新罕布什尔州斯特拉福德县达勒姆市新罕布什尔大学520万美元扩建河口实验室27日剪彩
新罕布什尔州斯特拉福德县达勒姆市10月27日，新罕布什尔大学为位于大湾的杰克逊河口实验室扩建项目举行剪彩仪式，庆祝这项耗资520万美元的工程完工。美国联邦参议员珍妮·沙欣与大学及州政府领导人共同出席，沙欣表示她帮助争取了超过300万美元联邦资金，用于改善这座实验室的设施。扩建新增4500平方英尺的设施，包括两个用于船舶、浮标以及水产养殖与遥感设备作业的高大车间，配有淋浴与潜水装备存放维修空间的潜水员更衣室，以及一间可容纳36人的会议室和相邻办公室。河口是部分被封闭、沿岸分布着沼泽与海草的海岸水体，实验室的研究旨在让新罕布什尔州的海岸经济更加健康。新罕布什尔大学校长伊丽莎白·奇尔顿表示，海洋科学与可持续发展是该校的长期优势，扩建不仅代表对这项工作的投资，也为学生与经验丰富的科学家并肩工作、亲手应对现实挑战创造了新机会。实验室方面表示，升级后的设施将用于提升河口与海岸系统的韧性研究。
University of New Hampshire Unveils $5.2 Million Expansion of Jackson Estuarine Laboratory on Great Bay at Ribbon-Cutting in Durham, Strafford County, New Hampshire
Durham, Strafford County, New Hampshire — On October 27, the University of New Hampshire held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the expansion of its Jackson Estuarine Laboratory on Great Bay, celebrating completion of the $5.2 million project. U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen joined university and state leaders at the ceremony. Shaheen said she was proud to help secure more than $3 million in federal funding to improve the laboratory's facilities. The expansion adds 4,500 square feet of facilities, including two high bays for working on vessels, buoys, and equipment for aquaculture and remote sensing; dive lockers with showers and space for storage and repair of diving equipment; and a 36-person meeting room with an adjacent office. An estuary is a partially enclosed coastal body of water lined with marshes and sea grass, and the laboratory's research aims to make New Hampshire's coastal economy healthier.
UNH President Elizabeth Chilton said marine science and sustainability are longstanding strengths at the university, that the expansion represents an important investment in that work, and that it creates new opportunities for students to work alongside experienced scientists and gain hands-on experience addressing real-world challenges. The laboratory said the upgraded facilities will support research on building resiliency in estuarine and coastal systems.
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图片来源：图：新罕布什尔州大湾国家河口研究保护区（资料图）。美国国家海洋和大气管理局（NOAA），公共领域，来源：Wikimedia Commons / Photo: The Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in New Hampshire (file photo). By NOAA, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
