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.

该提案将资助一系列10-12个简短、翔实的报告，涉及墨西哥湾目前正在进行的科学研究、科学研究所采用的工具和技术、清理工作以及对环境和人民的影响。简洁的2-5分钟的故事将在网络上发布，以及电视新闻节目。科学家小组将与摄制组密切合作，揭示他们的观察，关注和科学实验，因为它涉及到这一石油泄漏。原始环境将通过水化学检查与石油到达后的环境进行比较：从一英里以下，整个水柱，表面和沼泽。这项研究将着眼于石油在洋流中的分布，动物如何受到影响，分散剂的应用后果，湿地内的多样性，以及当石油淹没关键的浅水苗圃时，可以做些什么。石油去哪儿了？石油对海洋生物、重要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植物和动物有什么影响？科学家团队正在积极尝试回答这些问题，正是这门科学，以及水下石油的故事，是这项提议的核心。关于这一悲惨故事的报道很多，但关于水下发生的事情或正在进行的科学研究以确定这场灾难对墨西哥湾关键和敏感环境的影响的报道不多。这是一个改变这种状况的提议。这笔赠款将派一个摄制组到墨西哥湾，让他们讲述在各种各样的地方工作的科学和科学家没有讲述的故事：深海珊瑚和渗漏，近海远洋地区，浅滩和沼泽和草床。这项研究将展示如果你是生活在其中的海洋动物，石油会是什么样子，并将发布新的，简洁的故事，还没有被告知。我们的目标是在一个主要的新闻节目中获得一个固定的位置，在国家新闻中找到一个家的努力已经开始了。一个网站是一个很好的机会，可以添加剧照，采访，地图和博客。在其核心，这笔赠款将提供给公众的故事，令人难以置信的科学努力正在墨西哥湾在这场悲惨的石油泄漏后。