U.S.-Hungary Workshop on Natural Attenuation of Metals along the Tisza River's Floodplain-Wetlands Continuum

这次美国-匈牙利研讨会将汇集专家科学家和工程师以及博士后助理和学生，研究与匈牙利Tisza河整个泛滥平原和湿地的金属污染相关的环境问题。组织者是格鲁吉亚大学的Domy Adriano教授和匈牙利土壤科学和农业化学研究所的Nemeth Tamas教授。他们的目标是确定关键的科学问题，并帮助确定长期和跨学科的研究优先事项。为了实现这一目标，研讨会的讨论将以污染物循环及其对当地水生和陆地环境的影响为主题。具体地说，美国和匈牙利的组织者打算利用这个论坛：1)从景观到分子水平，制定关于自然衰减速率和机制的假设；2)确定生物有效性和Tisza长期污染景观中金属的自然衰减；3)将金属衰减的动力学与生物反应和化学指数联系起来；以及4)在土地利用和水管理政策的背景下，开发新的监测方案和增强的预测模型来管理生态栖息地。总的来说，与会者的动机是确定适当的环境管理和缓解战略的目标。如果成功，这一研讨会将导致美国和匈牙利就生态和工程主题制定合作和联系的子项目，这些项目将产生适用于世界各地大河中发现的金属污染问题的结果。这一环境工程研讨会通过使美国和中欧的专家能够结合互补的人才，并在共同感兴趣和能力强的领域共享研究资源，实现了促进科学知识的计划目标。

This U.S.-Hungary workshop will bring together expert scientists and engineers as well as postdoctoral associates and students to examine the environmental issues associated with metal contamination of the Hungarian Tisza River throughout its floodplain and wetlands. The organizers are Prof. Domy Adriano of the University of Georgia and Prof. Nemeth Tamas, of the Hungarian Research Institute for Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry. Their objective is to determine the key scientific issues and to help define research priorities that are longer-term and cross-disciplinary. To accomplish this, workshop discussions will feature pollutant cycling and the effects on local aquatic and terrestrial environments.Specifically, the U.S. and Hungarian organizers intend to use this forum to: 1) formulate hypotheses regarding the rates and mechanisms of natural attenuation, from the landscape to molecular levels; 2) determine bio-availability and the natural attenuation of metals in the Tisza's chronically contaminated landscape; 3) relate the kinetics of metal attenuation to biological responses and chemical indices; and 4) develop novel monitoring protocols and enhanced predictive models for managing ecological habitats, in the context of land use and water management policies. Overall the participants are motivated by the goal of defining suitable environmental management and mitigation strategies. If successful, this workshop should lead to the delineation of collaborative and linked US-Hungarian subprojects on ecological and engineering topics that will yield results applicable to the metal pollution problems found in big rivers around the world. This workshop in environmental engineering fulfills the program objective of advancing scientific knowledge by enabling experts in the United States and Central Europe to combine complementary talents and share research resources in areas of strong mutual interest and competence.