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On April 19, the Swedish King was awarded to Yao tandong, Chinese scientists have "Nobel Prize of geography" of the Vega Awards (vegamedaljen) in addition to domestic media, small only in the Swedish Royal family Web site to check the news.
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Original title: Yao tandong, Chinese scientists in Sweden was awarded the Vega Awards
On April 19, the Palace in Stockholm, Sweden, 16 King Carl Gustaf (front left) picture with Yao tandong. In view of the glaciers on the Qinghai-Tibet plateau and contribution to environmental research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yao Tandong, Director of the Institute of Tibetan plateau Palace 19th in Sweden the 2017 Vega award, this is the first time Chinese scientists have won the award.
Vega Awards Description:
Vega Prize, established in 1881, is a famous Swedish geologist and Arctic waterways open up adaofu·airuike·nuodengsheerde in 1878-1880 years, lead "Vega," across the Atlantic and the Pacific Northwest for the first time, complete historic voyage around the Eurasia set up.
Vega worldwide Awards every three years after auditions for outstanding geo-scientist picked out a winner, by the award of the King of Sweden, "geography of the Nobel Prize," said.
16 King Carl Gustaf with Yao tandong photo
Related: interview with 2017 Vega Prize winner Yao Tandong: based on the "third pole" solve the mysteries of climate change
Pacific wind to the Qinghai-Tibet plateau, the plateau of Cryosphere change can decide where the wind blows.
"The size of glaciers, snow cover over the Tibetan plateau area, directly affecting the strength of the monsoon in Asia, droughts and floods in Eastern region of China. "Chinese Academy of Sciences, said Yao Tandong, Director of the Institute of Tibetan plateau.
In view of the glaciers on the Qinghai-Tibet plateau and contributions to environmental research, Swedish society for anthropology and geography 2017 Vega Prize awarded to Yao tandong. Scholars this is Asia's first "Nobel Prize of geography," said this award.
Awards mass effect of China's "third pole" in environmental research in the first square
Centered on the Tibetan plateau, West of Pamir and Hindu Kush mountains, East to cross the mountains, from the Kunlun mountains in the North and the qilian mountains, South to the Himalayas-the scientists call the "third pole" averaged more than 4000 meters above sea level, an area of more than 5 million square kilometers.
"Here are the water towers of Asia, China and neighboring countries ' environmental driver '. "Yao tandong plateau research for nearly 40 years:" despite the density on the planet, the largest number of people dependent on ' third pole ' environment, but compared to the North and South poles, the ' third pole ' research is still low. ”
Vega Awards established originated from the importance of Arctic research. Awards and later extended to Antarctic research, gradually covering many areas of Earth science. Study of the third pole, gradually entering the Awards Committee vision in recent years.
Said Yao tandong, a Chinese scientist on the Qinghai-Tibet plateau research papers and citations, ranking first in the world in recent years. "Overall, our environment on the Qinghai-Tibet plateau research at the international level the first phalanx. ”
"This award, international peers agree that Chinese researchers in the ' third pole ' overall level of promotion, and the degree of international attention, so award when, just think of candidates for Chinese scientists. "Yao tandong said," this is the result of a group effect. ”
Effects of significant changes in the Cryosphere is 2 billion people in the Tibetan plateau
The "third pole" ice gave birth to several major rivers in Asia, annual glacier melt, directly affects more than 2 billion people in more than 10 countries and raw materials.
"More than 80% glaciers in retreat," said Yao tandong, the latest research has shown, in the context of global warming, significant changes in the Cryosphere is the Tibetan plateau, has exceeded people's expectations of change.
"A typical sign is, in July and September of last year occurred two avalanche, landslide areas, impact of serious, rare in history. ”
Yao tandong said, he passed to drill ice cores, that is, from high-altitude ice drill ice, parse information contains a wide range of climatic and environmental changes in the glacier. For example, through the analysis of ice cores, we can find the main greenhouse gas carbon dioxide contributes to global warming, rising in the past 1000 years, to build a monitoring model.
"Weather information for more than 100 years of history, awareness of climate change for a long time ago, it relies on other alternative information on climate change. "Yao tandong said ice cores with the most accurate record of climate change over the past thousands of years," master the law of the past to predict the future. "
Focus on the "third pole" snow call sign can result in
Before Yao tandong, once America's top geologist by virtue of both the North and South poles and the "third pole" prize for research awarded the Vega.
Yao tandong said that American scientist's perspective is very wide, while they continue to focus on the "third pole." "I have often described the ' third pole ' is a rich, others dug from time to time, may dig technique than I quickly dug a large. But I'm here every day to dig, dug up in the end. ”
Drilling ice cores is both difficult and dangerous. Follow Yao tandong students have described: climbing the road, each walk you will see a small sign that reads the names of the victims and life "solidified" date. Snow cries, who does not know the foot there are no fatal cracks.
In 2015, Yao tandong, and other scientists to again set foot on the Qinghai-Tibet plateau ancient ya ice drill ice cores. Even 6700 meters caught the ice cracks, they drilled out a line with research standards, 308 m long through the ice core.
Informed their own after winning, Yao tandong did not particularly care. In an interview, he mentioned a number of times, to cultivate a broad science vision and view of science is built on the solid foundation of scientific research. Europe and the United States in the field of basic research has a very strong power, it will continue "to take a" scientific and technological innovations.
"We on the ' third pole ' top-level research results, overall was not first in the world in order to improve the quality of research, reached world leading level, first of all to strengthen basic research. "Yao tandong said.
这个“诺贝尔奖”，瑞典国王只颁给了一个中国人 - 共享单车,诺贝尔奖 - IT资讯
四月十九日，瑞典国王向中国科学家姚檀栋颁发了有“地理学诺贝尔奖”之称的维加奖（vegamedaljen）除国内媒体外，小编仅在瑞典皇室网站查证了这一消息。
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原标题：中国科学家姚檀栋在瑞典获颁维加奖
4月19日，在瑞典首都斯德哥尔摩王宫，国王卡尔十六世·古斯塔夫（前左）与姚檀栋合影。鉴于在青藏高原冰川和环境研究方面做出的贡献，中国科学院院士、青藏高原研究所所长姚檀栋19日在瑞典王宫获颁2017年维加奖，这是中国科学家首次获得该奖。
维加奖介绍：
维加奖设立于1881年，是瑞典著名地理学家和北冰洋航道开拓者阿道夫·艾瑞克·诺登舍尔德在1878至1880年间，率领“维加号”首次通过大西洋和太平洋东北部，完成环绕欧亚大陆的历史性航行之后设立的。
维加奖每三年在全世界范围内对杰出的地学科学家进行海选之后评选出一名获奖者，由瑞典国王颁奖，有“地理学诺贝尔奖”之称。
国王卡尔十六世·古斯塔夫与姚檀栋合影
相关报道：专访2017年维加奖得主姚檀栋：立足“第三极”破解气候变化之谜
太平洋的风吹不到青藏高原，高原的冰冻圈变化却能决定风往哪儿吹。
“青藏高原冰川、积雪面积的大小，会直接影响亚洲季风的强弱，决定中国东部地区的旱涝。”中国科学院院士、青藏高原研究所所长姚檀栋说。
鉴于在青藏高原冰川和环境研究方面作出的贡献，瑞典人类学和地理学会将2017年维加奖授予姚檀栋。这是亚洲学者首次获得有“地理学诺贝尔奖”之称的此项荣誉。
获奖是群体效应，中国“第三极”环境研究处于第一方阵
以青藏高原为中心，西起帕米尔高原和兴都库什山脉，东到横断山脉，北起昆仑山和祁连山，南到喜马拉雅山脉——科学家口中的“第三极”平均海拔超过4000米，面积超过500万平方公里。
“这里是亚洲的水塔，堪称中国和周边国家的‘环境驱动源’。”姚檀栋从事高原科考近40年：“尽管有地球上密度最大、数量最多的人群依赖于‘第三极’环境，但相比南北极，对‘第三极’的研究依然偏少。”
维加奖的设立，最早源于对北极研究的重视。奖项后来延伸到南极研究，又逐渐涵盖地球科学的多个领域。对第三极的研究，近年来逐渐进入评奖委员会的视野。
姚檀栋说，中国科学家对青藏高原的研究论文数量和引用率，近年来稳居世界第一。“总体来说，我们在青藏高原环境方面的研究处于国际上第一方阵。”
“这次得奖，说明国际同行认同中国科研人员在‘第三极’的整体研究水平的提升，而且到了让国际关注的程度，所以到评奖的时候，就会想到中国科学家候选人。”姚檀栋说，“这是一个群体效应的结果。”
影响20亿人青藏高原冰冻圈正发生重大变化
“第三极”的冰川孕育着亚洲几大河流，每年冰川融化的多少，直接影响着下游十几个国家逾20亿人口。
“超过80%的冰川在退缩，”姚檀栋说，最新研究成果显示，在全球变暖的背景下，青藏高原的冰冻圈正在发生重大变化，变化之大已经超出人们的预期。
“一个典型标志是，去年7月和9月接连发生两次冰崩，塌方面积之大、影响之严重，史上罕见。”
姚檀栋说，他通过钻取冰芯，也就是从高海拔冰川中钻取冰样，解析冰川中包含的各种气候与环境变化信息。比如，通过分析冰芯，可以发现导致全球变暖的主要温室气体二氧化碳，在过去一千年中含量不断增高，以此可以搭建起相关监测模型。
“气象资料只有一百多年历史，对于更久之前的气候变化的认识，就要依靠其他的气候变化替代资料。”姚檀栋说，冰芯最准确地记录了过去上千年的气候变化规律，“掌握过去规律才能预测未来”。
专注“第三极”风雪呼号中也能出大成果
在姚檀栋之前，曾有美国的顶尖地理学家凭借同时对南北极和“第三极”的研究而荣获维加奖。
姚檀栋说，美国科学家的视野非常宽广，而自己则不断专注于“第三极”。“我经常这样形容，‘第三极’是个富矿，别人偶尔来挖一次，可能挖的技术比我好，很快挖了一颗大的。但我天天在这儿挖，最后挖的还是最多。”
钻取冰芯的过程既艰且险。跟随姚檀栋的学生曾这样描述：登山路上，每走一段就会看到一个小牌子，上面写着遇难者的名字和生命“凝固”的日期。风雪呼号中，谁也不知道脚下有没有夺命的裂缝。
2015年，姚檀栋和其他科学家一起，又一次踏上青藏高原古里雅冰川钻取冰芯。即便在6700米处突遇冰裂隙，他们仍然钻出一根符合研究标准、308米长的透底冰芯。
获知自己得奖后，姚檀栋并没有特别在意。在采访中，他数次提到，要培育宽广的科学视野，而科学视野是建立在扎实的科学基础研究之上。欧美国家在基础研究领域有非常雄厚的实力，所以能源源不断“冒”出科技创新成果。
“我们对‘第三极’研究的顶级成果，整体而言还不是世界第一，要全面提高研究质量，达到世界引领水平，首先要加强基础研究。”姚檀栋说。