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CUG’s research team of big data in earth science and early earth evolution led by CHENG Qiuming, Director of State Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources, and Prof. Timothy Kusky, Director of Global Geotectonics Center, has published their latest results in Geology with the title “Hadean Tectonics: Insights from Machine Learning. The first author is CHEN Guoxiong, a rese...

The opening ceremony of the African Institute of the China-Africa Geosciences Cooperation Center was held on March 23 at the International Education College on the Nanwang Mountain Campus of CUG.LI Jinfa, Director of the China Geological Survey, and CUG President WANG Yanxin, unveiled the African Institute of the China-Africa Geosciences Cooperation Center.WANG said in his speech that the estab...

A CUG team led by Prof. SUN Jun published “Ocean warming and acidification affect the transitional C:N:P ratio and macromolecular accumulation in the harmful raphidophyte Heterosigma akashiwo” in Communications Biology, which is an open access journal from Nature Portfolio, on February 6, 2023.Despite an increase in ocean warming and acidifification that is expected to increase the number of ...

A CUG team led by Prof. SONG Haijun, with other research institutions from home and abroad, published “A Mesozoic fossil lagerstätte from 250.8 million years ago shows a modern-type marine ecosystem” in Science on February10, 2023. The Guiyang Biota, which is an fossil, demonstrates the rapid rise of modern-type marine ecosystems after the Permian-Triassic mass extinction. The first author is...

According to the announcement of the Department of Earth Sciences, Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), a CUG project led by Prof. WANG Shaoqiang will be funded by the Original Exploratory Program. This is the first time that CUG has received funding from the Program, which will motivate CUG researchers to engage in original basic research.Prof. WANG observes the flux in the forest ecosy...

CUG team researched on young lunar volcanic eruptions by using the returned Chang’e-5 samples as ground truth, and published their findings in Nature Astronomy. The first authors are Dr. QIAN Yuqi, Prof. SHE Zhenbing, and Dr. HE Qi from the School of Earth Sciences; the corresponding authors are Prof. XIAO Long and Prof. WANG Zaicong.Young lunar mare basalts are recent volcanic products distri...

SHEN Jun, researcher from the State Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources, and scholars from the US, South Africa, and the UK published “Mercury evidence from southern Pangea Terrestrial sections for end-Permian global volcanic effects” in Nature Communications. SHEN is the first and corresponding author.The latest Permian mass extinction (LPME) was triggered by magmati...

CUG leaders went into the dormitories and sent Chinese New Year greetings to the students who stayed behind during the Spring Festival on January 19, 2023. LI Jianwei and WANG Lizhe, vice presidents, talk with students During the winter break, CUG has taken a series of measures to create a safe campus environment and a festive atmosphere for students staying behind. On the Eve and the First Da...

Recently, CUG has received the official reply from the Department of Science and Technology of Hubei Province on the establishment of Hubei Provincial Research Center for Basic Areas of Earth Science (hereinafter referred to as Earth Science Center) .The Earth Science Center will be led by CUG and established in cooperation with Wuhan University, Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Sci...

Two CUG teams won a second prize and a third prize in 2022 MAP Cup Digital and Smart Agriculture Competition. XU Lei, LIU Jie, ZHANG Xi, and LV Yu instructed by CHEN Nengcheng took a second prize of soil moisture forecast; YANG Tianyu, LI Tengfeng, HE Huiyang, and WANG Jie instructed by SHEN Yonglin took a third prize of crop identification.A total of 211 teams from research institutions, highe...