The objective of this International Summer School course is to provide students with an understanding of the types, levels and sources of pollutants in the Arctic and build a solid foundation for future research on the Arctic environment and ecology.
Course 1. Local sources of contaminants in Arctic Environment
Teacher: Roland Kallenborn (Norwegian University of Life Sciences & University Center in Svalbard, Norway)
Class hours: 8 hours
Brief introduction: Sources for the Arctic environment can be divided into two categories: local sources and pollutants transportation. This course focuses on local sources of pollutants in the Arctic environment.
Course 2. Contaminants in Arctic Environment due to long-range transport
Teacher: Yifan Li (Harbin Institute of Technology, China)
Class hours: 8 hours
Brief introduction: it focuses on pollutants produced by long-distance transport to the Arctic environment.
Course 3. Introduction to Arctic ecosystems
Teacher:Anatoly N. Nikolaev (Northeastern Federal University, Russia)
Class hours: 8 hours
Brief introduction: it focuses on the Arctic ecosystem and the effects of pollutants to the Arctic ecosystem.
2.Reports and Lectures
This summer school has arranged many academic lectures for the students, which are given by well-known professors at worldwide, so that students can quickly get to know Harbin Institute of Technology, School of Environment and State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, and have a comprehensive understanding of the scientific research field in the Arctic. Thematic lectures and presentations are 18 hours for 1 credit. The information of the lecturer and the hours is as following:
Sequence Number | Speaker | Topic | Class Hours |
1 | Minghong Cai, China Polar Research Institute | Persistent Organic Pollutants in Arctic and Antarctic Environment | 2 |
2 | Katrin Vorkamp, Aarhus University, Denmark | Present Situation and Fate of Organic Pollution in Arctic Environment | 2 |
3 | Atte Korhola, University of Helsinki, Finland | Climate Feedback in Arctic Landscapes: Carbon Storage and Release | 2 |
4 | Savvinova Antonina Nikolaevna，Northeastern Federal University, Russia | Impact of Climate Change on Local Residents in the Arctic Region of Russia | 2 |
5 | Jianmin Ma，Peking University | The relationship between Arctic climate change and persistent organic pollutants | 2 |
6 | Jun Ma，Harbin Institute of Technology, China | Arctic Water Environment and Ecological Civilization | 2 |
7 | Yujie Feng,Harbin Institute of Technology, China | Pollutant Treatment, Resource Utilization and Energy Utilization in the Arctic | 2 |
8 | Defeng Xing, Harbin Institute of Technology, China | Polar microbial system and anaerobic microbial technology | 2 |
2. Comprehensive experimental practice teaching
Project:Analysis technology for the Chemicals of emerging Arctic concern
Guidance teachers: Zifeng Zhang, Liyan Liu, Wanli Ma, Weiwei Song, Ed Sverko
Topic: Learn the detection techniques of Arctic emerging compounds of interest.
Class hours: 16
Credit: 1
Sequence Number | Section | Class Hours |
1 | Instrumental Analysis of Arctic Emerging Concerned Compounds | 4 |
2 | Pretreatment of Water Samples | 3 |
3 | Pretreatment of soil samples | 3 |
4 | Pretreatment of Atmospheric Gas Samples | 3 |
5 | Pretreatment of Atmospheric Particulate Phase Samples | 3 |
