Exploring the Blue Planet: The Scripps Hall of Oceanography

1992年春，斯克里普斯海洋研究所将开设一个新的水族馆-博物馆。扩大后的设施将包括一个3700平方英尺的面积。英国《金融时报》斯克里普斯海洋学展厅。该画廊的新展览《探索蓝色星球》将为参观者提供海洋科学的概览--据我们所知，这是美国唯一的大型海洋学展览，现已申请经费。展览首先向参观者介绍我们的水星球，然后参观海洋研究的历史。然后，参观者被邀请去探索海洋世界，就像他们自己是海洋学家一样，在大厅里沿着“水”的主题进行探索，一个接一个地添加组件，以建立一个全球系统：首先是水(水的化学和运动)，然后是空气(气候和天气)，然后是陆地(海底扩张和板块构造)，最后是生命的添加(生物对海洋环境的适应)。通过科学概念的互动展览，再加上相关的斯克里普斯研究项目的展览，参观者可以欣赏科学的过程及其在日常生活中的应用。探索蓝色星球的结论将水、空气、土地和生命四个领域结合在一起，强调地球作为一个相互关联的全球系统的性质。参观者了解到，海洋学是一门跨学科的科学，在规模上是全球性的，在实践中往往是国际性的，有助于对全球变化和我们在地球上的未来进行平衡和全面的调查。

In spring of 1992, Scripps Institution of Oceanography will open a new Aquarium-Museum. The enlarges facility will include a 3700 sq. ft. gallery, the Scripps Hall of Oceanography. Funding is requested for a new exhibit in this gallery, Exploring the Blue Planet, which will offer visitors an overview of the ocean sciences -- to our knowledge, the only major exhibit on oceanography in the United States. The exhibit first introduces visitors to our water planet, followed by a walk through the history of oceanographic research. Visitors are then invited to explore the ocean world as if they were oceanographers themselves, making discoveries as they follow the theme of "water" through the hall, adding components one-by-one to build a global system: first water alone (water chemistry and movements), then adding air (climate and weather), next adding land (seafloor spreading and plate tectonics), and finally adding life (adaptations of organisms to the marine environment). Through interactive exhibits on scientific concepts, coupled with exhibits on related Scripps research projects, visitors gain an appreciation for the process of science and its application to their everyday lives. The conclusion of Exploring the Blue Planet brings together the four realms of water, air, land and life to emphasize the nature of Earth as an interrelated global system. Visitors learn that oceanography, an interdisciplinary science that is global in scale and often international in practice, lends itself to a balanced and comprehensive investigation of global change and our future on earth.