Pan American Advanced Studies Institute: Air Quality at the Interface: Mega Cities and Adjacent Agroecosystems; Mar del Plata, Argentina; July 2012

1125030Mozur这个泛美高级研究院(PASI)奖由国家科学基金会和能源部(DOE)联合支持，将于2012年7月在阿根廷马德普拉塔举行。该研究所由佛罗里达州彭萨科拉环境毒理学和化学学会(SETAC)的迈克尔·莫祖尔组织，将定义和解决特大城市附近的空气质量问题以及它们与邻近农业生态系统之间的化学交换。具体地说，来自北美和南美的科学家和实习生将评估超大城市代谢的联合影响。这一PASI解决了全球关注的问题，给受影响地区的地方领导人和环境管理人员带来了重大的公共政策困境。参与者的国际范围和鼓励合作研究以解决上述问题的计划将对解决这一重要挑战作出重大的多学科贡献，甚至超越美洲区域。这一PASI将整合过去分别强调农业或城市空气质量的研究社区，从而促进成功的假设驱动研究的发展。

1125030Mozur This Pan-American Advanced Studies Institutes (PASI) award, jointly supported by the NSF and the Department of Energy (DOE), will take place in Mar del Plata, Argentina in July 2012. Organized by Michael Mozur of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) in Pensacola, Florida, the institute will define and address the scope of air quality issues near mega-cities and chemical exchange between them and adjacent agro-ecosystems. Specifically, scientists and trainees from North and South America will evaluate the joint effects of mega-cities? ?metabolisms? and agriculture practices on air quality, with particular attention to be given to potential interactions among the two pollution sources.This PASI addresses a global concern that presents significant public policy dilemmas for local leaders and environmental managers in affected areas. The international scope of the participants and the plan to encourage collaborative research to address the above issues will represent significant multidisciplinary contributions to tackling this important challenge, even beyond the Americas region. This PASI will integrate research communities that in the past had emphasized agricultural or urban air quality separately, thereby fostering the development of successful hypothesis-driven research.