U.S.-Japan Cooperative Science: Cenozoic Environmental Variability in Antarctic Coastal Areas

该奖项支持俄亥俄州立大学Paul Berkman教授和日本札幌北海道大学Kazuomi Hirakawa教授为期三年的合作研究项目。本项目将进行南极沿海地区新生代环境变异性的研究。南极沿海地区的相关性在于，它们包含了整个大陆的冰川学、地质、化学和生物变化的综合环境记录- -在反映冰盖、海平面和气候之间最直接相互作用的过渡地带。该项目的主要目标是：1)发展跨学科的方法，将冰川地貌背景下海洋大化石的生物学和化学结合起来，以解释新生代冰盖、海平面和气候的影响；2)促进日本和美国科学家与正在研究南极冰盖、海平面和气候之间新生代动力学的国际科学界成员之间的互动。为了促进这项研究成果的分发，将举办若干讲习班，由来自美国（俄亥俄州立大学、加利福尼亚大学）和日本（北海道大学、立正大学、岛根大学、名古屋大学、静冈大学和国立极地研究所）的研究人员参加。了解南极洲周围的环境动态，对于准确预测未来可能发生的全球环境变化是必要的，目前南极洲包含了地球上90%的冰。日本和美国研究人员之间的分析和合作将有助于我们了解南极洲在全球变化中的作用。＊＊＊

9603369 Berkman This award supports a three year collaborative research project between Professor Paul Berkman of the Ohio State University and Professor Kazuomi Hirakawa of Hokkaido University in Sapporo, Japan. This project will undertake a study of Cenozoic environmental variability in Antarctic coastal areas. The relevance of Antarctic coastal areas is that they contain integrated environmental records of the glaciological, geological, chemical and biological variability around the continent - in the transition zone which reflects the most immediate interaction between the ice sheets, sea level and climate. The major goals of this project are: 1) develop interdisciplinary approaches which integrate the biology and chemistry of marine macrofossils in a glacial geomorphological context for the purpose of interpreting Cenozoic ice-sheet, sea-level and climate impacts; and 2) facilitate interactions among Japanese and American scientists along with members of the international scientific community who are investigating the Cenozoic dynamics between the Antarctic ice sheets, sea level and climate. To facilitate distribution of the results of this research, several workshops will be held involving researchers from the United States (Ohio State University, the University of California), and Japan (Hokkaido University, Rissho University, Shimane University, Nagoya University, Shizuoka University and the National Institute of Polar Research). Understanding the environmental dynamics around Antarctica, which currently contains 90% of the ice on Earth, is necessary for accurately predicting global environmental changes which may occur in the future. The analyses and cooperation between the Japanese and American researchers will contribute to our understanding of the role of Antarctica in global change. ***