The Living Machine

海洋工作室基金会正在开发一个5小时的电视节目，该节目将与美国国家地理学会（NGS）联合制作，探讨“地球系统科学”。地质学家、生物学家、海洋学家、气候学家、社会科学家和其他人正在联合起来，了解地球快速变化的环境。该系列将跟随这些科学家正在进行的研究，因为他们调查地球的地圈，生物圈，水圈和大气之间的联系。这些节目计划作为该主题年度系列节目的第一季。教育推广将包括一个由马里兰科学中心开发和测试的亲身体验的巡回展览；《教育工作者指南》，用于向非正式科学中心和社区组织进行印刷和电子分发；《教育工作者指南》的“资源工具包”，以及一个由国家地质勘探局主办的互联网网站，提供有关现有和新环境资源的链接。该系列的内容也将被整合到NGS的几个节目中，包括：国家地理频道的每日新闻节目《今日国家地理》；《国家地理杂志》（National Geographic Magazine）将制作一份“全球报告卡”作为年度专题；以及发给三到六年级儿童的《国家地理儿童》杂志。项目顾问委员会成员包括：杜克大学生物海洋学教授Richard Barber、马里兰大学动物学教授robert Costanza、斯坦福大学跨学科研究科学家gretchen Daily、斯坦福大学全球环境变化专家robert Dunbar、澳大利亚堪培拉亚太经济管理学院国家发展研究中心高级讲师habiba Gitay、澳大利亚堪培拉亚太经济管理学院高级科学家michael Glantz约翰·卡岑伯格，阿斯彭全球变化研究所执行主任，简·卢布琴科，俄勒冈州立大学海洋生物学教授。R. McNeill，乔治城大学历史学教授；harold Mooney，斯坦福大学环境生物学教授；steven Schneider，斯坦福大学环境生物学与全球变化教授；brian Walker，南澳大利亚阿德莱德联邦科学与工业研究组织生物多样性部门协调员

Sea Studios Foundation is developing a five-hour television-based project that will examine "Earth System Science," which will be produced in association with the National Geographic Society (NGS). Geologists, biologists, oceanographers, climatologists, social scientists and others are joining forces to understand the planet's rapidly changing environment. The series will follow the on-going research of these scientists as they investigate the links between Earth's geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere. These programs are planned as the first season of an annual series on the topic.Educational outreach will include a hands-on traveling exhibit to be developed and tested by the Maryland Science Center; an Educator's Guide for print and electronic distribution to informal science centers and community organizations; a "resource toolkit" to augment the Educator's Guide and an Internet site hosted by NGS that provides links to existing and new environmental resources. The series content also will be integrated into several NGS venues including: National Geographic Today, the daily news program on the National Geographic Channel; National Geographic Magazine, which will create a "global report card" as an annual feature; and National Geographic for Kids magazine, which is distributed to children in grades three through six. The project advisory board includes:Richard Barber, Professor of Biological Oceanography, Duke UniversityRobert Costanza, Professor of Zoology, University of MarylandGretchen Daily, Interdisciplinary Research Scientist, Stanford UniversityRobert Dunbar, Specialist in Global Environmental Change, Stanford UniversityHabiba Gitay, Senior Lecturer, National Centre for Development Studies, Asia Pacific School of Economics and Management, Canberra, AustraliaMichael Glantz, Senior Scientist, the Environmental and Societal Impacts Group, National Center for Atmospheric ResearchJohn Katzenberger, Executive Director of Aspen Global change InstituteJane Lubchenco, Professor of Marine Biology, Oregon State UniversityJ. R. McNeill, Professor of History, Georgetown UniversityHarold Mooney, Professor of Environmental Biology, Stanford UniversitySteven Schneider, Professor of Environmental Biology and Global Change, Stanford UniversityBrian Walker, Coordinator of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization's Biodiversity Sector, Adelaide, South Australia