Won the International Meteorological Organization Award in 2008 Won Volvo Environment Award in 2013 Elected in 2003Chinese Academy of Sciencesacademician
On January 4, 1947, Qin Dahe was born in Lanzhou City, Gansu Province, originally in Tai'an City, Shandong Province. When he was born, his parents lived in Wangjiazhuang near the Yellow River.
In the autumn of 1953, when he was 6 years old, he began to go to primary school. In the primary school stage, he changed three schools. In the first and second grades, he studied in Xijingsi Primary School near the Little West Lake in Lanzhou. In the third, fourth and fifth grades, he was transferred to the primary school attached to the General Hospital of Lanzhou Military Region (now the West Lake Primary School). In the sixth grade, because of his father'sNorthwest Animal Husbandry and Veterinary CollegeChange toGansu Agricultural University , his family moved to Huangyang Town, Wuwei, and he was transferred to the Affiliated Primary School of Gansu Agricultural University until graduation.
In the autumn of 1959, he was admitted to Lanzhou Huimin Middle School (nowLanzhou Northwest Middle School）, because he lives in Wuwei, he lives away from his family and goes to school for the first time.
In the summer of 1962, after graduating from junior high school, I was ready to go to senior high school. Because my parents were not in Lanzhou, I was not able to apply for the middle school in Lanzhou, but was admitted toWuwei No.1 Middle School[7][32]。
In August 1965, after graduating from high school, he was admitted to the Department of Geology and Geography of Lanzhou University.
In July 1970, after graduating from college, he went to Gansu Agricultural Propaganda Team and Zhengxian Detachment to work for three months. In October of the same year, he was assigned to the No. 1 Middle School in Hezheng County, Gansu Province to teach mathematics (until April 1978). He was a famous strict teacher in the school. In the last few years, he took three classes of senior high school mathematics, and 150 homework books were corrected in person, never careless.
In 1974, I passed through Lanzhou during my summer vacation and visited Lanzhou Institute of Glaciology and Frozen Soil, Chinese Academy of SciencesShi Yafeng、Xie Zichu。
In May 1978, he was transferred to Lanzhou Institute of Glaciology and Frozen Soil, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and successively served as assistant researcher, associate researcher, researcher, deputy director, and vice president of Lanzhou Branch, Chinese Academy of Sciences.In July of the same year, he passed the second postgraduate exam and was admitted as a master of geography department of Lanzhou UniversityLi JijunProfessor.
In October 1980, after graduating with a master's degree, he returned to work in the Glacier Institute.
In 1983, he went to Antarctica for the first time.In 1987, the second Antarctic expedition[8]。
In July 1989, he took part in the international scientific expedition to cross the Antarctic continent on foot, covering 5986 kilometers, passing through the South Pole and "inaccessible areas". On March 3, 1990, he arrived at the end of the expedition, the Soviet Peace Station. He became the first person in China to cross the Antarctic continent on foot, and collected more than 800 snow samples, especially the "inaccessible areas" in AntarcticaA complete set of precious ice and snow samples filled the gap in glaciology research, and became the only scientist in the world who had all the ice and snow samples one meter below the Antarctic surface.
In January 1991, he studied for a doctor's degree in the Department of Geographic Sciences of Lanzhou University.In December 1992, he graduated as a doctor.
In April 1995, he served as Director of the Bureau of Resources and Environmental Science and Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (until November 2000).
In November 2000, he served as the Director and Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the China Meteorological Administration (until March 2007).
In 2002, as the co chairman of the first working group of the fourth IPCC assessment report, he successfully organized the IPCC scientific assessment activities, strongly supported and recommended developing country scientists and young scientists to participate in the preparation of the IPCC assessment report (- 2008).
In 2003, he was elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
In 2004, Qin Dahe, then Director of the China Meteorological Administration, broadcast the typhoon path in CCTV weather forecast[11]
In August 2004, in accordance with Premier Wen's instruction to ensure the safety of people's lives and propertyRananim The characteristics and trends of the typhoon, the China Meteorological Administration took emergency action on August 12, 2004China Meterological AdministrationDirector Qin Dahe decides to useCCTV《CCTV News》Later, during the TV weather forecast program, the landing information of typhoon Yunna was broadcast to the general public in person.[11]This is the first screen broadcast of typhoon by China's meteorological director.[11]
In 2007, through the feasibility demonstration meeting of the national key laboratory construction plan organized by the Department of Basic Research of the Ministry of Science and Technology,State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric ScienceOfficially established, Qin Dahe served as the director of the center[12]。
In 2011, he was electedAmerican Meteorological SocietyHonorary members.In May, he served as the vice chairman of China Association for Science and Technology (until June 2016).
In July 2012, he served as a member of the presidium of the Academic Department of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and director of the Academic and Publishing Commission.
In May 2013, served as the director of the Academic Committee of the Chinese Academy of Sciences[13]。On October 21, it won the Volvo Environment Award in the field of environment and sustainable development[14]。
In February 2017, the major project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China "Research on the Formation Mechanism and Comprehensive Zoning of China's Cryosphere Service Function" was launched, with Qin Dahe as the chief scientist of the project[15]。
In January 2020East China Normal UniversityDirector of the Center for World Geography and Geostrategy Studies.[4]
May 9, 2021Northwestern UniversityHonorary President of Yulin Carbon Neutralization Institute.[31]
In May 2023, the Chinese Academy of Environmental Sciences awarded the "First Honorary Fellow of the Chinese Academy of Environmental Sciences".[36]
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Overview of scientific research
Qin Dahe has been engaged in cryosphere and global change research for a long time. He has participated in and presided over scientific surveys and research in the Antarctic, Arctic, Qinghai Tibet Plateau and western China for many times, and has made many innovative achievements.Actively participate in the scientific assessment activities of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).He presided over the research on Climate and Environmental Evolution in China and Environmental Evolution Assessment in Western China, which had a wide impact, promoted the continuous progress of climate change research in China and the world, and made outstanding contributions to promoting global change research.Presided over the Strategic Research on the Development of China's Meteorological Cause, condensed the development concept of "public meteorology, safety meteorology, resource meteorology", and opened up innovative ideas for the development of China's meteorological cause.[16]
Academician Qin Dahe is "the first Chinese scientist to cross the Antarctic continent on foot" and the first Chinese scientist to win the Volvo Environment Prize. This award is the highest award in the field of practical environmental science and is known as the "Nobel Prize" in the field of environment and sustainable development.In 2022, he also won the highest honor award of the International Geographic Union.Academician Qin Dahe is currently the only scientist in the world who has all the ice and snow specimens below one meter of the Antarctic surface, and has created the first international research institution named "cryosphere science".[35]
Cryosphere and global change research
Qin Dahe has made outstanding achievements in cryosphere and global change research and has made a lot of innovative achievements.He has organized many scientific expeditions in the South, the Arctic, the hinterland of Asia and the Qinghai Tibet Plateau. He once walked 6000 kilometers across the Antarctic ice sheet for scientific research, and made a series of innovative scientific discoveries and creative achievements. For the first time, he theoretically expounded the warm, cold and alternate densification processes of snow, and established quantitative classification criteria.The environmental records in the Antarctic ice sheet and snow layer have been systematically studied, revealing the regional differentiation law of modern environment, and finding that the NO3 content in the Antarctic surface snow and ice has a peak in the aurora egg area[17]。
Participate in the preparation of IPCC report
Qin Dahe has been fully involved in the preparation of the IPCC's third assessment report since then, and served as the co chairman of the fourth and fifth assessment reports.The first part of the fifth IPCC report, "Natural Science Foundation", was released in September.As the co chairman of the first working group of the fourth IPCC assessment report, he participated in organizing the IPCC scientific assessment, promoted China and international climate change research, and strongly recommended young scientists, especially those from developing countries, to participate in the preparation of the IPCC assessment report;As a permanent representative of the World Meteorological Organization, he attaches great importance to the international cooperation between meteorology and hydrology, which has strongly promoted the progress of the meteorological cause worldwide.
The IPCC Special Report on Assessment of Extreme Climate Events released in 2012 put forward the theory that has been questioned by the public from a scientific perspective for the first time: extreme weather and climate phenomena have become more and more frequent in the past 50 years.This report has attracted wide attention and clearly pointed out the link between climate change and periodic extreme weather, such as the increasingly widespread drought and heat wave climate, as well as regional storms and precipitation.The review committee of Volvo Environment Award believes that the report is "epoch-making".This work has made great contributions to the construction and dissemination of important scientific conclusions about the impact of human activities on climate, thus laying a solid foundation for human action to actively respond to climate change[18]。
Scientific research project&achievement award
As of 2017, Qin Dahe has undertaken a number of national and provincial ministerial projects, including major projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China;It has won 8 national and provincial science and technology achievement awards, including two first prizes of Natural Science Award of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, one third prize and one fourth prize of National Natural Science Award[13]。
Undertake projects
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January 2017 December 2021
Study on the Formation Mechanism and Comprehensive Zoning of China's Cryosphere Service Function
Host, national level
January 2016 December 2017
Scientific development strategy of cryosphere
Host, national level
January 2016 December 2017
Scientific and technical issues and risk management of snow and ice conditions for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games
Chaired by, ministerial level
January 2016 December 2017
Assessment of Arctic resources, environment and socio-economic issues in the context of climate change
Chaired by, ministerial level
Achievement reward
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two thousand and fourteen
Study on High Resolution Climatic and Environmental Records of Ice Core in Qinghai Tibet Plateau
The second prize of National Natural Science Award, the second winner
[19]
two thousand and seven
Member of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
The Nobel Peace Prize
one thousand nine hundred and ninety-seven
First Prize of Natural Science of Chinese Academy of Sciences
one thousand nine hundred and ninety-seven
Third prize of National Natural Science Award
one thousand nine hundred and ninety-six
First Prize of Natural Science of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Thesis and works
As of 2019, Qin Dahe has independently and cooperatively written more than 20 books, published 256 papers, including 56 SCI papers, and his research achievements have been cited 207 times (102 times) by SCI journals such as Glacier Physics, a famous textbook in the international glaciology community, and Nature[20]。
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two thousand and eighteen point zero three
Introduction to Climate Change Science
Written by Qin Dahe
Science Press
two thousand and seventeen point zero eight
Introduction to Cryosphere Science
Qindahe
Science Press
two thousand and sixteen point one two
English and Chinese scientific vocabulary of cryosphere
Qindahe
Meteorology Press
two thousand and sixteen point one two
Cryosphere Science Dictionary
Qindahe
Meteorology Press
two thousand and sixteen point zero eight
Research Report on the Construction of Hulunbeier National Ecological Protection Comprehensive Experimental Area
Edited by Qin Dahe
China Social Sciences Press
two thousand and fifteen point one two
National Assessment Report on Weather and Climate Events and Disaster Risk Management and Adaptation in China
Written by Qin Dahe
two thousand and fifteen point one one
Chinese version of National Assessment Report on Extreme Weather and Climate Events and Disaster Risk Management and Adaptation in China
Edited by Qin Dahe
Science Press
two thousand and fifteen point zero three
National Assessment Report on Extreme Weather and Climate Events and Disaster Risk Management and Adaptation in China (English Version)
Written by Qin Dahe
Science Press
two thousand and fourteen point zero one
Ecological Protection and Sustainable Development in the Source Area of Three Rivers
On March 15, 2015, Qin Dahe, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), said in a special interview with the 2015 NPC and CPPCC sessions of xinhuanet that all positive experiences of human beings in social development should be inherited.Since the industrialization of western society in 1750, it has been two or three hundred years. The experience of science, technology and education in science popularization has been gradually accumulated.China is an emerging country with a large population and relatively late development. It is not easy to develop into such a country in just a few decades.Qin Dahe pointed out that according to the current plan, by the end of 2015, the proportion of Chinese citizens with basic scientific quality can reach 5%, which is equivalent to the situation of developed countries in the 1980s. We still need to do a lot of work and continue to work hard.Qin Dahe stressed that improving citizens' basic scientific quality requires the joint efforts of the state and individuals. He believed that, from the perspective of citizens, all intellectuals and intellectuals should do their jobs, including medical work, scientific and technological workers, teachers, and even scientific and technological cadres[25]。
Honor recognition
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2022
2021-2022 Lifetime Achievement Award of the World Chinese Festival
[34]
2022
The highest honor award of the International Geographical Union in 2022
This book is the crystallization of the authors' years of Antarctic glaciology research. It comprehensively introduces the main achievements of international Antarctic glaciology research.The contents include: the significance, past and current situation of Antarctic glaciology research, the basic characteristics of the Antarctic ice sheet, the material balance and sea level changes of the Antarctic ice sheet, the process of Antarctic snow becoming ice, the thermal characteristics of the Antarctic ice sheet, the snow and ice chemistry and environment of the Antarctic ice sheet, and the climate environment of the ice core.This book focuses on
Physical Processes in the Surface Snow of the Antarctic Ice Sheet and Records of Modern Climate and Environment, written by Qin Dahe, was published by the Science Press of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1900.The purpose of this book is to study the geochemical division of snow on the surface of the East Antarctic ice sheet and the corresponding material sources and water vapor transport in different regions.
Greenhouse Gas and Greenhouse Effect is a book published by the Meteorological Publishing House in 2003. The authors are Wu Dui and Qin Dahe.This book is mainly to publicize and popularize scientific knowledge about climate and climate change.
Climate and Environmental Evolution in China is a book published by Science Press in 2005. The author is Chen Yiyu.
Comprehensive Volume - Climate and Environmental Evolution in China
Author nameQindahe
Work time2012-12
Climate and Environmental Evolution in China: 2012 (Comprehensive Volume) is divided into four volumes, namely, Volume I Scientific Basis, Volume II Impact and Vulnerability, Volume III Mitigation and Adaptation and Comprehensive Volume.The first volume mainly focuses on climate change in the past, observed changes in China's climate and East Asia's atmospheric circulation, changes in the cryosphere, ocean and sea level changes, extreme weather climate changes, global and China's climate change links, atmospheric composition and biological Earth
Qin Dahe's fatherQin HeshengHe is a veterinary educator and expert in veterinary surgery. Before and after his birth, his father moved from Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia, Beijing and other places to engage in teaching and scientific research. Therefore, the names of his brothers and sisters have obvious geographical color. His brother's name is Qin Dashan;His sister's name is Qin Aining;His sister's name is Qin Ailan.
When Qin Dahe was in Wuwei No. 1 Middle School, a girl of the same grade but in different classes named Zhou Qinke attracted his attention.Zhou Qinke always did better than him in several unified examinations of the whole grade, ranking ahead of him.After graduating from high school, Zhou Qinke passed the examLanzhou Medical CollegeHe was admitted to the Department of Geology and Geography of Lanzhou University, majoring in physical geography.The relationship between the two became clear when they were about to graduate from college.Zhou Qinke liked his honesty and reliability.After graduation, he was assigned to the Provincial Rural Propaganda Team and the Zhengxian Detachment, and she followed him to Hezheng County.In 1971, he was assigned to teach in No. 1 Middle School of Hezheng County, and Qinke was assigned to work in Hezheng County Hospital. That year, the two married[7]。
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Qin Dahe has been engaged in cryosphere and global change research for a long time. He has participated in and presided over scientific surveys and research in the Antarctic, Arctic, Qinghai Tibet Plateau and western China for many times, and has made many innovative achievements.Actively participate in the scientific assessment activities of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.He presided over the research on Climate and Environmental Evolution in China and Environmental Evolution Assessment in Western China, which had a wide impact, promoted the continuous progress of climate change research in China and the world, and made outstanding contributions to promoting global change research.Presided over the Strategic Research on the Development of China's Meteorological Cause, condensed the development concept of "public meteorology, safety meteorology, resource meteorology", and opened up innovative ideas for the development of China's meteorological cause[16]。(Reviewed by Chinese Academy of Sciences)
There are three main reasons why Volvo Environment Award was awarded to Qin Dahe. One is that he is a very outstanding climatologist and glaciologist, and is world-famous;Second, he made important contributions to the study of geography and climatology in China;Third, Qin Dahe has made important contributions to the climate change assessment report issued by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)[14]。(Will Stefan, chairman of the jury of Volvo Environment Award, was interviewed by people.com.cn.)[6]
