NSF-NERC The Future of Thwaites Glacier and its Contribution to Sea-level Rise Science Coordination Office

该项目是美国国家科学基金会（NSF）和英国自然环境研究委员会（NERC）联合发起的一项倡议的一部分，该倡议旨在实质性地改进西南极洲思韦茨冰川的冰损失和海平面上升的十年和长期预测。科学协调办公室将促进规划和协调研究南极洲最大冰川之一的思韦茨冰川的几个国际研究项目的科学和更广泛的影响。冰川位于南极大陆的太平洋沿岸。它现在的流动速度几乎是20世纪70年代的两倍，并且是未来几十年到几百年海平面上升的最大可能因素之一。许多影响思韦茨冰川速度和消退的因素将由思韦茨倡议资助的一系列项目来解决。科学协调办公室由一个英美科学和通信团队组成，该团队将与每个项目的科学家和学生、后勤规划人员以及NSF和NERC合作，以确保项目的整体成功。该办公室将维持一个信息丰富的网站，并将制作内容来解释科学家的活动和突出工作成果。科学协调办公室的作用将是加强为NSF-NERC Thwaites联合计划选定的科学项目之间的整合和协调，以实现最大的集体科学和社会影响。该厅将促进科学和后勤规划；促进数据管理、共享和发现；并促进和支持网络内容，外展和教育，为这一备受瞩目的研究努力。该办公室的作用将是使该项目能够实现其科学目标，并使该项目得到科学家、公众和决策者的广泛认可和重视的关键。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This project contributes to the joint initiative launched by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and the U.K. Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) to substantially improve decadal and longer-term projections of ice loss and sea-level rise originating from Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica. The Science Coordination Office will facilitate planning and coordination of the science and broader impacts of several international research projects studying Thwaites Glacier--one of the largest glaciers in Antarctica. The glacier is located on the Pacific coast of the Antarctic continent. It is flowing almost twice as fast now as in the 1970s, and is one of the largest likely contributors to sea-level rise over the coming decades to centuries. Many of the factors that will affect the speed and retreat of Thwaites Glacier will be addressed by the set of projects funded by the Thwaites initiative. The Science Coordination Office comprises a US-UK science and communications team that will work with each project's scientists and students, logistics planners, and NSF and NERC to ensure the overall success of the project. The Office will maintain an informative website, and will produce content to explain the activities of the scientists and highlight the results of the work. The role of the Science Coordination Office will be to enhance integration and coordination among the science projects selected for the joint NSF-NERC Thwaites initiative to achieve maximum collective scientific and societal impact. The Office will facilitate scientific and logistical planning; facilitate data management, sharing, and discovery; and facilitate and support web content, outreach, and education for this high-profile research endeavor. The Office's role will be key to enabling the program to achieve its scientific goals and for the program to be broadly recognized and valued by scientists, the public, and policymakers.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.