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ANSO、合作交流、学术会议

Annual Seminar of ANSO MORATOXA Project

On November 4th 2022, the annual seminar of an international collaborative project supported by ANSO entitled “Monitoring and Risk Assessment of Toxic Chemicals in the Air (MORATOXA)” (ANSO-CR-KP-2021-05) was successfully held both online and offline on November 4th, 2022. About twenty experts attended this seminar, including the director of the State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry and project leader, Prof. Zhang Gan, Prof. Ashan Habib from COMSATS University Islamabad in Pakistan, Prof. Michael Gatari from the University of Nairobi in Kenya, Dr Jabir Syed from COMSATS University Islamabad in Pakistan, Dr Bong Chui Wei from Universiti Malaya in Malaysia, Dr Parakrama Karunaratne from the University of Peradeniya in Sri Lanka. This seminar was chaired by the project secretary, Dr. Shizhen Zhao.

Prof. Zhang Gan extended a warm welcome to the participants. He introduced the recent progress and remarkable achievements of the cooperation projects with countries along the “21st Century Maritime Silk Road” by relying on ANSO and other international organizations in recent years, and summarized the concept of MORATOXA project based on multilateral projects. Moreover, he affirmed the great significance of the project in promoting exchanges and cooperation, talent training, and promoting a “non-toxic” society. Then, Dr Zhao Shizhen presented the research background, implementation plan and progress that has been made on the project. Finally, the participating experts discussed in depth the scientific rationality of the overseas cooperative sampling scheme and put forward valuable suggestions on its feasibility according to local conditions.

On the basis of the “21st Century Maritime Silk Road” environmental and health cooperation network laid out by the Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry of CAS, the MORATOXA project is dedicated to the ‘Green Silk Road’ consensus of the Belt & Road Initiative (BRI). The program is hosted and technically supported by Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (GIGCAS), with the following six primary key partners, and is open to more partners world-widely, including COMSATS University Islamabad in Pakistan, University of Nairobi in Kenya, Universiti Malaya in Malaysia, University of Peradeniya in Sri Lanka, University of Dhaka in Bangladesh, and Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in Ghana. MORATOXA project focus on air toxics and human health, taking the monitoring, risk assessment and control measures of air toxics as the main research contents, and carrying out multilateral international cooperation research in typical cities in different regions/countries.Dr Shizhen Zhao presented the project background and recent progressGroup photo of participants

Text  by Weiru Wang and Shizhen Zhao

Pictures by Weiru Wang

GeoBBC

THE FIRST SAMPLING CAMPAIGN OF THE GEOBBC PROGRAM

From 31 October to 1st November, we carried out the first sampling campaign of the GeoBBC program in Dongjiang River. The first sampling site is Huangtian Reservoir, Dongjiang River (Yihe Hydropower Station), where we collected 50 L of surface water and surface sediments. After that, we explored other sampling sites along the Dongjiang River for the preparation of the upcoming large-scale sampling. Participants including Prof. ZHANG GAN, Prof. LI JUN, Prof. ZHAO SHIZHEN, Prof. SUN YANMIN, HU ZHICHENG and GENG XIAOFEI, enjoyed this campaign very much. In addition to precious samples, we also harvested the pleasant scenery and graceful mood along the way. The jade-green bamboo grove, the snow-white reeds sea, our heart beguiles. The intoxicating scenery triggered Prof. Zhang’s poetic sentiment. There is an exquisite poem created by Prof. Zhang:
【东江初试】
秋风吹玉水，
苇絮躜沙汀。
塘坝山湾远，
轻舟陌岸横。
灵芝称小院，
喧竹挹江青。
忽报台风至，
忍兴启归程。

Prof. ZHANG GAN, Prof. LI JUN and HU ZHICHENG were collecting water and sediment samples
Prof. ZHANG GAN, Prof. LI JUN and HU ZHICHENG were collecting water and sediment samplesRowing Training
Rowing Training

Ganoderma lucidum Courtyard where we have a good rest
Ganoderma lucidum Courtyard where we have a good rest

Explored sampling sites where scenery is picturesque
Explored sampling sites Explored sampling sites Explored sampling sites Explored sampling sites Qiuxiang River 1（秋香江）

Air-Omics、GeoBBC、POM、野外站

Wind-in-his-hair campaign on action

On Oct 10th, a small group of us went to the Heshan air monitoring supersite, to setup air sampling machines on the rooftop of the station building. This denotes that the field sampling campaign is on action, of which the objectives are to monitor and estimate the emissions of various pollutants (POM, POPs) and CO2  etc from the PRD city cluster, by means of down-wind observations and modeling. The name of the campaign, Wind-in-his-air (风中散发-Emission in the wind), is adapted from the name of an Indigenous Indian in the Oscar Academy-winning movie ‘Dances with Wolves’ (与狼共舞）. The campaign is led by Shizhen, joined by Li Jing (modelling), Yao Chuxin (POM), Li Pingyang (CO2), and many of the Air-Omics squad members.  Occasionally, the wind field shifted to NNE from SE on the day, which is a sign of success.

Near-ground NNE wind started right on the day.

Wind-in-his-hair (风中散发). Actor Rodney A Grant.