Seminar Speaker: Congqiang Liu, Tianjin University
Abstract: Human beings have only existed for hundreds of thousands of years in the history of the earth, but they have had an immeasurable and important impact on the earth system. Human activities have destroyed the self-regulation mechanism of the earth system and caused other systemic changes in the global environment such as climate change. These changes have brought irreversible consequences to mankind. What systemic changes have taken place in the earth's environment on which mankind depends, and what is the current situation? How is it changing? What are the positive and negative drivers of these changes? How do scientists study these changes? How should human beings deal with these changes scientifically and achieve sustainable development? In this report, the above questions will be discussed from the perspective of earth system science.
Academic positions:
Professor and Dean of School of Earth System Science,Tianjin University;
Former Director General of the Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (1997~2009);
Former President of Chinese Society for Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry;
Chairman of Academic Board of State Key Laboratory of Environmental Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences;
Vice President of National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)
Scientific Specialization:
Element and isotope geochemistry
Biogeochemical Cycles and processes in Earth's Critical Zone
Surface-Earth system science and Sustainable Development