REU Site: The influence of climate change on biogeochemical processes in northern ecosystems: An international perspective in Earth System Science

REU 网站：气候变化对北方生态系统生物地球化学过程的影响：地球系统科学的国际视角

• 批准号: 1063037
• 负责人: Ruth Varner
• 金额: $ 59.3万
• 依托单位: University of New Hampshire
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-08-01 至 2016-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1063037&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; influence; climate; change

This REU program will focus on providing student research experiences in Earth System Science (ESS), with special emphasis on investigating the impacts of climate change on biogeochemical processes in northern upland and wetland ecosystems. In this multifaceted program, we will bring students for the first four weeks to the University of New Hampshire (UNH) to provide them with background knowledge of ESS and biogeochemistry and to train them in laboratory and field techniques. During that time they will work with a research mentor to develop research questions they will then explore during the second part of the program in the permafrost region of Northern Sweden. The participants will spend the second four weeks at the Abisko Scientific Research Station (ANS), Sweden. ANS is one of the few locations where it is well documented that climate warming is affecting the geochemical, hydrological and biological cycles. At ANS, the REU students will be fully integrated into an international scientific community as they collect samples and data to support their research projects. For the final two weeks of their REU program, the students will return to UNH to analyze their data, complete any requisite additional analyses, summarize their findings and present their research to their peers and mentors, and prepare to submit their research for presentation at an international scientific meeting. This REU program will promote teaching, training and learning through the research process. The UNH-Abisko REU in Earth System Science extends these goals to provide students a systems perspective that emphasizes how aspects of the Earth system are impacted by climate change. This program will enhance the education of the next generation of scientists by giving them a foundation in interdisciplinary collaboration, an essential key in addressing emerging global environmental and energy policy issues. REU participants will also gain experience in communicating their scientific findings with an audience of non-specialists via coordinated visits with policy and education experts. In addition to student training, this ESS REU program provides integrative cross-disciplinary scientific activities and enhances the collaborative links between UNH and a world-class field site.

该REU计划将侧重于为学生提供地球系统科学（ESS）方面的研究经验，特别强调调查气候变化对北方高地和湿地生态系统中地球化学过程的影响。在这个多方面的计划中，我们将在前四周将学生带到新罕布什尔州大学（UNH），为他们提供ESS和地球化学的背景知识，并在实验室和现场技术方面对他们进行培训。在此期间，他们将与一位研究导师合作开发研究问题，然后在瑞典北方永久冻土区的第二部分项目中进行探索。参与者将在瑞典阿比斯科科学研究站（ANS）度过第二个四周。ANS是少数几个有充分证据证明气候变暖正在影响地球化学、水文和生物循环的地方之一。在ANS，REU学生将完全融入国际科学界，因为他们收集样本和数据，以支持他们的研究项目。在REU课程的最后两周，学生们将返回UNH分析他们的数据，完成任何必要的额外分析，总结他们的发现并向他们的同行和导师展示他们的研究，并准备提交他们的研究报告。 该REU计划将通过研究过程促进教学，培训和学习。UNH-Abisko REU在地球系统科学中扩展了这些目标，为学生提供了一个强调地球系统各方面如何受到气候变化影响的系统视角。该计划将加强下一代科学家的教育，为他们提供跨学科合作的基础，这是解决新兴全球环境和能源政策问题的关键。REU参与者还将通过与政策和教育专家的协调访问，获得与非专家受众交流科学发现的经验。除了学生培训，这个ESS REU计划提供综合性的跨学科科学活动，并加强UNH和世界级现场之间的合作联系。