It's a girl! Baby Ela (Turkish version of Ella) arrived earlier than expected this week, entering the world on November 16th at 2:44 am, at 6 lbs, 12 oz. We're all doing well and look forward to heading home from the hospital in a few days…Annemarie and Mutlu

The manuscript submission deadline for this special issue is January 31, 2012. Please see the above link announcement and consider submitting a paper, or encourage your colleagues that are engaged in research relevant to the special issue emphasis.

You can access the full edition of the Earth Observer at the NASA website

by P. Olofsson, T. Kuemmerle, P. Griffiths, J. Knorn, A. Baccini, V. Gancz, V. Blujdea, R. A. Houghton, I. V. Abrudan and C. E. Woodcock

Scientists across all disciplines share great concern that our planet is in the process of crossing dangerous biophysical tipping points. The results of a new large-scale global survey among 1,276 scholars from the social sciences and humanities demonstrate that the human dimensions of the problem are equally important but severely under-addressed.

the following job vacancy is to be filled within the framework of the EU FP7 project ZAPÁS

The project will initially involve advanced microphysics for parameterizing an advanced atmosphere-ocean general circulation model participating in the current IPCC AR5