As a member of the last generation of xiucai秀才(one who passed the imperial examination at the county level)in the Qing dynasty,and as the first Chinese national to hold a Western doctoral degree in geology,Wong Wen-...As a member of the last generation of xiucai秀才(one who passed the imperial examination at the county level)in the Qing dynasty,and as the first Chinese national to hold a Western doctoral degree in geology,Wong Wen-hao made significant advances in the theoretical study of China’s geological structure and metallogeny,especially while serving as long-term director of the Geological Survey.He established himself as the founder of modern Chinese geology and geography and a leader of the Republic of China’s scientific community,enjoying much international prestige along the way.In the 1930s,faced with an increasingly grave national crisis,Wong resorted to a career in politics,relinquishing his geological studies.During wartime,he served as the highest economic administrator in the Chinese government,committed to exploring every avenue for the advance of national industrialization.In the postwar years,Wong assumed the office of president of the Executive Yuan,and presided over the failed currency reform.After a stint of exile after the Communist Party of China came to power in 1949,Wong returned to China,though he was relegated to obscurity due to his association with the Nationalist regime.展开更多
Italy's Ventina glacier,one of the biggest in northern Lombardy,has melted so much due to climate change that geologists can no longer measure it the way they have for the past 130 years.After the hot summer of 20...Italy's Ventina glacier,one of the biggest in northern Lombardy,has melted so much due to climate change that geologists can no longer measure it the way they have for the past 130 years.After the hot summer of 2025,geologists discovered that the simple stakes(标桩)to measure the glacier's retreat each year are now buried under rockslides.Debris(残骸)has made the terrain too unsteady for future in‐person visits.展开更多
Dr.Leon van Paassen has been selected as the winner for the Distinguished 2025 Biogeotechnics Lecture Award.Leon van Paassen is an expert on biogeotechnics with more than 20 years of experience in academia and industr...Dr.Leon van Paassen has been selected as the winner for the Distinguished 2025 Biogeotechnics Lecture Award.Leon van Paassen is an expert on biogeotechnics with more than 20 years of experience in academia and industry.He graduated as an Engineering Geologist at Delft University of Technology in 2002.After graduation,he performed foundation inspections and vibration monitoring at IFCO foundations and worked as a consultant and researcher at GeoDelft which later became Deltares.展开更多
Ma Xingyuan(1919-2001),born in Changchun,Jilin Province.He graduated from the Department of Geology,Geography and Meteorology at National Southwestern Associated University in 1942 and obtained his doctoral degree fro...Ma Xingyuan(1919-2001),born in Changchun,Jilin Province.He graduated from the Department of Geology,Geography and Meteorology at National Southwestern Associated University in 1942 and obtained his doctoral degree from the University of Edinburgh,UK in 1948.He was elected as an Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1980.He was an eminent structural geologist and seismologist.He achieved systematic groundbreaking research in Precambrian geology of North China,continental tectonics,lithospheric dynamics,and seismic geology.He pioneered analytical structural methodology and led the compilation of the"Lithospheric Dynamics Atlas of China",making foundational contributions to regional geological surveys and continental tectonic studies in China.展开更多
文摘As a member of the last generation of xiucai秀才(one who passed the imperial examination at the county level)in the Qing dynasty,and as the first Chinese national to hold a Western doctoral degree in geology,Wong Wen-hao made significant advances in the theoretical study of China’s geological structure and metallogeny,especially while serving as long-term director of the Geological Survey.He established himself as the founder of modern Chinese geology and geography and a leader of the Republic of China’s scientific community,enjoying much international prestige along the way.In the 1930s,faced with an increasingly grave national crisis,Wong resorted to a career in politics,relinquishing his geological studies.During wartime,he served as the highest economic administrator in the Chinese government,committed to exploring every avenue for the advance of national industrialization.In the postwar years,Wong assumed the office of president of the Executive Yuan,and presided over the failed currency reform.After a stint of exile after the Communist Party of China came to power in 1949,Wong returned to China,though he was relegated to obscurity due to his association with the Nationalist regime.
文摘Italy's Ventina glacier,one of the biggest in northern Lombardy,has melted so much due to climate change that geologists can no longer measure it the way they have for the past 130 years.After the hot summer of 2025,geologists discovered that the simple stakes(标桩)to measure the glacier's retreat each year are now buried under rockslides.Debris(残骸)has made the terrain too unsteady for future in‐person visits.
文摘Dr.Leon van Paassen has been selected as the winner for the Distinguished 2025 Biogeotechnics Lecture Award.Leon van Paassen is an expert on biogeotechnics with more than 20 years of experience in academia and industry.He graduated as an Engineering Geologist at Delft University of Technology in 2002.After graduation,he performed foundation inspections and vibration monitoring at IFCO foundations and worked as a consultant and researcher at GeoDelft which later became Deltares.
文摘Ma Xingyuan(1919-2001),born in Changchun,Jilin Province.He graduated from the Department of Geology,Geography and Meteorology at National Southwestern Associated University in 1942 and obtained his doctoral degree from the University of Edinburgh,UK in 1948.He was elected as an Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1980.He was an eminent structural geologist and seismologist.He achieved systematic groundbreaking research in Precambrian geology of North China,continental tectonics,lithospheric dynamics,and seismic geology.He pioneered analytical structural methodology and led the compilation of the"Lithospheric Dynamics Atlas of China",making foundational contributions to regional geological surveys and continental tectonic studies in China.
