Weekly Environmental Jobs List - August 12

I'm Giacomo Abrusci, and welcome the weekly environmental jobs list brought to you by SEVENSEAS Media. Here you'll find land ecosystems jobs that cover biodiversity, air, climate, and everything in between. Ocean jobs and announcements appear in a different edition of this same newsletter. If you would like to contribute jobs or announcements, email them to [email protected].

NEWS ? REPORTS ? ANNOUNCEMENTS

2024 on Track to Be the Hottest Year on Record This year is on track to be the warmest on record after the previous high set in 2023, according to the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service. Two days in July were the hottest days on record in a data set that extends back to 1940. The month was the second-warmest July on record, ending the more than yearlong streak of global monthly temperature records. July was only 0.04 degrees Celsius lower than the previous high set in July 2023. These temperatures led to heat waves that impacted millions of people in the United States. Read more...

Forest degradation releases 5 times more Amazon carbon than deforestation: Study Forest degradation — access roads, selective logging, fires, natural disturbances — is having a far greater impact on reducing carbon storage in the southern Brazilian Amazon than deforestation, according to a new study that has produced some of the most precise findings of changes in carbon stocks in a critically important region of the tropics. ?In real terms, forest degradation reduced carbon storage in the study area five times more than deforestation, a finding not currently reflected in Brazil’s carbon emissions accounting. Read more...

Death toll for birds hitting buildings may be over 1 billion a year in US – report Less than half of stunned or injured birds survive a collision with a window, research has found, pushing up estimates that more than 1 billion birds may die each year from flying into buildings in the US. ?In a new study published on Wednesday in Plos One, researchers examined how many birds recovered in rehabilitative care after a building collision. Older estimates had assumed that most stunned birds would recover, but researchers found about 60% died, meaning the number killed by building strikes may be far higher than previously thought. Read more...

New Opportunities

1. Programme Associate, International Union for Conservation of Nature ( IUCN ), Phnom Penh, Cambodia

2. Junior Professional – Technical Support Europe, The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar) - IUCN,. Gland, Switzerland

3. Sierra Meadow Project Manager,? Point Blue Conservation Science ,?Remote

4. Native Plant Stewardship Coordinator: Spokane,? Washington Native Plant Society ,?Spokane, WA

5. Bird Conservation Nonprofit Chief Executive Officer,? George Miksch Sutton Avian Research Center ,?Bartlesville, OK

6. State RCPP Coordinator Position – GA,?National Bobwhite & Grassland Initiative Foundation, Inc,?Athens, GA

7. Interpretive Services Supervisor – Parks,? County of Riverside ,?Jurupa, CA

8. Mobile Maker Lab Project Manager,?Greater Oregon STEM Hub,?La Grande, OR

9. Senior Global Financial Analyst,? Plastic Bank ,?South Africa (Remote)

10. Mule Deer Biologist – Migrations/GIS (Arizona),? Mule Deer Foundation ,?Clearfield, UT

11. Environmental Educator,? Friends of MacArthur Beach State Park ,?North Palm Beach, FL

12. Agricultural Conservation Specialist,?Winooski Natural Resources Conservation District,?Williston, VT

13. Environmental Justice Grant Specialist,? The Nature Conservancy ,?Providence, RI

14. Philanthropy Manager, Annual Giving,? Rainforest Trust ,?Warrenton, VA (Remote)

15. USDA-FS Caspar Creek Transpiration Fellow,?U.S. Department of Agriculture ( USDA ),?Arcata, CA

16. Hydrogeologist III,?ND Department of Water Resources,?Bismarck, ND

17. Ecological Monitoring Crew Lead,? New Mexico Forest and Watershed Restoration Institute ,?Las Vegas, NM

18. Ecological Monitoring Program Coordinator,? Pima County Conservation Lands and Resources,?Tucson, AZ

19. Forester,? American Forest Management, Inc. ,?Underwood, WA

20. Outdoor Science Instructor,?Oregon Museum of Science and Industry,?Newport, OR

21. Wildlife Biologist – Nuisance Wildlife,? Wildernex LLC ,?Austin, TX

22. Ecologist and GIS Specialist,? Walker Basin Conservancy ,?Reno or Smith, NV

23. Animal Law Fellow,? Friends of Animals ,?Centennial, CO

24. Tribal Nations Director,? Washington Conservation Action ,?Seattle, WA

25. Habitat Restoration Specialist,?Native Lands and Waters,?Granite Falls, MN

26. Fremont-Winema Project Coordinator,? National Forest Foundation ,?Lakeview, OR

27. Water Quality Program Coordinator,? Upper Mississippi River Basin Association ,?Edina, Minnesota, MN

28. Director of Education,? Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Association ,?Kempton, PA

29. Conservation Technician,? Westchester Land Trust ,?Bedford, NY

30. Marketing Research Analyst (R3),? Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission , Harrisburg, PA