“2024 Darcy Lecture”系列讲座：美国加州州立大学长滩分校Matthew W. Becker教授学术报告通知

应我校水资源与环境学院郭华明教授邀请，美国加州州立大学长滩分校教授Matthew W. Becker将来我校进行学术交流，并做“2024 Darcy Lecture”系列讲座。题目：How Groundwater Impacts the People and Ecosystems of the South Pacific Islands时间：2024年11月11日（周一）10:00-11:00地点：科研楼412报告人简介：Matt Becker is the Conrey Chair in Hydrogeology and Professor of Earth Sciences at California State University Long Beach, USA. He holds degrees in Geology and Civil Engineering and has worked with Los Alamos National Labs, the U.S Geological Survey, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, the University at Buffalo, and has been awarded Fulbright scholarships for Italy and Australia. Matt’s primary focus of research is fluid flow in highly heterogeneous subsurface environments.报告简介：The Pacific Ocean is host to more than 30,000 islands, the vast majority of which are small, remote, and vulnerable to climate variability. Groundwater plays an important role in the resilience of these isolated environments. We will see how groundwater was a critical resource for the first settlers of Rapa Nui (Easter Island), how it helps coral reefs flourish in a nutrient desert (Darwin’s Paradox), and the role it plays in terrestrial flora and fauna. Understanding of these interactions is hindered by the complexity of groundwater flow in coastal and offshore environments. Our recent investigations of the distribution of groundwater flow to fringing coral reefs sheds some light on these processes. Climate change and sea level rise will disrupt and potentially overwhelm these unique and biologically critical ecosystems. An improved understanding of hydrogeologic systems and their interactions with marine life surrounding Pacific islands will be essential for strategic adaptation to environmental stresses.研究生可记学术报告一次，欢迎广大师生参加！水资源与环境学院水利部地下水保护重点实验室（筹）地下水循环与环境演化教育部重点实验室国际合作与交流处研究生院科技处