Xiamen, China – Global Climate Change and Vulnerability
2017 Course
Price: $1,438
July 2 – 15, 20117
Course Credit: 3 units Sci 596
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Coastal Volcano National Geologic Park of ZhangZhou
Dr. Samuel Shen, SDSU Mathematics, one of the Xiamen program co-leaders.
The summer program on “Global Climate Change and Vulnerabilities” is jointly organized by Xiamen University, SDSU, Fujian Normal University and Taiway Ilan
University. The program is designed primarily for university undergraduate students studying biology, environmental science, or any sciences student interested in China.
Summer 2017 will be the sixth faculty-led trip to Xiamen.
Faculty Leaders
Dr. Samuel Shen, Mathematics, SDSU
Dr. Chun-Ta Lai, Biology, SDSU
Dr. Qiao-quo Tan, Environmental Science and Engineering, Xiamen University, China.
Dr. Chun-Ta Lai, Professor of Biology and Faculty co-leader
Lecture Topics:
- Global climate change
- Quantitative assessment and prediction of climate change
- Environmental proxies for paleoclimate reconstruction, paleoclimate records and abrupt climate change
Students on the hunt for intertidal life; Coastal Volcano National Geologic Park of ZhangZhou; Xiamen, Summer 2015
- Effects of ocean acidification on mariene primary producers under the sun
- Mangroves as an index to study environmental vulnerability for coastal wetland ecosystem
- Contamination of organotin compounds in coastal environments
- Nitrogen fixation in the oceans
- The control strategies of global warming gases in semiconductor plant
Xiamen, night
Field Studies
Field studies include excursions to National Geologic Park of Strand, the Volcano of Zhangzhou, and Xiamen Wanshi Botanical Park.
