U.S.-Hungary Workshop on Natural Attenuation of Metals along the Tisza River's Floodplain-Wetlands Continuum

这个美国-匈牙利讲习班将汇集专家科学家和工程师以及博士后研究员和学生，研究与匈牙利蒂萨河整个洪泛区和湿地金属污染有关的环境问题。 组织者是格鲁吉亚大学的Domy Adriano教授和匈牙利土壤科学和农业化学研究所的Nemeth Tamas教授。 他们的目标是确定关键的科学问题，并帮助确定长期和跨学科的研究优先事项。 为了实现这一目标，研讨会将重点讨论污染物循环及其对当地水环境和陆地环境的影响。具体而言，美国和匈牙利组织者打算利用这一论坛：1）制定关于自然衰减速率和机制的假设，从景观到分子水平; 2）确定蒂萨长期污染景观中金属的生物可利用性和自然衰减; 3）将金属衰减的动力学与生物反应和化学指标联系起来; 4）在土地使用和水管理政策的背景下，制定新的监测协议和增强的预测模型，用于管理生态生境。 总体而言，与会者的动机是确定适当的环境管理和缓解战略的目标。 如果成功的话，这次研讨会将导致美国-匈牙利关于生态和工程主题的合作和关联子项目的划定，这些子项目将产生适用于世界各地大河中发现的金属污染问题的结果。这个环境工程研讨会通过使美国和中欧的专家能够联合收割机互补人才并在共同感兴趣和能力强的领域共享研究资源来实现推进科学知识的计划目标。

This U.S.-Hungary workshop will bring together expert scientists and engineers as well as postdoctoral associates and students to examine the environmental issues associated with metal contamination of the Hungarian Tisza River throughout its floodplain and wetlands. The organizers are Prof. Domy Adriano of the University of Georgia and Prof. Nemeth Tamas, of the Hungarian Research Institute for Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry. Their objective is to determine the key scientific issues and to help define research priorities that are longer-term and cross-disciplinary. To accomplish this, workshop discussions will feature pollutant cycling and the effects on local aquatic and terrestrial environments.Specifically, the U.S. and Hungarian organizers intend to use this forum to: 1) formulate hypotheses regarding the rates and mechanisms of natural attenuation, from the landscape to molecular levels; 2) determine bio-availability and the natural attenuation of metals in the Tisza's chronically contaminated landscape; 3) relate the kinetics of metal attenuation to biological responses and chemical indices; and 4) develop novel monitoring protocols and enhanced predictive models for managing ecological habitats, in the context of land use and water management policies. Overall the participants are motivated by the goal of defining suitable environmental management and mitigation strategies. If successful, this workshop should lead to the delineation of collaborative and linked US-Hungarian subprojects on ecological and engineering topics that will yield results applicable to the metal pollution problems found in big rivers around the world. This workshop in environmental engineering fulfills the program objective of advancing scientific knowledge by enabling experts in the United States and Central Europe to combine complementary talents and share research resources in areas of strong mutual interest and competence.