(GRGC) Support of Travel to XIV Congress International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA), August 1995, Berlin, Germany

小行星9418132 各国对全球变化和减轻自然灾害的迫切关注，导致对最近地质历史环境的研究越来越重要。 国际合作已成为分析与这些问题有关的重要科学问题的必要条件。 该项目将资助约50名美国主要研究人员，包括新职业学者，参加1995年8月2日至10日在德国柏林举行的国际第四纪研究联合会（INQUA）第十四届大会。 由于其强大的多学科传统，INQUA与NSF内的七个项目直接相关。 在这次会议上建立的科学联系和有关的科学实地考察对于加强对处于临界点的动态地球系统的了解将是非常宝贵的。 地球的可居住性取决于这种理解及其在未来十年左右的时间内对真实的地球问题的应用。 1991年，一个类似的旅行资助计划资助了32名美国第四纪科学家（包括10名代表）参加在北京举行的INQUA XIII。 美国共有108名科学家参加，特别是在古气候建模，海洋学和古生态学领域表现出色。 获得旅行补贴的科学家撰写的许多有利的书面报告（可根据要求进行审查）清楚地证明了此类国际会议及其促进的科学联系的长期价值。

9418132 Spilhaus Pressing national concerns with Global Change and the mitigation of natural hazards are leading to increased importance for research on the environments of the recent geological past. International collaboration has become essential for the analysis of important scientific problems related to these issues. This project will support the participation of about 50 key U.S. researchers, including new-career scholars, at the XIV Congress of the international Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA) in Berlin, Germany, August 2-10, 1995. Owing to its strong multidisciplinary tradition, INQUA has direct relevance to seven programs within NSF. The scientific contacts achieved at this meeting and the related scientific field excursions will be invaluable for enhancing understanding of the dynamic earth system at a critical point. The habitability of the planet depends of this understanding and its application to real Earth problems within the coming decade or so. A similar travel grant program supported attendance by 32 U.S. Quaternary scientists (including ten delegates) at INQUA XIII in Beijing in 1991. The U.S. with a total attendance of 108 scientists made a strong showing, especially in the areas of paleoclimatic modeling, oceanography and paleoecology. Numerous favorable written reports (available for scrutiny on demand) by the scientists whose travel was subsidized clearly attest to the long- term value of such international meetings and the scientific contacts they foster.