CAREER: Glaciers and Glaciology: How Nature, Field Research, and Societal Forces Shape the Earth Sciences

该项目将研究冰川学的五个主要方面的早期发展和后来的演变：冰动力学；ice-ocean交互;地貌与冰川地质；冰作为气候记录的档案；冰作为自然资源（水）。将分析具体的案例研究，以阐明科学，自然和社会交叉的方式。由此产生的书将涉及(1)冰川学的形成和冰动力学理论；(2)国际冰上巡逻（1913年至今）在冰山分析和海洋-冰川相互作用中的作用；(3)灾害性冰湖特大洪水理论的建立；(4)冰芯和气候学的冷战背景；(5)冰川退缩与水文。该项目具有广泛的影响，因为全世界数以亿计的人生活在冰川附近，依靠冰川径流获取水，居住在持续遭受冰川危害的地区，居住在可能被融化的冰盖淹没的沿海地区，以及在具有特殊文化价值的冰川景观中度假，如国家公园。美国情报界认识到冰川退缩的影响可能威胁到美国的国家安全，因此产生关于冰川和冰川学的新知识有助于政策和社会福祉。研究成果将以会议论文、客座演讲、在线数据库和数字图书馆发布数据和书目材料的形式传播。该项目还提出了五项将对学生、大学和公众产生更广泛影响的教育活动：(1)创建一个科学与社会小组，这是在俄勒冈大学建立科学与社会研究中心的基础步骤；(2)开发“监狱内外交流计划”科学与社会课程，在独特的监狱环境中与监狱囚犯一起教授本科生；(3)建设新的荣誉学院地球科学史课程；(4)本科生在具体科研项目中的就业和培训；(5)培养1名博士后。

This project will examine the early development and subsequent evolution of the five main aspects of glaciology: ice dynamics; ice-ocean interactions; landforms and glacial geology; ice as archive of climatic records; and ice as natural resource (water). Specific case studies will be analyzed to illuminate the ways in which science, nature, and society intersect. The resultant book will address (1) the formation of glaciology and theories of ice dynamics; (2) the role of the International Ice Patrol (1913-present) in iceberg analysis and ocean-glacier interactions; (3) the establishment of theories about catastrophic glacial lake megafloods; (4) the Cold War context for ice coring and climatology; and (5) glacier retreat and hydrology.The project has broad impacts because hundreds of millions of people worldwide live near glaciers, depend on glacier runoff for their water, reside in zones subjected to ongoing glacier hazards, inhabit coastal areas that could be flooded by melting ice sheets, and vacation in glaciated landscapes that hold particular cultural value such as national parks. The US Intelligence Community recognizes that the effects of glacier retreat potentially threaten US national security, and thus generating new knowledge about glaciers and glaciology contributes to policy and social well-being.Research results will be disseminated in conference papers, guest lectures, and the posting of data and bibliographical materials on an online database and digital library. The project also proposes five educational activities that will produce broader impacts for students, the university, and the general public: (1) creation of a Science and Society Group, the foundational step to establishing a Center for the Study of Science and Society at the University of Oregon; (2) development of an "Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program" science and society curriculum to teach undergraduates alongside prison inmates in the unique penitentiary environment; (3) construction of a new Honors College course on the history of the earth sciences; (4) employment and training of undergraduate students in specific research projects; and (5) mentoring of a postdoctoral fellow.