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NOAA awards for recent postdoctorals
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

Six grants were awarded to recent postdoctoral scientists by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to support on‐campus research in atmospheric and ocean sciences and fisheries. Two of the six projects relate directly to geophysical research.The recipients will establish a visiting relationship with a NOAA laboratory or facility, according to the Office of University Affairs. The six research projects were chosen from 36 proposals. Announcements for the next round of awards are expected to appear in the Federal Register in January.
Galileo's trial to reopen
Authors: Shore Barbara T. 
Published: October 2011

he Roman Catholic Church appears ready to admit officially that the earth is not the center of the universe. After a 347‐year ‘hiatus,’ the church will reopen the heresy trial of the astronomer Galileo, who was persecuted for mathematically proving that the earth moves around the sun. The decision to reopen the trial was made by Pope John Paul II.Although Copernicus first postulated that the earth was not the center of the universe, it was Galileo who provided the mathematical proof. Galileo avoided the Inquisition's death sentence by renouncing his conclusions.
Remote sensing and hydrology
Authors: Bell Peter M. 
Published: October 2011

Recommendations made in 1974 to the National Academy of Sciences on applications of remote sensing to hydrology research ‘remain valid but mostly unmet,’ concludes a panel of the National Research Council's Space Applications Board. Included with the findings of the Panel on Water Resources are recommendations for research priorities for the 1980's.Some progress has been made in remote‐sensing applications to hydrology, the panel notes. It cites as examples Landsat, Seasat, the Heat Capacity Mapper, and the Landsat‐D. However, the application has been too slow, according to the panel.
Weather predictions on target
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

The western third of the United States will be warmer and dryer than normal this winter, according to Jerome Namias, a meteorologist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography's Climate Research Group. However, the East coast will be colder and wetter than normal, he predicted. These predictions, made early in December, have proven correct through the beginning of January.‘Indications point to colder than normal temperatures over the eastern half of the nation and also over the Southwest from New Mexico through Oklahoma and Texas, and warmer than normal temperatures over the western third of the nation,’ said Namias, a principal investigator for Scripps' North Pacific Experiment (Norpax). Florida will probably experience near‐normal temperatures.
Geophysicists
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

Philip S. Justus has joined the Nuclear Regulatory Commission as a staff geologist in the Geosciences Branch, Division of Engineering, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, which is based in Bethesda, Maryland.Delia Laura has been appointed chief of the U.S. Geological Survey's Office of International Hydrology. She had been the assistant chief of that office since July 1979.
NACOA vacancies filled
Authors: Richman Barbara T. 
Published: October 2011

Six scientists were recently appointed to the President's National Advisory Committee on Oceans and Atmospheres (NACOA) as part of the committee's normal rotation, according to Steven Anastasion, executive director. Two of the six positions were reappointments.The committee, consisting of 18 scientists not working in the government, advises the executive and legislative branches on federal programs dealing with the oceans and atmosphere. Each member serves for 3 years; six positions become vacant each year as part of the rotation system.
1980 Fall Meeting Report
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

About 2430 participants registered for the 1980 Fall Meeting, the largest attendance yet at a Fall Meeting; 1659 papers were presented.The special session on the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens, presented by Robert L. Christiansen, and the one on the Voyager I encounter with Saturn both drew close to 1500 attendees.
Water quality tested in Kentucky coalfields
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

The Kentucky Geological Survey received a $1.1 million grant to collect information on groundwater quality and quantity in the eastern Kentucky coalfields. The funding extends a 1‐year, $211,000 grant from the U.S. Geological Survey.Water will be sampled continuously from between 40 and 50 core holes or wells, each drilled to an average depth of 120 meters. Quality and levels of the water are the main concern of the monitoring. By using standard submersible pumps, researchers will also be able to test each well's potential to supply water to industry and municipalities, according to Jon Kiefer, project coordinator.
Antarctic Meteorite Symposium
Authors: Bell Peter M. 
Published: October 2011

The Sixth Antarctic Meteorite Symposium was held in Tokyo, Japan, February 19 and 20. Sponsored by the National Institute of Polar Research, the symposium brought Japanese scientists together with several Americans and two Chinese to discuss current research on meteorites, emphasizing research on meteorites collected in Antarctica. The symposium, now an annual event, owes its origin to the recent success of Japanese polar scientists in collecting large numbers of meteorite specimens in the Yamato Mountains, a program now successfully emulated by U.S. parties to the Allan Hills and adjacent regions.Forty‐seven papers were delivered orally, primarily in Japanese (the abstract volume was printed in English), on subjects that included location, field collection, and curation of specimens (6); classification and description of meteorites from Yamato Mountains and Allan Hills (14); mineralogical and petrological studies (8); chemical and isotopic studies (8); exposure ages and terrestrial ages of Antarctic meteorites (3); magnetic and other physical properties (5); and Chinese meteorites (3).
Geophysical events
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

Mount St. Helens Volcano, Cascade Range, southern Washington, USA (46.20°N, 122.18° W). All times are local (GMT‐8 h). March eruptive activity from Mt. St. Helens was limited to occasional emission of small steam clouds, at least one of which contained ash. However, significant deformation was measured within the crater, and there was a slight increase in volcanic seismicity during the second half of March. Geologists announced that another eruptive episode was likely if the deformation and seismic trends continued, but none had occurred by SEAN's April 8 press time.The U.S. Geological Survey‐University of Washington seismic net recorded 15 bursts of seismicity in March and five more bursts during the first 6 days of April. In the past, similar signals have often been correlated with episodes of steam emission, but because of poor weather, correlations with only two such episodes could be confirmed in March: a minor puff on March 9 at 1549, and a steam cloud containing some ash on March 27 at 1441. Newly fallen ash (made up of reworked dome material) observed NE of the volcano March 25 may have been ejected during a burst of seismicity the previous day.
Pluto revisited
Authors: Chapman C. R. , Mozer Forrest , Ichiye Takachi , Nelson James Hugh 
Published: October 2011

A. J. Dessler and C. T. Russell (Eos, Forum, October 28, 1980) are behind the times. Pluto already disappeared into Never‐Neverland and has returned again! Dessler and Russell committed several blunders in their analysis that were further obfuscated by their failure to adhere to such fundamental AGU standards as showing error bars and publishing references.Nevertheless, I have unearthed an old, dusty issue of Science, wherein one finds that Ash et al. [1971] report a value for Pluto's mass that probably accounts for the third last data point in Dessler and Russell's graph. But Ash et al.'s value reflects their assumption that the density is 3 gm/cm3. They actually measured a negative mass.
Dallas Peck selected for USGS
Authors: Bell Peter M. 
Published: October 2011

Volcanologist Dallas Peck has been chosen by the Reagan administration to be the next director of the United States Geological Survey (USGS). Peck, chief geologist of the USGS since 1977, is a past president of AGU's section on Volcanology, Geochemistry and Petrology. If the Senate approves Reagan's choice, Peck will become the 11th director of the USGS, succeeding H. William Menard, who resigned in January. Doyle G. Frederick, associate director, has been serving as acting director.Dallas Peck is highly regarded throughout the Survey. His field studies include notable work in the Cascades of western Oregon, in the Sierra Nevada batholith, and at the Lava Lakes in Hawaii. He has been involved with geological projects in Alaska as well as with numerous studies in the U.S. related to geothermal and volcanic energy sources.
More Fulbright opportunities
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

Six Fulbright awards are available for research, in any field, to be performed in Africa for 3 to 9 months between September 1982 and September 1983. Also available are 21 awards for research in India, in any field, for which the grant duration is 2 to 10 months during the 1982–83 academic year. Application deadline for all awards is August 1, 1981.An announcement booklet, ‘Fulbright Lecturing and Research Abroad, 1982‐83,’ includes terms of award, requirements, and selection criteria.
AGU Awards
Authors: Drake Charles L. , Oliver Jack 
Published: October 2011

Walter Bucher was a true student of the earth. He began as a zoologist, turned to paleontology in graduate school, and became interested in structural geology through studies of deformed fossils in the Alps. His book, Deformation of the Earth's Crust, first published in the 1930s, was a heroic attempt to find order in the structure of the globe. He has a long association with the American Geophysical Union and was its president from 1950–1953.Jack Oliver was a student of Walter Bucher at Columbia, and perhaps some of Walter's versatility rubbed off on him. Jack began his geophysical career in the atmosphere, tried the oceans but found them too unstable, and tested the Arctic ice before settling on the solid earth. Although he is claimed by the seismologists as one of their own, he has always maintained a strong interest in the crustal rocks and their structure in addition to his interest in their elastic properties.
Low‐gravity materials processing
Authors: Bell Peter M. 
Published: October 2011

The concept of growing crystals and of doing biological studies in the low‐gravity space environment assumes that the absence of most, or all, of the influences of the earth's gravitational field on chemical and biological reactions is an important factor—at least important enough to justify costly testing.One normally thinks of the effects of the gravitational field as being like the effects of any othef field, electric or magnetic, on a thermodynamic process. In the simplest terms, there is work done as parts of a system travel through a gravitational field; a more exact statement would be that the free energy of a system, and hence the state of equilibrium, depends on the position within a gravitational field. The thermodynamic effects of the earth's gravitational field (the equation for the changes in free energy caused by differences in position within the field) are subtle but could be important in chemical and biological processes.
Marine science and the Law of the Sea
Authors: Ross David A. 
Published: October 2011

Articles about the Law of the Sea Conference and its implications are certainly not among the most popular literature for marine scientists. Unfortunately, however, this conference and the Draft Convention it is now considering may have more impact on marine science than any of our recent discoveries and hypotheses.The present law of the sea negotiations (more correctly called the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea or UNCLOS III) officially started in 1973. Over 150 countries are involved in what is easily the most complex series of negotiations ever conducted. Among the important issues are freedom of navigation for military and commercial vessels, environmental protection, resource access and control, and many legal aspects as well as procedures governing marine science in about 40 percent of the ocean. How these meetings evolved, pros and cons of the major issues, and negotiating techniques are discussed elsewhere [see, for example, Darman, 1979; Kronmiller, 1979; Breaux, 1979; Aldrich, 1980; Richardson, 1980].
Dynamics Explorer now operational
Authors: Bell Peter M. 
Published: October 2011

The two Dynamics Explorer satellites, launched from the Western Test Range at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California into separate polar orbits, are now fully operational (see EOS, 86, p. 633, August 25). Although the spacecraft did not achieve the planned orbit because of a short burn of the second stage in the Delta launch vehicle, the scientific instruments aboard both satellites are operating. NASA expects that all major scientific objectives of the mission will be achieved.The lower orbiting DE‐2 obtained science data for 12 days after its instruments became operational in late August. Science operations were resumed September 4 after the spacecraft had been repositioned 180° to permit proper instrument cooling. This maneuver must be performed every 6 months, owing to the spacecraft's attitudinal relationship to the sun.
1981 Water year: Dry streams
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

More than three fourths of the nation—stretching in a broad band from California east through the Great Plains and blanketing the southeast—experienced a dry ‘water year,’ according to the U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior.USGS hydrologists said that over the past 12 months, streamflow averaged well below normal—within the lowest 25% of record—in all or parts of 39 states. Over 60% of the key USGS index gaging stations across the country showed well below normal average streamflow for the water year.
Hydrology manpower
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

The number of people qualified in groundwater studies ‘must more than double over the next 10 years’ if the United States is serious about dealing with groundwater contamination, according to David W. Miller, senior vice president at Geraghty & Miller, Inc., consulting groundwater geologists and hydrologists based in Syosset, N.Y.Between 3500 and 5000 people are involved in developing and protecting groundwater resources, he told a groundwater‐protection seminar earlier this month. ‘That number must grow to between 10,000 and 15,000 people if federal, state and local governments, industry, and the public are serious about minimizing the types of activities that took place in the past and taking constructive steps toward protecting groundwater resources for the future,’ Miller said.
Minority participation in Earth sciences
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

The U.S. Geological Survey recently appointed Ann Nefcy as coordinator of the Minority Participation in the Earth Sciences (MPES) Program for the Central Region, which encompasses Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, the Dakotas, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah and Wyoming. In the past, the USGS has assisted in the establishment of earth science programs and the strengthening of existing programs at colleges and universities with substantial minority enrollments. In addition, MPES assists young students who aspire to careers in earth sciences.AGU members in the Central Region who are interested in learning about MPES are urged to contact Nefcy at the USGS, Box 25046, MS 101, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225 (telephone: 303‐234‐4472).
Solar telescope at NCAR
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

Is the sun's diameter shrinking? If so, by how much?To answer these questions, Timothy Brown at the High Altitude Observatory of the National Center for Atmospheric Research began 2 years ago to build a solar telescope that would measure, with high accuracy, the diameter of the sun. Completed in August and now in operation, the telescope consists of a series of reflecting mirrors that project the sun's image on an array of light sensors which record both the horizontal and the vertical solar diameter. Individual detectors measure the edge of the sun from about 7 min before to about 7 min after solar noon.
Earth Science Ph.D.'s increasing
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

The number of doctorates awarded by United States universities in fiscal 1980 in the earth, environmental, and marine sciences (EEMS) rose slightly over 1978s figure, while the total number of doctorates awarded in all fields slipped, according to a recent report by the National Research Council's Commission on Human Resources. Solid‐earth geophysicists and oceanographers together constituted nearly 25% of the 628 EEMS doctorates conferred in 1980; 10% went to women and nearly 13% went to foreign students with temporary visas.Doctorates awarded in the U.S. in all fields grew steadily from 1960 to 1973, then decreased during the following 5 years; 1979 saw a slight rise, but the trend toward fewer doctorates continued in 1980 when the number of doctorates slid 0.8% to 30,892, according to the ‘Summary Report: 1980 Doctorate Recipients from United States Universities.’ Meanwhile, the number of EEMS doctorates has risen steadily since 1962, with the exception of a 3% dip between 1976 and 1978.
New water year has wet start
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

Streamflow during October, the first month of the 1982 water year, was in the normal range over most of the country, but well‐below normal streamflow still persists in the Southeast, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.The water year used by hydrologists runs from October 1 of any calendar year to September 30 of the following calendar year, and it is designed to roughly follow the growing season and to begin and end during a period of generally low streamflow.
Magnetic monopoles redux
Authors: Garland G. D. , Schatten Kenneth H. 
Published: October 2011

In connection with the most interesting note by J. C. Cain (Eos, September 22, 1981) on the possibility that g00 does not vanish, it is worth remembering that the suggestion of searching for a nonzero value goes back to Gauss, considerably before Vestine (and Dirac!). In his Allgemeine Theorie des Erdmagnetismus (1839), Gauss wrote:The question remains whether or not a detectable surplus of one or other kind of ‘fluid’ (i.e., magnetic pole) exists in an isolated magnetic body…
Earth sciences grants
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

As part of a 4‐year, $5‐million program by the Atlantic Richfield Foundation, 14 departments at 10 universities will receive grants to support doctoral students and junior faculty in geology and geophysics. The Atlantic Richfield Foundation will provide a total of 40 grants of $125,000 each to specific departments at 30 universities (10 universities will receive two grants each).For each grant, $25,000 will be applied annually for 4 years for fellowship support of outstanding doctoral students selected by the department receiving the grant. The fellowships are intended to encourage greater interest in teaching careers. The other $25,000 of the grant will be for the support of junior faculty. The funds are to be supplied at the discretion of the receiving department and are primarily for salary supplements and summer stipends or for new equipment and laboratory expenses.
Microbial transformations of organic matter at oceanic interfaces: A review and prospectus
Authors: Karl David M. 
Published: October 2011

The title of this article may seem a bit presumptuous or at least premature in the sense that marine microbiologists have only quite recently entered the quantitative phase of their investigations of the distribution, biomass, and in situ metabolic activities of sea microbes. Nevertheless, I believe that summarizing the results of preliminary studies will serve to define more clearly the important questions and will help to formulate a more productive research prospectus. Throughout this discussion I will attempt to identify what I consider to be important prospects for future oceanographic investigations.The central theme that I would like to consider is that of microbially mediated transformations of carbon at oceanic interfaces. There are at least two major ideas to pursue and develop:
Fiscal 1983 Science Budget
Authors: Richman Barbara T. 
Published: October 2011

Support for science generally is strong in President Ronald Reagan's fiscal 1983 budget proposal, released last week; agency budgets for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), however, did not beat inflation.Total federal funding for research and development and related facilities rose 9.6% to $44.3 billion, beating the 7.3% inflation rate estimated for 1982 by the Office of Management and Budget. Obligations for basic research by various departments and agencies also topped inflation. The President proposes federal funding of $5.82 billion in fiscal 1983, compared with $5.35 billion in 1982.
Promoting interdisciplinary efforts not new
Authors: Atkinson Larry P. 
Published: October 2011

Since AGU is attempting to encourage more cooperation between the branches of oceanography, I thought readers may be interested in the following quote from a paper by Columbus Iselin [Some physical factors which may influence the productivity of New England's coastal waters, J. Mar. Res., 2, 74–85, 1939]:Of recent years physical oceanographers have gradually gained a more satisfactory understanding of the circulation problem. While it is true that most of this advance has resulted from studying the deep, ocean currents, nevertheless, the new principles also can be applied to the more difficult conditions found near the coast. More and more the physical investigators are working independently from the marine biologists. It is hoped that the following discussion of factors causing variations in the temperature and salinity of coastal waters off New England will demonstrate the biological significance of some of the modern physical investigations, and also perhaps help to bring the two branches of oceanography closer together again.
Highlights of the Council Meeting, December 7, 1981
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

Council members present were President Wilson, President‐elect Van Allen, General Secretary Meredith, Foreign Secretary Kisslinger, Executive Director Spilhaus, Past President Cox, and for the sections, R.J. Anderle and R.H. Rapp (Geodesy); E.R. Engdahl and K. Aki (Seismology); W.N. Hess (Meteorology); C.E. Helsley and J.R. Heirtzler (Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism); J.J. O'Brien and C.N.K. Mooers (Oceanography); J.V. Smith (Volcanology, Geochemistry, and Petrology); J.R. Wallis (Hydrology); J.C. Savage and D.L. Turcotte (Tectonophysics); and M. Neugebauer (Solar‐Planetary Relationships). N.F. Ness (SPR), C. Sagan (Planetology), and E. Reiter (Meteorology) were absent but represented by proxies T.A. Potemra, M. Carr, and J.S. Winston, respectively. Also absent was Section President W. Broecker (Volcanology, Geochemistry, and Petrology), and Presidents‐elect P. Eagleson (Hydrology), and Noel Hinners (Planetology). Only section presidents may be represented by proxy.At the recommendation of the Publications Committee, the Council approved an annual editor's citation to be given for excellence in scientific reviewing. Each editor of an AGU journal may award one such citation per year to a reviewer who is not an associate editor. Also approved was a policy covering the compensation of authors and editors of AGU books. For the first time AGU will be in a position to pay royalties to the authors of books that are not collections of papers. The policy of not paying royalties to the editors of collected works continues.