WHOI Sea Floor Samples Laboratory: Curation and distribution of samples from the sea floor in the service of marine science and education

WHOI 海底样本实验室：为海洋科学和教育服务的海底样本的管理和分发

• 批准号: 2311328
• 负责人: Jeffrey Donnelly
• 金额: $ 198.67万
• 依托单位: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-06-01 至 2028-05-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2311328&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: WHOI; Sea; Floor; Samples; Laboratory

This project supports the operation of the Seafloor Sample Laboratory at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. This repository has more than 26,000 samples from the world’s oceans. Samples from the collection are distributed to researchers and educators across the globe. Research using collection samples have addressed important problems related to climate change, ocean circulation, ocean resources, and geohazards. Repository personnel engage in numerous outreach and education activities. Undergraduate interns, including those from underrepresented groups in the geosciences, assist in repository activities.Previously acquired samples curated at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Seafloor Samples Laboratory provide opportunities for a wide variety of research projects including preliminary studies, investigations where archived material plays a supplemental role to ongoing research, and stand-alone ventures that depend wholly on those materials already collected. Sample requests are fulfilled for scholars, educators, and students from around the world at no cost to the end user. Continuing support from the National Science Foundation enables the Seafloor Samples Laboratory to provide consistent and quality facilities and services to an international community of Earth and environmental scientists. The purpose of the repository facilitates marine science and education by providing access to valuable samples from the seafloor collected over many decades. To do this lab personnel work to 1) expand and curate the collections, 2) distribute geological subsamples to clients, 3) promote access to the diverse collections via outreach programs and web and data services, 4) serve as a community resource for field sampling techniques, and 5) collaborate with and train scientists and students in best practices. Data obtained from samples in the collection are an enduring resource for the community to ask new and innovative questions and for the development and application of new techniques. These activities lead to novel scientific insights. Samples provided to researchers are being used to examine a vast array of topics including tectonics, rheology, minerology, climate change, geohazards, and environmental pollution.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.

该项目支持伍兹霍尔海洋研究所海底样本实验室的运作。这个储存库有来自世界海洋的26000多个样本。收集的样本分发给全球的研究人员和教育工作者。利用收集样本的研究已经解决了与气候变化、海洋环流、海洋资源和地质灾害有关的重要问题。存储库人员从事大量的外联和教育活动。本科生实习生，包括来自代表性不足的地球科学团体的实习生，协助储存库活动。伍兹霍尔海洋研究所海底样本实验室收集的以前获得的样本为各种各样的研究项目提供了机会，包括初步研究、调查，其中存档的材料对正在进行的研究起补充作用，以及完全依赖于已经收集的材料的独立企业。为来自世界各地的学者、教育工作者和学生提供示例请求，最终用户无需支付任何费用。美国国家科学基金会的持续支持使海底样品实验室能够为国际社会的地球和环境科学家提供一致和高质量的设施和服务。该储存库的目的是通过提供数十年来从海底收集的宝贵样本，促进海洋科学和教育。为了完成这项工作，实验室人员的工作包括：1)扩展和管理收集，2)向客户分发地质子样本，3)通过外展计划、网络和数据服务促进对各种收集的访问，4)作为实地采样技术的社区资源，5)与科学家和学生合作并培训最佳实践。从收集的样本中获得的数据是社区提出新的和创新的问题以及开发和应用新技术的持久资源。这些活动带来了新的科学见解。提供给研究人员的样本被用来研究大量的主题，包括构造学、流变学、矿物学、气候变化、地质灾害和环境污染。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。