Grieving environmental scientists need support.
Grieving environmental scientists need support.
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悲伤的环境科学家需要支持。
DOI：
10.1126/science.aaz2422
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2019
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Gordon TAC
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今天的环境破坏率比人类历史上的任何时候都要大。这种宝贵的物种、生态系统和景观的丧失引发了对自然有情感依恋的人强烈的悲痛反应(2)。然而，环境科学家几乎没有机会专业地解决这一悲痛问题。环境科学家往往通过忽略、压制或否认在工作中产生的痛苦情绪来应对自然界的退化(3)。这所带来的风险是深远的。情感创伤会在很大程度上损害自我意识、想象力和连贯思考的能力(4)。正如查尔斯·达尔文所说，一个人“在悲痛中保持被动，就失去了恢复思维弹性的最好机会”(5)。学术机构必须允许环境科学家很好地哀悼，从而从创伤经历中变得更强大，以发现对我们快速变化的世界的新见解。从其他令人痛苦的职业中可以学到很多东西，比如医疗保健、救灾、执法和军事。在这些领域，存在着明确的组织结构和积极的战略，供员工预测和管理他们的情绪困扰(6)。有效的制度可以促进健康的悲痛
Rates of environmental destruction are greater today than at any previous point in human history (1). This loss of valued species, ecosystems, and landscapes triggers strong grief respons es in people with an emotional attachment to nature (2). However, environmental scientists are presented with few opportunities to address this grief professionally. Environmental scientists tend to respond to degradation of the natural world by ignoring, suppressing, or denying the resulting painful emotions while at work (3). The risks that this entails are profound. Emotional trauma can substantially compromise selfawareness, imagination, and the ability to think coherently (4). As Charles Darwin put it, one “who remains passive when overwhelmed with grief loses [the] best chance of recovering elasticity of mind”(5). Academic institutes must allow environmental scientists to grieve well and thus emerge stronger from traumatic experiences to discover new insights about our rapidly changing world. Much can be learned from other professions in which distressing circumstances are commonplace, such as health care, disaster relief, law enforcement, and the military. In these fields, well-defined organizational structures and active strategies exist for employees to anticipate and manage their emotional distress (6). Effective systems can facilitate healthy grieving