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

这项由美国国家科学基金会（NSF）和美国能源部（DOE）联合支持的泛美高级研究所（PASI）奖将于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市环境毒理学与化学学会（SETAC）的Michael Mozur组织，将确定和解决大城市附近空气质量问题的范围以及它们与邻近农业生态系统之间的化学交换。具体来说，来自北美和南美的科学家和学员将评估特大城市的联合效应。新陈代谢?以及农业实践对空气质量的影响，特别要注意这两种污染源之间的潜在相互作用。这个PASI解决了一个全球关注的问题，为受影响地区的当地领导人和环境管理者提出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代表对应对这一重要挑战的重大多学科贡献，甚至超出了美洲地区。这个PASI将整合过去分别强调农业或城市空气质量的研究团体，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.