[ECOLOG-L] Participate in a survey on careers in the water sector
Dear Colleagues, I'd like to ask you to participate in and help distribute an anonymous survey focused on uncovering career challenges in the water sector (drinking water, stormwater, wastewater, etc). We invite anyone who works in this sector and is at any career stage and track (academia, private sector, government, etc.) to participate. To open the survey, either click on the link below or paste it into your browser: https://portlandstate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bKuyNgJlGXQU8qF This survey is a product of collaboration from members of the Women-Water Nexus within the Environmental Water Resources Institute and the American Society of Civil Engineers who are at University of Rhode Island, Boston University, and Portland State University.
[ECOLOG-L] envirobites SciComm blog looking for new writers: deadline Dec 15
Are you interested in science communication but do not know how to get started? This is your chance! envirobites, a collaborative science communication blog that covers topics in environmental science, is currently accepting new writers. Find out more at envirobites.org/contribute.
[ECOLOG-L] Boston University Urban Biogeoscience and Environmental Health Ph.D. program
Are you looking to the get a Ph.D. in an interdisciplinary graduate program that focuses on urban environmental challenges? Consider applying to the Boston University Graduate Program in Urban Biogeoscience and Environmental Health (BU URBAN), an NSF-funded research traineeship (NRT) that trains Ph.D. students to address urban environmental challenges. This NRT program prepares Ph.D. students using an interdisciplinary approach that fuses Biogeoscience and Environmental Health, with an emphasis on data analysis, field research methods, and engagement and communication with policy makers, the private sector, and the broader community. Trainees design research projects whose results are scientifically transformative and useful for decision-makers. Research topics are interdisciplinary and include, but are not limited to, assessments of greenhouse gas emissions, evaluation of air and water pollution, and understanding the threats to human health from urban heat waves or other extreme weather events. As part of the Boston University Graduate Program in Urban Biogeoscience and Environmental Health, trainees participate in workshops focused on science communication, research methods, and policy and are embedded in cities through internships with government offices, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and/or the private sector. Core participating faculty from the Biogeoscience Program (Departments of Biology and Earth & Environment) have expertise in biogeochemistry in terrestrial and aquatic systems, microbial and plant ecology, hydrology, geomorphology, biogeophysics, and remote sensing. Core participating faculty from the Department of Environmental Health have expertise in epidemiology, exposure science, risk assessment, and toxicology, with applications that span air pollution and climate change, chemicals in soil, water and food, as well as non-chemical hazards such as noise, heat, and social stressors. If you are interested in applying, submit an application to one of the participating departments: Biology, Earth and Environment, Environmental Health, or Mathematics and Statistics, and mention your interest in the BU URBAN program. Learn more about the BU URBAN program at http://sites.bu.edu/urban
[ECOLOG-L] 500 Women Scientists Boston Launch Event!
Please join the 500 Women Scientists Boston Pod for a night of science, networking, and sisterhood. This two hour event, held in Boston's newest innovation space, the BUild Lab, will serve as the official launch of our regional Pod. The night will consist of lightning talks from four inspiring female scientists, who will discuss how their respective disciplines are being impacted by and adapting to climate change. We will then have a short panel discussion with audience engagement, aimed at creating a vision for the future of 500 Women Scientists Boston. The evening will close with time for networking. Light hors d'oeuvres will be served. Tickets are a $10 suggested donation routed directly to Science Club for Girls, a Cambridge-based non-profit fostering confidence, sisterhood, and STEM literacy, in young girls in underrepresented communities. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/500-women-scientists-boston-launch-event-tickets- 48809035138?aff=eivtefrnd
[ECOLOG-L] Ph.D. in Urban Biogeoscience and Environmental Health at Boston University
Are you looking to the get a Ph.D. in an interdisciplinary graduate program that focuses on urban environmental challenges? Consider applying to the Boston University Graduate Program in Urban Biogeoscience and Environmental Health (BU URBAN), an NSF-funded research traineeship (NRT) that trains Ph.D. students to address urban environmental challenges. This NRT program trains Ph.D. students using an interdisciplinary approach that fuses Biogeoscience and Environmental Health, with an emphasis on data analysis, field research methods, and engagement and communication with policy makers, the private sector, and the broader community. Trainees design research projects whose results are scientifically transformative and useful for decision-makers. Research topics include, but are not limited to, assessments of greenhouse gas fluxes, evaluation of air and water pollution, and understanding the threats to human health from urban heat waves or other extreme weather events. Trainees participate in workshops focused on science communication, research methods, and city governance and conduct internships with government offices, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and/or the private sector. Participating faculty from the Biogeoscience Program (Departments of Biology and Earth & Environment) have expertise in biogeochemistry in terrestrial and aquatic systems, microbial and plant ecology, hydrology, geomorphology, biogeophysics, and remote sensing. Participating faculty from the Department of Environmental Health have expertise in epidemiology, exposure science, risk assessment, and toxicology, with applications that span air pollution and climate change, chemicals in soil, water and food, as well as non-chemical hazards such as noise, heat, and social stressors. If you are interested in applying, apply to one of the participating departments: Biology, Earth and Environment, Environmental Health, or Mathematics and Statistics, and mention your interest in the BU URBAN program. Please see http://sites.bu.edu/urban/apply/ for more information. Contact Laura Schifman (Program Manager; schif...@bu.edu) or Pamela Templer (Program Director) with any questions.
[ECOLOG-L] AGU session: Food-Water Link and Nonpoint Source Flux Impact on Groundwater, Vadose Zone, and Surface Water Quality
AGU Fall Meeting, Washington DC, December 10-14 The Food-Water Link and Nonpoint Source Flux Impact on Groundwater, Vadose Zone, and Surface Water Quality Nonpoint source (NPS) fluxes in vadose zone, groundwater, and at their interface to surface water are critical to societal issues including agricultural sustainability, food security, drinking water quality, ecosystem health, and global change. Better understanding is needed of bio/geo/hydro/chemical and anthropogenic factors affecting diffuse mass fluxes of nutrients, pesticides, emerging contaminants, trace elements, greenhouse gases and other chemical/biological agents. Strategies are emerging to monitor the sources and fate of NPS fluxes and to more effectively control and remediate water quality. We invite contributions assessing processes and mass fluxes in the subsurface and at the subsurface-surface interface using field, laboratory, and modeling approaches (lab, plot, or watershed/(sub)basin scale); presentations on innovative approaches to control or remediate NPS pollution in urban, agricultural, and forest watersheds/groundwater basins; and on studies that address linkages between chemical, biological, hydro(geo)logical, and/or social factors, or studies linking agricultural practices to NPS fluxes to develop sustainable management options. Invited Speakers: Troy Gilmore, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and Kim Van Meter, University of Waterloo Submit your abstract here: https://fallmeeting.agu.org/2018/abstract- submissions/submissions/
[ECOLOG-L] Who wants to join the Women-Water Nexus?
Hello fellow women and supporters of women in science and engineering, We are the Women-Water Nexus, a committee that is supported by the Environmental Water Resources Institute, a specialty organization that falls under the American Society of Civil Engineers. Our mission is to develop a network of women scientists and engineers in developed and developing countries to promote research in water treatment and water resources with a focus on the education of future female scientists and engineers and the betterment of conditions for women in developing countries. We are reaching out because we hope to find more people who are interested in joining forces with us to encourage women scientists and engineers in STEM fields. We are hoping that through this proposed collaboration we can create compelling resources and activities for women nationally and internationally. Some of these include webinars on professional development, mentoring, etc. We also support activities lead by our international members such as women-only workshops on scientific or engineering matters (e.g., Empowerment of Women in Sustainable Management of Water Resources in Central Asia and Afghanistan), creating resources for women, such as guides to create compelling presentations and offering a forum in which women can practice and present their work. We also host a session on Women-related issues each year at the EWRI Congress, where we have the capability to support an international visiting fellow (more info here). Finally, we are planning to carry out an international survey on women in the water sector in which we assess how many women are in leadership positions, how many young women are interested in pursuing such positions, and what their motivation and hurdles are. Our committee is comprised of women and men in various fields: academia, governmental organizations, non-governmental organizations, and industry from various backgrounds including water resources engineering, environmental science and engineering, geology, etc. While the main committee is based in the United States, we have representatives and collaborators in countries around the world and are always looking for involvement of either additional U.S. based women and are extremely grateful for collaboration from women of other countries. You can learn more about us on our website, request to be an official member of our group by filling out this short survey and to start to receiving our newsletter, and follow us on twitter (@womenwaternexus). Please reach out via email (womenwaternexus.i...@gmail.com) if you are interested in collaborating with us on any or all of these activities. Thank you very much, Women-Water Nexus leadership
[ECOLOG-L] AGU Hydrology session on observations, modeling, and uncertainty quantification in urban systems
Hi all, please feel free to submit your abstracts to our session: H043: Following the water: observations, modeling, and uncertainty quantification in urban systems Session ID#: 13866 Session Description: Global trends in increasing flooding frequency and urbanization pose observational and modeling challenges to infer the impacts of land use change and green infrastructure on the local hydrology. They also call for the development of methods to secure real-time information during flood propagation through urban areas, but also ground modeling efforts in field measurements. While there has been an increase in the amount of high-resolution geospatial information (e.g., lidar, satellite and drone imaging) and real-time data (in situ and remote sensing, social media), data-model integration remains difficult and uncertainty is rarely assessed. We invite contributions that focus on 1) integration and porting among models to evaluate whole water cycle impacts of land use changes; 2) advance real-time monitoring, data assimilation, and modeling of urban floods to enhance process understanding; and 3) approaches to uncertainty quantification aiming to advance model-based assessment of robustness and forecast skill through deterministic and probabilistic approaches.
[ECOLOG-L] AGU session on nonpoint source fluxes
Hello all, Feel free to submit your abstract to the following AGU session: H001. Advances and Challenges in Unraveling the Impact of Nonpoint Source Fluxes on Groundwater, Vadose Zone, and Surface Waters: Nonpoint source (NPS) fluxes in vadose zone, groundwater, and within surface water networks are critical to pressing societal issues including agricultural sustainability, urbanization, food security, drinking water quality, and ecosystem health. Better understanding of biogeochemical and anthropogenic factors affecting diffuse mass fluxes of nutrients, pesticides, emerging contaminants, trace elements, greenhouse gases and other chemical/biological agents requires new technological tools (e.g., sensors), new analytical tools (e.g., models, isotopic methods), and new theories. These advances are enabling major scientific advances by improving our understanding of source, storage, residence times, and flowpath dynamics at different scales. We invite contributions assessing processes and mass fluxes in subsurface, hyporheic, and surface waters using field, laboratory, isotopic, and modeling approaches (lab, plot, or watershed scales); presentations on innovative approaches to sustainably control or remediate NPS pollution in urban, agricultural, and forest watersheds/groundwater basins; and on studies that address linkages between chemical, biological, hydro(geo)logical, and/or social factors. https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm16/preliminaryview.cgi/Session13283.html The session ID is #13283. We look forward to receiving you abstracts and a successful meeting!
[ECOLOG-L] AGU Session on nonpoint source flux impact on groundwater, vadose zone, and surface waters
Hi all, we invite you to submit your abstracts to this year's AGU Fall meeting session entitled "Nonpoint Source Flux Impact on Groundwater, Vadose Zone, and Surface Waters: Assessments, Mechanisms, and Control Strategies" (Session ID 8646). The session description is as follows: Nonpoint source (NPS) fluxes in vadose zone, groundwater, and at their interface to surface water are critical to pressing societal issues including agricultural sustainability, food security, drinking water quality, ecosystem health, and global change. Better understanding is needed of bio/geo/chemical and anthropogenic factors affecting diffuse mass fluxes of nutrients, pesticides, emerging contaminants, trace elements, greenhouse gases and other chemical/biological agents. Strategies are emerging to monitor the fate of NPS fluxes and to more effectively control sources and perform remediation. We invite contributions assessing processes and mass fluxes in the subsurface and at the subsurface-surface interface using field, laboratory, and modeling approaches (lab, plot, or watershed/(sub)basin scale); presentations on innovative approaches to control or remediate NPS pollution in urban, agricultural, and forest watersheds/groundwater basins; and on studies that address linkages between chemical, biological, hydro(geo)logical, and/or social factors, or studies linking agricultural practices to NPS fluxes to develop sustainable management options. Thanks and we hope to see you there! Laura Schifman Thomas Harter Jennifer Cooper Chris Green
[ECOLOG-L] AGU Session on nonpoint source flux impact on groundwater, vadose zone, and surface waters
Dear Colleagues, We will be offering an exciting special session on all aspects of nonpoint source pollution in groundwater,the vadose zone, and watersheds at AGU's Fall Meeting in San Francisco: Nonpoint source flux impact on groundwater, vadose zone, and surface waters: assessment, mechanisms, and control strategies Session ID#: 3142 Confirmed Invited Speakers: Randall Hunt, USGS Jan Hopmans, UC Davis and President, Soil Science Society of America Karen Burow, USGS NAWQA Program Gurpal Toor, University of Florida Session Description: Nonpoint source fluxes in the subsurface and in surface water are critical to pressing societal issues including agricultural sustainability, water quality and management, ecosystem health, and global change. Cutting edge studies are improving the understanding and the control of biogeochemical and anthropogenic factors affecting diffuse mass fluxes, fate, transport, and remediation of nutrients, pathogens, pesticides, emerging contaminants, trace elements, greenhouse gases etc. We invite contributions assessing governing processes, mechanisms, and mass fluxes in and between groundwater, the vadose zone, or surface water using field, laboratory, and modeling approaches (lab, plot, or watershed/(sub)basin scale). We further invite presentations on innovative strategies that involve applied approaches to control or remediate NPS pollution in urban, agricultural, and forest watersheds/groundwater basins with a positive impact on management. Studies that address linkages between chemical, biological, hydro(geo)logical, and/or social factors are especially encouraged. Conveners: Thomas Harter, Univ California, Davis, CA Laura Schifman, University of Rhode Island, Geosciences, Kingston, RI Jennifer Cooper, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, and Christopher Green, U. S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA.
