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NSFC major program “GeoBBC” – 2023 annual meeting

On the 16 -17th of January 2024, the 2023 annual meeting on “Black Carbon: Geochemical fate and environmental effects (GeoBBC)”, a major program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), was held at the Jiayi International Hotel in Guangzhou.

Li Wei (李薇), Deputy Director of the Department of Earth Sciences of NSFC, Academician Tao Shu (陶澍) from Peking University/Southern University of Science and Technology, Academician Peng Ping’an (彭平安) from Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (GIG), Academician Wang Yanxin (王焰新) from China University of Geosciences (CUG), Academician Zhu Tong (朱彤) of Peking University,  Professors Pan Bo (潘波) of Kunming University of Technology, Zhu Dongqiang (朱东强) and Zheng Mei (郑玫) of Peking University, and Chen Yingjun (陈颖军) of Fudan University attended the meeting as seering committee members. Professor/academician He Hongping (何宏平), Director of GIG, Tian Hui (田辉), Director of Science and Technology Department of GIG, and Zhang Gan (张干), chief scientist of the major project, as well as the project leaders and backbones attended the meeting.

The opening ceremony of the conference was chaired by Tian Hui and a welcome speech was delivered by He Hongping. In her speech, Li Wei addressed that the major project was approved in 2021 and started in 2022. The project has been running for two years, with outstanding works, rich achievements and good progress. In addition, Li Wei suggested that the project should further be in line with the national demand and the “dual-carbon” strategy, strengthen target-oriented design, and face mid-term inspections. Zhang Gan gave a general introduction to the project from the aspects of project background, major research progress in 2023, and research plan for 2024. Then Song Jianzhong, Zhang Yanlin and Wang Junjian reported the annual progress of each sub-project, respectively.

The steering committee members fully agreed with the importance of the project. At the same time, constructive suggestions were made in terms of research scopes, innovative breakthroughs and project integrity, followed by in-depth discussions among the project leaders and backbone members. In response to the questions and suggestions raised by the attending experts, the project leaders and key members had a lively exchange and discussion, which helps with the next-year research plan.

Xiaofei’s new paper accepted by ES&T

Xiaofei’s new paper entitled ‘ Provenance of Aerosol Black Carbon over Northeast Indian Ocean and South China Sea and Implications for Oceanic BC Cycling‘ has been accepted for publication in ES&T; and was chosen as a supplementary cover story of the issue. Congratulations!

Image chosen for a supplementary cover story of the ES&T issue. The little Asian elephant was added as an element to represent the South and Southeast Asia, where the studied area was.

Figure 3. Dual-carbon isotope signatures (δ13CBC14CBC) of aerosol black carbon over the South China Sea (SCS) and the northeast Indian Ocean (NEIO).

Figure 4. Source fractions (pie chart) and air mass back trajectories (colored lines) of aerosol black carbon (BC) in the dual-carbon isotope province of “SCS close to Chinese Mainland” (gray), “Open SCS” (green), “NEIO close to Southeast Asia” (blue), “Open NEIO” (light purple), “Malacca Strait” (pink) and “Sunda Strait” (orange). Air mass back trajectories in an isotope province share the same color. (SCS: the South China Sea; NEIO: the northeast Indian Ocean)

NSFC Major Program “GeoBBC” – 2022 Annual Meeting

In April 21 to 23, 2023, the 2022 annual meeting of NSFC major program ‘Geochemical Behaviours and Environmental Effect of Black Carbon (BC) Substances (GeoBBC)’ took place in Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry (GIG), Chinese Academy of Sciences. The annual meeting was organized by GIG,  in a hybrid form of online and on-site. Wei Li (李薇), Director of the Second Division of Earth Science Department of the NSFC, attended the meeting. Specially invited guests included were Profs Shu Tao (陶澍) of Peking University/Southern University of Science and Technology, Ping’an Peng (彭平安) of GIG, Yanxin Wang (王焰新) of China University of Geosciences, Tong Zhu (朱彤) of Peking University,  Fengchang Wu (吴丰昌) of Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, and Profs Junyu Zheng (郑君瑜) of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Bo Pan (潘波) of Kunming University of Science and Technology, Dongqiang Zhu (朱东强) of Peking University, Mei Zheng (郑玫) of Peking University and Yingjun Chen (陈颖军) of Fudan University. Hongping He (何宏平), Director of GIG, Hui Tian (田辉), Director of Science and Technology Department of GIG, Gan Zhang (张干), chief scientist of the major project, as well as the key members of the project attended the conference.

Hui Tian presided over the opening ceremony of the conference. Hongping He delivered a welcome speech and issued appointment letters to the members of the Scientific Steering Committee of the project. Wei Li introduced that the GeoBBC major program meets both the major national needs and scientific frontier; and has been recognized by the entire expert team during the bidding processes. Gan Zhang made an overall introduction to the project covering the background, key scientific problems, research objectives, expected achievements and main research progress in the year of 2022. Subsequently, Jianzhong Song, Yanlin Zhang, Junjian Wang and Guangcai Zhong introduced the annual progress report of the four sub-projects, respectively. The steering committee members gave full affirmation to the project; and put forward professional and constructive suggestions on the research regions, research contents, key tools, project outcome and the integrity of the GeoBBC. The meeting is timely for further development of the GeoBBC.

A group picture

Snapshots of the meeting