Symposium: Unknown Knowns and Known Unknowns, Chemical Oceanography in a Changing World

该奖项将提供主要资金，以斯基德韦海洋研究所召开海洋碳循环研讨会将于2009年2月23日至26日在萨凡纳，格鲁吉亚。 本次会议的主要目标是将研究海洋碳循环各个方面的研究人员聚集在一起，并让他们讨论他们在应对气候变化期间碳循环研究的关键分析，方法和概念挑战方面的方法和进展。的介绍？尖端技术？具有不同经验和专门知识的科学家之间进行物质和非正式的科学思想交流，对于整个海洋生物地球化学的持续发展至关重要。研讨会将聚集约80名与会者，包括研究生和研究人员，从最近的博士到30年的退伍军人。研讨会将围绕四个部分进行：（1）通过生物标志物过滤器看到的碳循环-我们知道什么，我们需要什么？(2)海洋边缘：地球化学循环中的被动或积极参与者？(3)古生物学：车和马还是鸡和蛋？(4)关于下一个世纪的海洋地球化学变化，我们应该问些什么问题？会议主题已被选定，以提供在人类世海洋碳循环的前瞻性观点。将在适当的期刊（即《海洋化学》或《地球化学与宇宙化学学报》）上专门刊登专题讨论会的报道。将邀请所有发言者为特别问题提供论文，会议主席将提供每次会议的摘要和综合。还将邀请专题讨论会与会者就与特刊有关的专题撰写短文。所有稿件都将接受同行审查。所有四位会议主席都已选定，发言者名单也已确定。演讲者将寻求提供对最先进的研究课题的见解，而会议主席将努力创造一个有利于热烈讨论的环境。为了补充NSF通过该奖项提供的支持，还通过石油研究基金和地球化学学会获得了其他资金。更广泛的影响：研究和教育在本次研讨会的整合将通过大量（15+）研究生的参与得到加强。研究生将参与拟议研讨会的各个方面，包括海报展示，圆桌讨论和会谈之间的讨论，以及提交涵盖其研究的手稿。研讨会还安排了许多青年科学家在四个会议上发言。这一重点确保了研讨会上提供的信息能够传达给那些将塑造海洋地球化学未来的人。计划出版的研究结果和关于需要和机会的初步共识也使科学界广泛了解专题讨论会的会议记录。

This award will provide the major funding to the Skidaway Institute of Oceanography to convene a Symposium on Ocean Carbon Cycles to be held February 23-26, 2009 in Savannah, Georgia. The primary goal of this conference is to bring together investigators studying various aspects of ocean carbon cycling and to have them discuss their approaches and progress in addressing analytical, methodological and conceptual challenges pivotal to the study of carbon cycles during a period of climate change. The presentation of ?cutting edge? material and informal exchange of scientific ideas among scientists with different experiences and expertise are vital to the continued development of marine biogeochemistry as a whole. The Symposium will assemble about 80 participants, including graduate students and researchers ranging from recent PhDs to 30-year veterans. The Symposium will be organized around four sessions: (1) Carbon cycling as seen through the filter of biomarkers- what do we know and what do we need? (2) Marine Margins: Passive or aggressive players in biogeochemical cycles? (3) Paleoproxies: Carts and horses or chickens and eggs? (4) What questions should we be asking about ocean biogeochemical changes during the next century? Session topics have been selected to provide a prospective view of carbon cycling in an Anthropocene ocean. A special issue of an appropriate Journal (i.e. Marine Chemistry or Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta), will be dedicated to coverage of the Symposium. All speakers will be invited to contribute papers for the special issue and session chairs will provide summaries and syntheses of each session. Symposium participants will also be invited to contribute short papers on related topics to the special issue. All contributions will be subject to peer review. All four of the session chairs have been selected and a slate of speakers has been identified. The speakers will seek to provide insight to state-of-the-art research topics, whereas session chairs will strive to create an environment conducive to lively discussion. To complement the support provided by NSF through this award, other funds have been secured through the Petroleum Research Fund and Geochemical Society. Broader Impacts: Integration of research and education in this symposium will be enhanced by the involvement of a large number (15+) of graduate students. Graduate students will be involved in all aspects of the proposed symposium, including poster presentations, round table discussions and discussions between talks, and the submission of manuscripts covering their research. The symposium is also organized to have many young scientists as speakers in the four sessions. This emphasis ensures that the information presented at the symposium reaches those who will be shaping the future in marine biogeochemistry. The planned publication of the research findings and primary consensus of needs and opportunities also makes the proceedings of the symposium available to a broad spectrum of the scientific community.