Transantarctic Mountains Science-meeting

学术价值：横贯北极的山脉()包含了南极基岩的暴露，提供了南极大陆演化史。还为极端生物创造了微生境，并拥有记录冰盖和南极洲气候变化历史的松散沉积。对这一地区现存的动植物组合、气候或地球物理知识知之甚少。国际和平研究所提议举办一个研讨会，促进多学科研究人员聚集在一起，就调查正在发生或已经发生的过程交换意见。研讨会将于2013年9月在明尼阿波利斯举行，由极地地理空间中心在当地组织。广泛影响：研究员来自地球科学、大气和气候科学、冰川学、生态学和进化科学等不同领域。该研讨会将鼓励研究生、博士后和早期职业研究人员参加，组委会将努力包括不同的参与者群体。

Intellectual Merit: The Transantarctic Mountains (TAM) encompasses exposures of Antarctic bedrock that provide a history of Antarctic continental evolution. The TAM also creates microhabitats for extremophiles and hosts unconsolidated sedimentary deposits that record the history of the ice sheet and Antarctica?s changing climate. Much less is known of the extant faunal and floral assemblages, climate, or geophysics of this region. The PI proposes a workshop to facilitate the gathering of multi disciplinary researchers to exchange ideas for investigating processes that are occurring or that have occurred in the TAM. This workshop will take place in September 2013 in Minneapolis and will be locally organized by Polar Geospatial Center.Broader impacts: TAM researchers come from diverse fields in geoscience, atmospheric and climate science, glaciology, and ecology and evolutionary science. This workshop will encourage the participation of graduate students, post-docs, and early career researchers and the organizing committee will strive to include a diverse group of participants.