[Info] NEWS from NCEAS

[LeeAnne French]

      NCEAS- SESYNC Mixer at ESA annual meeting
      <https://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/news/save-date-nceas-co-sponsors-mixer-ecological-society-america-annual-meeting>

We hope you will join us for *'Pathways to Opportunity'*, a 
NCEAS--SESYNC Mixer on Tuesday, August 12, 2014, 5:30-7-30 pm at the 
nearby Cafeteria 15L Patio. The National Center for Ecological Analysis 
and Synthesis (NCEAS) <http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/> and The National 
Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC) <http://www.sesync.org/> 
invite those of you attending the annual conference of the Ecological 
Society of America (ESA) Annual Meeting <http://esa.org/am/info/theme/>  
to mixer. Pass along the invitation. More> 
<https://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/news/save-date-nceas-co-sponsors-mixer-ecological-society-america-annual-meeting>


      Survival Strategies: Coral Reefs
      <https://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/news/survival-strategies-coral-reefs>


Corals species respond differently to disturbances in terms of growth 
and recovery rate. Based on the results of a NCEAS Working Group, 
scientists now know that corals reduce each others' abundance in good 
times, and in tougher times with more disturbance, they can help each 
other persist by reducing the chance that algae takes over a coral reef. 
The results were published in/The American Naturalist/. More> 
<https://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/news/survival-strategies-coral-reefs>


      New opportunity to join the NCEAS Team: Scientific Programmer/Analyst

      <https://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/news/new-opportunity-join-nceas-team-scientific-programmeranalyst>

NCEAS seeks a Scientific Programmer/Analyst (Computer and Network 
Technologist II) to consult with and advise NCEAS researchers on 
efficient, appropriate, and powerful computational and informatics 
approaches for advancing scientific investigations. The Scientific 
Programmer/Analyst will develop, test, and support analyses and 
informatics products using best-of-class and open-science inspired 
technologies. The ideal candidate will give formal instruction, as well 
as ad hoc assistance in the use of these cutting edge solutions. The 
Scientific Programmer/Analyst works with NCEAS developers and 
cyber-infrastructure collaborators to optimize interoperability and 
long-term sustainability of these codebases and datasets as generalized 
resources for ecological and conservation science researchers. More> 
<https://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/news/new-opportunity-join-nceas-team-scientific-programmeranalyst>



      Citizen Scientists identify kelp from satellite imagery
      <https://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/news/citizen-science-kelp-project-underway>

Photo by Claire Fackler, CINMS, NOAA.



NCEAS researchers are seeking citizen scientists to track giant kelp, 
without having to get all wet!
A NCEAS Working Group trying to answer the question, "Is climate change 
is having an impact on giant kelp forests and the marine ecosystems it 
supports?" painstakingly collected 30 years of NASA Landsat images of 
kelp canopies floating on the ocean's surface. While these images could 
tell the scientists a lot about how kelp forests have fared through the 
last three decades, it turns out that computers are not able to reliably 
read the images to distinguish kelp from sea foam. Undaunted, scientists 
will launch Floating Forests Project <http://floatingforests.org> with 
Zooniverse on August 7, 2014. More> 
<https://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/news/citizen-science-kelp-project-underway>




-- 
LeeAnne French, MESM
Associate Director of Communication and Outreach
National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS)
University of California, Santa Barbara
French at nceas.ucsb.edu
805-893-7551


-- 
LeeAnne French, MESM
Associate Director of Communication and Outreach
National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS)
University of California, Santa Barbara
French at nceas.ucsb.edu
805-893-7551



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