Topic: The Science of Climate Change and Human Activities
Lecturer: Qin Dahe, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Introduction to the lecture:
With reference to his own research and the related information in the 5th assessment report(AR5) by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change（IPCC）, the academician will give an elaborate introduction to the latest research results concerning global climate change and the correlation of human activities and climate change.
Date and Time: 08:30 am to 09:30 am, March 18th (Tuesday), 2014
Place:Lecture Hall of the annex building to OUC’s Xingyuan Administrative Building
Organizers: The Key Lab of Marine Environment and Ecology of the Ministry of
Education (MOE); College of Environmental Science and Engineering
Introduction of the lecturer:
Qin Dahe, a geologist and academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, academician of the Third World Academy of Sciences, vice-president of China Association for Science and Technology, member of the standing committee of the 12th National People’s Political Consultative Conference, the former vice director of the Committee of the Population Resources and Environment, and the former director of the State Metrological Bureau, received his bachelor’sdegree from the Department of Geology and Geography of Lanzhou University, and got his master’s degree and doctoral degree from the Department of Geography of Lanzhou University in 1981 and 1992 respectively. He actively promotes the concept of cryosphere sciences and established the National Key Laboratory of Cryosphere Sciences, contributing to the theoretical framework of cryosphere sciences through the research of the interaction between cryosphere and other spheres, as well as the measures to adjust cryospheric changes. He has taken the lead of the 3rd, 4th and 5th assessment reports of climate change of IPCC, as well as the evaluation of China’s climatic and environmental evolution, making great contributions to deepen our insights into the science of climate change. He was also in charge of the Research on China's Meteorological Service Development Strategy, proposing new concepts of “public meteorology, safe meteorology and resource meteorology”, which has pushed China’s meteorological technology to a new era.
The IPCC work in which Dr. Qin participated was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, the 53rd International Meteorological Organization Prize (IMO), the 2013 Volvo Environment Prize, and Prominent Scientific Paper of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Marine and Atmospheric Research of the US, with the academician himself included as an honorable member of the American Meteorological Society.
