RAPID: The Science of the Spill; A Series of Short Programs for TV and the Web

RAPID：泄漏科学；

• 批准号: 1064041
• 负责人: Charles Fisher
• 金额: $ 20万
• 依托单位: Pennsylvania State Univ University Park
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-11-01 至 2011-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1064041&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RAPID; Science; Spill; Series; Short

This proposal is to fund a series of 10-12 short, informative reports involving the science currently underway in the Gulf of Mexico, the tools and technology being implemented by the science, the cleanup efforts, and the impacts to the environment and the people. Concise 2-5 minute stories will be released on the web as well as to television news programs. Teams of scientists will be working closely with the film crew revealing their observations, concerns and scientific experimentation as it relates to this oil spill. The pristine environments will be compared to what remains after the arrival of oil through examination of water chemistry: from a mile down, throughout the water column, at the surface and into the marshes. The study will look at the distribution of oil in the currents, how the animals are impacted, the consequences of dispersants being applied, the diversity within the wetlands, and what can possibly be done as oil inundates the crucial shallow water nurseries. Where is the oil going? What impact is the oil having on marine life, critical plants, and the all-important plankton? And what is the dispersant doing to the plants and animals, both large and small? Teams of scientists are actively trying to answer these questions, and it is this science, and the underwater story of the oil, that are the heart of this proposal. Much has been reported on this tragic story, but not much has been reported on what is happening underwater or the science being conducted to determine the impact this disaster is having on the crucial and sensitive Gulf of Mexico environments. This is a proposal to change that. This grant will send a film crew to the Gulf and allow them to tell stories that are not being told by featuring the science and scientists working in a huge variety of places: the deep corals and seeps, offshore pelagic areas, the shallows and in the marshes and grass beds. The study will show what the oil looks like if you were a marine animal living in it and will release new, concise stories that have yet to be told. The goal will be to secure a regular spot on a major news program and efforts to find a home on National news have already begun. A web presence is a great opportunity to add stills, interviews, maps, and a blog. At its heart, this grant will provide to the pubic stories about the incredible scientificeffort underway in the Gulf of Mexico in the aftermath of this tragic oil spill.

这项提议是为了资助一系列10-12个简短的信息丰富的报告，涉及墨西哥湾目前正在进行的科学、科学正在实施的工具和技术、清理工作以及对环境和人民的影响。简短的2-5分钟的故事将在网络和电视新闻节目中发布。科学家团队将与电影摄制组密切合作，披露他们的观察结果、担忧和科学实验，因为这与这次漏油事件有关。通过水化学检查，将原始环境与石油到达后的剩余环境进行比较：从一英里以下，整个水柱，表面到沼泽。这项研究将着眼于石油在水流中的分布，如何影响动物，使用分散剂的后果，湿地内的多样性，以及当石油淹没关键的浅水苗圃时可能采取的措施。石油往哪里去了？石油对海洋生物、关键植物和最重要的浮游生物有什么影响？分散剂对大大小小的动植物都有什么影响？科学家团队正在积极尝试回答这些问题，而正是这门科学和石油的水下故事，才是这项提议的核心。关于这一悲惨的故事已经报道了很多，但关于水下发生的事情或正在进行的科学研究的报道很少，以确定这场灾难对关键和敏感的墨西哥湾环境的影响。这是一项改变这一点的提议。这笔赠款将派遣一个摄制组前往墨西哥湾，让他们讲述科学工作者和科学家在各种各样的地方工作的故事，这些地方包括深海珊瑚和渗漏、近海远洋区域、浅滩以及沼泽和草床。这项研究将展示如果你是生活在其中的海洋动物，石油是什么样子的，并将发布尚未被讲述的新的、简洁的故事。目标将是确保在一个主要新闻节目中获得一个固定位置，在国家新闻上寻找归宿的努力已经开始。网络展示是添加剧照、采访、地图和博客的绝佳机会。这笔赠款的核心是，将向公众提供关于墨西哥湾在这场悲惨的石油泄漏事件后正在进行的令人难以置信的科学努力的故事。