EMERGE Institute Field Safety & Logistics Handbook
The EMERGE Institute, a NSF-funded Biology Integration Institute, consists of over ninety participants at varying career stages and disciplines from universities around the globe. The central aim of EMERGE is to investigate the EMergent Ecosystem Response to ChanGE in the model peatland ecosystem St...
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ftuninhampshire:oai:scholars.unh.edu:ersc-1217 2024-05-19T07:27:18+00:00 EMERGE Institute Field Safety & Logistics Handbook Burke, Sophia A. Varner, Ruth Rich, Virginia EMERGE 2021 Field Team 2022-03-15T07:00:00Z application/pdf https://scholars.unh.edu/ersc/218 https://doi.org/10.34051/p/2022.05 https://scholars.unh.edu/context/ersc/article/1217/viewcontent/EMERGE_FieldSafety_LogisticsHandbook_ForExternalDistribution.pdf unknown University of New Hampshire Scholars' Repository https://scholars.unh.edu/ersc/218 doi:10.34051/p/2022.05 https://scholars.unh.edu/context/ersc/article/1217/viewcontent/EMERGE_FieldSafety_LogisticsHandbook_ForExternalDistribution.pdf Earth Systems Research Center text 2022 ftuninhampshire https://doi.org/10.34051/p/2022.05 2024-04-30T23:46:56Z The EMERGE Institute, a NSF-funded Biology Integration Institute, consists of over ninety participants at varying career stages and disciplines from universities around the globe. The central aim of EMERGE is to investigate the EMergent Ecosystem Response to ChanGE in the model peatland ecosystem Stordalen Mire, located in subarctic Sweden using a broad sweep of scientific sampling and analytical techniques. EMERGE uses a multi-pronged approach to foster an inclusive transdisciplinary research environment for all EMERGE participants through mentorship and training. Annual fieldwork campaigns to Stordalen Mire, a semi-remote field site in northern Sweden, are an integral part of the Institute and involve the strategic coordination of EMERGE team members from the five main research activities ranging in discipline from microbiology to remote sensing. The EMERGE Field Team (FT) spans graduate students, post-docs, and faculty members as well as a group of undergraduate students participating in a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program. The EMERGE FT lives together at the Abisko Scientific Research Station (ANS) and works intensively together at Stordalen Mire, in the ANS laboratories, and at other nearby field sites. This comprehensive Field Safety & Logistics Handbook (hereafter referred to as ‘handbook’) was created to act not only as a framework for discussing fieldwork safety policies and procedures among the EMERGE FT leading up to and during each year’s field campaign, but also as a way for EMERGE to set standards for safety training, communication, and conduct. This handbook contains sections on Field Site Information, Fieldwork Preparation, the FT Community Agreement, the Inclusive Risk Assessment (EMERGE-IRA) and Emergency Response Procedures and more. Each member of the FT is expected to complete a Pre-Departure Checklist before departing for fieldwork, which includes providing detailed travel and lodging information, travel insurance information for their home institution, and ... Text Abisko Northern Sweden Subarctic University of New Hampshire: Scholars Repository |
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The EMERGE Institute, a NSF-funded Biology Integration Institute, consists of over ninety participants at varying career stages and disciplines from universities around the globe. The central aim of EMERGE is to investigate the EMergent Ecosystem Response to ChanGE in the model peatland ecosystem Stordalen Mire, located in subarctic Sweden using a broad sweep of scientific sampling and analytical techniques. EMERGE uses a multi-pronged approach to foster an inclusive transdisciplinary research environment for all EMERGE participants through mentorship and training. Annual fieldwork campaigns to Stordalen Mire, a semi-remote field site in northern Sweden, are an integral part of the Institute and involve the strategic coordination of EMERGE team members from the five main research activities ranging in discipline from microbiology to remote sensing. The EMERGE Field Team (FT) spans graduate students, post-docs, and faculty members as well as a group of undergraduate students participating in a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program. The EMERGE FT lives together at the Abisko Scientific Research Station (ANS) and works intensively together at Stordalen Mire, in the ANS laboratories, and at other nearby field sites. This comprehensive Field Safety & Logistics Handbook (hereafter referred to as ‘handbook’) was created to act not only as a framework for discussing fieldwork safety policies and procedures among the EMERGE FT leading up to and during each year’s field campaign, but also as a way for EMERGE to set standards for safety training, communication, and conduct. This handbook contains sections on Field Site Information, Fieldwork Preparation, the FT Community Agreement, the Inclusive Risk Assessment (EMERGE-IRA) and Emergency Response Procedures and more. Each member of the FT is expected to complete a Pre-Departure Checklist before departing for fieldwork, which includes providing detailed travel and lodging information, travel insurance information for their home institution, and ... |
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