Support for activities related to the 13th International Conference of Mercury as a Global Pollutant

支持第十三届汞作为全球污染物国际会议的相关活动

• 批准号: 1633908
• 负责人: Robert Mason
• 金额: $ 3.7万
• 依托单位: University of Connecticut
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-07-01 至 2018-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1633908&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Support; activities; related; 13th; International

Mercury is a global contaminant whose presence in the biosphere has been increased by human activity. The ocean plays an important role in the global cycling of mercury. Understanding the biogeochemistry of mercury, and its methylated forms, particularly methylmercury, is important for understanding the role of climate change and human activities on the accumulation of methylmercury in seafood. Elevated levels of methylmercury in aquatic organisms are a major concern as there are substantial human health and wildlife effects associated with consuming contaminated fish and shellfish. To promote a forum for exchange of information and synthesis, scientists in 1990 held the first international mercury conference, which has since become a regular conference every 2-3 years. Now known as the International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant (ICMGP), the thirteenth ICMGP is planned for Providence, RI in July 2017. This will be the third time the meeting has been held in the U.S. This award, with contributions from four different divisions of the National Science Foundation, provides support related to U.S. coordination of this conference, primarily in the form of travel support for and mentoring of students. Planned mentoring activities at the meeting will provide students an excellent opportunity to interact with established and young scientists and to gain insights into publishing their research, writing resumes, networking and finding employment, and writing grants to obtain funding for research. The meeting is the primary forum for the dissemination of new results of mercury research, and promotes international collaboration in research and synthesis. Finally, as methylmercury levels in seafood, freshwater fish and other foods are an important driver for concerns about human and environmental health, the proposed activities at the conference will enhance understanding and lead to better management of the potential health impacts of this element, in all its forms, especially in light of the added impacts, which are not well understood, of climate change. Activities at the meeting will also endeavor to build links with tribal and other groups, and medical practitioners not directly related to the meeting, and to enhance interaction between journalists and scientists to communicate the results of scientific research.

汞是一种全球污染物，其在生物圈中的存在因人类活动而增加。海洋在全球汞循环中起着重要作用。了解汞的生物地球化学及其甲基化形式，尤其是甲基汞，对于理解气候变化和人类活动在海鲜中积累的作用至关重要。水生生物中的甲基汞水平升高是主要的问题，因为与消耗污染的鱼类和贝类有关的人类健康和野生动植物的影响很大。为了促进一个信息和综合交换论坛，1990年的科学家举行了第一次国际水星会议，此后每2 - 3年成为一次常规会议。现在被称为全球污染物国际会议（ICMGP），第十三ICMGP计划于2017年7月在RI的普罗维登斯举行。这将是该奖项在美国举行的第三次奖项，由国家科学基金会的四个不同部门举行，由国家科学基金会的四个不同部门捐款，提供了与这次会议相关的支持，主要是由这次旅行和Mentering southers Mentoring和Mentersoring soussorsing和Mentering os Mentoring和Medisor sourcorsing sourceors和Mentoring os Mentoring and Mentoring os Mentoring和Mentoring os Mentorsing of学生的支持。在会议上计划的指导活动将为学生提供与既定和年轻科学家互动的绝佳机会，并洞悉发表他们的研究，撰写简历，网络和寻找就业，并写赠款以获得研究资金。该会议是传播汞研究结果的主要论坛，并促进了研究和合成方面的国际合作。最后，随着海鲜中的甲基水平水平，淡水鱼和其他食物是人们对人类和环境健康的关注的重要驱动力，会议上的拟议活动将增强理解并更好地管理这种元素的潜在健康影响，尤其是鉴于额外的影响，尤其是对气候变化尚未充分了解的额外影响。会议上的活动还将努力与部落和其他团体建立联系，以及与会议无直接关系的医生，并加强记者与科学家之间的互动，以传达科学研究的结果。