REU Site: An Interdisciplinary Program at Old Dominion University for the Study of Metropolitan Coastal Environments and Communities

为老道明大学(ODU)的本科生研究体验(REU)项目提供的新资金将在三年内每年夏天支持10名本科生的研究培训和专业发展。ODU位于弗吉尼亚州的汉普顿路地区，这是一个拥有160万居民的大都市地区。该地区包括世界上最大的海军建筑群，并位于伊丽莎白河和拉斐特河的交汇处，这两条潮汐支流流入切萨皮克湾南部。由于汉普顿路地区海平面上升速度很快，目前每十年上升4到10厘米，因此大潮和风暴期间的沿海洪水正在增加。REU的研究机会将集中在沿海恢复能力、海平面上升以及环境变化对城市社区的影响等方面。学生们获得了暑期研究实习、住房和旅行费用的津贴。为期十周的项目将为学生提供独立研究的机会，并将包括专业发展活动，包括实地考察，向学生展示短期和长期时间尺度上汉普顿道路海平面上升的第一手证据，以及每周举办一次关于科学道德、科学写作和交流等主题的研讨会。这一REU计划将帮助培训30名本科生从事与海岸复原力相关的研究，并促进海洋科学部的发展目标成为一支科学工作力量。ODU REU计划将重点关注海平面上升和极端事件，如城市沿海环境中反复发生的洪水，并将这些主题纳入全球视角。学生将探索一系列与海平面相对上升速度有关的问题，讨论的主题包括全球真实平均海平面、高频风暴事件的影响、沿海土地被淹没、人类病原体的抗生素耐药性、地球动力学对区域海平面变化的贡献、受海平面变化影响的水域中的营养物质输送和循环、导致海平面上升的局部、区域和全球过程，以及海洋酸化和温度对切萨皮克湾海草的影响。

Renewed funding for a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program at Old Dominion University (ODU) will support research training and professional development for ten undergraduates each summer for three years. ODU is the located in the Hampton Roads region of Virginia, a metropolitan region of 1.6 million inhabitants. The region includes the largest naval complex in the world, and is situated at the conjunction of the Elizabeth and Lafayette Rivers, tidal tributaries flowing into southern Chesapeake Bay. Coastal flooding during spring tides and storms is increasing as a result of the high rates of sea level rise in the Hampton Roads region, currently 4 to 10 cm per decade. Research opportunities at this REU will focus on coastal resilience, sea level rise and the impact of the changing environment on urban communities. Students receive a stipend for the summer research internship, housing and travel expenses. The ten-week program will provide students an opportunity for independent research and will include professional development activities that include field trips to show the students first-hand evidence of sea level rise in Hampton Roads on short and long-term timescales and weekly workshops on topics such as scientific ethics, scientific writing and communication. This REU program will help train thirty undergraduates in research related to coastal resilience and promotes the Division of Ocean Sciences goals related to development a scientific workforce.The ODU REU program will focus on sea level rise and extreme events, such as recurrent flooding in the urban coastal environment, and will incorporate these topics into a global perspective. Students will explore a suite of issues related to the relative rate of sea-level rise, addressing topics including true global mean sea level, the effects of high frequency storm events, inundation of coastal lands, antibiotic resistance of human pathogens, geodynamical contributions to regional sea level change, nutrient delivery and cycling in waters affected by changing sea levels, local, regional and global processes contributing to sea level rise, and ocean acidification and temperature effects on Chesapeake Bay sea grasses.