Collaborative Research: IRES Track 1: Empowering students to bridge the gap between hydrologic science and community resilience: A case study in post-glacial Perú

合作研究：IRES 第 1 轨道：帮助学生弥合水文科学和社区复原力之间的差距：冰期后秘鲁的案例研究

• 批准号: 2106297
• 负责人: Kristina Keating
• 金额: $ 10.29万
• 依托单位: Rutgers University Newark
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-07-01 至 2025-06-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2106297&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; IRES; Track; Empowering

Solutions to water resources management and water security require not only fundamentally sound science, but also a diverse coalition of trained scientists that recognizes and is aware of the needs and knowledge of local communities. Through our IRES award, we will train three cohorts of ten U.S. students from the Hispanic Serving Institutions of Humboldt State University (HSU) and Rutgers University, Newark (RUN) in applied, interdisciplinary and community-based water development. Each cohort will participate in a yearlong program consisting of three components: (1) a spring preparatory course which will link students from HSU and RUN via videoconferencing to their Peruvian peers; (2) a five-week hydrogeophysical field campaign centered in two communities in the Cusco region of Perú and led by an interdisciplinary team of U.S. and Peruvian scholars; and (3) a fall semester of independent research. The experience will empower a diverse cohort of students to be interdisciplinary and community-minded scientists as well as train members of the local communities to collect hydrologic data in order to guide best practices in water management and increase local water security and resiliency. The puna biome, a seasonally dry grass and shrub ecosystem at the altitudinal limits of plant growth in the central Andes, provides the primary source of water to many small agrarian communities and large cities, such as Cusco. Despite its importance for water resources, however, the hydrology of the puna is poorly understood, especially with regard to storage capacity and seasonal runoff dynamics. Communities relying on puna derived water sources are thus potentially vulnerable to changes in water supply and uninformed water management decisions. We will guide students in a hydrologic, geologic and geophysical investigation to quantify water resources and flow pathways in two small (~ 2.2 km2) ‘end-member’ puna catchments. In one catchment, slow drainage from peat forming wetlands, known locally as bofedales, sustains perennial streamflow which supports community agriculture. In the other catchment, devoid of bofedales, stream flow is ephemeral, however the community harvests fracture flow for agricultural and municipal water use via a 140 m long tunnel. Our results will quantify water resources in puna landscapes with and without the influence of bofedales, inform model predictions of future changes in water resources, and guide community-based best practices in land and water management.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.

水资源管理和水安全的解决方案不仅需要基础可靠的科学，还需要由训练有素的科学家组成的多元化联盟，这些科学家认识并了解当地社区的需求和知识。通过我们的 IRES 奖项，我们将培训三批十名美国科学家。来自洪堡州立大学 (HSU) 和纽瓦克罗格斯大学 (RUN) 西班牙裔服务机构的学生将参加应用、跨学科和社区水开发项目，该项目为期一年，由三个部分组成：(1)春季预科课程，将通过视频会议将 HSU 和 RUN 的学生与秘鲁同行联系起来；(2) 以秘鲁库斯科地区的两个社区为中心，由美国和秘鲁学者组成的跨学科团队领导的为期五周的水文地球物理现场活动； (3) 秋季学期的独立研究经验将使多元化的学生成为跨学科和具有社区意识的科学家，并培训当地社区的成员收集水文数据，以指导最佳实践。普纳生物群落是安第斯山脉中部植物生长海拔极限的季节性干燥草和灌木生态系统，为许多小型农业社区和大城市（例如，然而，尽管普纳河对水资源很重要，但人们对其水文学知之甚少，特别是在蓄水能力和季节性径流动态方面，依赖普纳河水源的社区可能容易受到供水变化的影响。我们将指导学生进行水文、地质和地球物理调查，以量化两个小型（约 2.2 平方公里）普纳流域的水资源和路径，其中泥炭形成湿地的排水缓慢。当地称为 bofedales，维持常年的水流，支持社区农业。在没有 bofedales 的另一个流域，溪流是短暂的，但社区收集裂缝流用于农业。我们的结果将通过 140 m 长的隧道量化普纳景观中的水资源，为模型预测未来的水资源变化提供信息，并指导基于社区的土地和水资源管理最佳实践。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

项目成果

The role of peat-forming bofedales in sustaining baseflow in the humid puna

泥炭形成的 bofedales 在维持潮湿普纳基流中的作用

• DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrh.2023.101394
• 发表时间: 2023-06
• 期刊: Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies
• 作者: Wunderlich, Wyeth;Lang, Margaret;Keating, Kristina;Perez, Wilner Bandera;Oshun, Jasper
• 通讯作者: Oshun, Jasper