and societal processes. Under climate
change these disturbances are occurring in new ecosystems and in others are
projected to increase in frequency, intensity, and spatial extent. This
session solicits abstracts encompassing a range of disturbances, including
fire, herbivory, biomass removals, land conversion, extreme weather, and
invasive species. We seek studies developing vulnerability metrics and
indicators; evaluating extent, intensity, and impact of disturbances; and
recovery / succession following the events. We further seek studies focusing
on (i) extreme disturbance events and (ii) coupling of biophysical and
societal systems under change, including analyzing ecological and social
trajectories following disturbances.

Abstracts can be submitted at: https://fallmeeting.agu.org/2013/account/

Deadline is August 6th (AGU never accepts late abstracts)

We hope to see you all in San Francisco!

David Reed (University of Wyoming)
Alistair Smith (University of Idaho)