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CAS to strengthen cooperation with University of Iceland in environmental research


Prof. DING Zhongli, CAS Vice President, recently led a delegation including Prof. FAN Weiming, director of CAS Bureau of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, and Prof. YAO Tandong, ITP director, to Rekjavik, Iceland, for a friendly visit from July 14 to 17, 2011.

 

Invited by Dr. Dagfinnur Sveinbjornsson, the CAS delegates visited the University of Iceland. They were also introduced to glaciological studies in Iceland, as well as the meteorological status since the Eyjafjallajokull volcanic eruption in Iceland, 2010.

During a meeting with research and administrative staff from the university and Icelandic Meteorological Office, Prof. Ding invited Icelandic scientists to visit China and conduct cooperation with Chinese scientists in research field of shared interests. He particularly encouraged scientists from both nations to collaborate in key areas as glaciology, mid-Atalantic Ridge study, and geothermal resources.

 

 

 
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