Kai Qin

The Integrated Marine Biosphere Research (IMBeR) project is an international research initiative focused on marine biosphere research working towards sustainable oceans at a time of global change. IMBeR has two International Project Offices: IPO-China and IPO-Canada. IPO-China is stationed at the State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, ECNU, Shanghai, China. IPO-China shares administrative…

From 17 to 21 April 2023, the 5th International Symposium on the Effects of Climate Change on the World’s Oceans (ECCWO5) took place in Bergen, Norway, bringing together more than 700 experts from around the world to better understand climate impacts on ocean ecosystems. The CLIOTOP poster was presented by Barbara Muhling, member of the…

On March 16th, 2023, IMBeR International Project Office (IPO-China) held an engaging lecture event at the SKLEC building, ECNU, which drew a diverse crowd of domestic and international students, as well as teachers and interns at IMBeR IPO-China. The lecture centered around the theme “Indus River and its Delta” was led by Professor HONG GiHoon,…

Online workshops, trainee mentoring and digital ‘demonstration tools’ for stakeholders: ‘Expanding EO data usage to address climatic changes in the marine biosphere of the northwest Pacific and Indo-Pacific regional seas’ This project stems from the ongoing IMBeR study group activities of the Ocean Colour-based Plant species identification and Carbon flux in the Indo-Pacific oceans (OCPC) and coastal…

IMBeR is deeply saddened to learn that our dearest colleague Jianwu Tang left us on 4 January 2023. Jianwu was a Distinguished Professor at the State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research (SKLEC), East China Normal University. He has been among the pioneering scientists in blue carbon research, and has passionately supported IMBeR IPO-China…

IMBeR Eutrophication Study Group held its second video meeting on 21 December 2022 to share research progress and to progress synthesis. Ten members, one early career researcher from SKLEC, and two IMBeR IPO staff attended the meeting. Co-Charis Dongyan Liu and Peter Thompson initiated the session and expressed warmest welcome to everyone, especially the new members…

The Chinese Marginal Seas (CMS) Case Study is a subprogram of the Continental Margins Working Group supported by the Integrated Marine Biosphere Research (IMBeR) and Future Earth Coasts (FEC). After years of COVID-19 pause, the Chinese Marginal Seas Case Study held its third annual meeting virtually on 14-15 November 2022 (full agenda). The opening session…

IMBeR Ocean Color-based Plant species identification and Carbon flux in the Indo-Pacific oceans (OC-PC) Study Group has released the manual Ocean Color Sensors and Their Data Access: A Brief Overview on July 2022. This manual can be downloaded from: www.imber.info or IMBeR OC-PC Study Group (no login needed). The manual presents a summary of the…

On 12th May 2022, initiated by A’an Johan Wahyudi and Jing Zhang (IMBeR National Contacts for Indonesia and China, respectively), an exploratory meeting between the BRIN biogeochemistry team and the SKLEC marine chemistry team was held online. On behalf of the host, IMBeR International Project Office – China (IPO-China), GiHoon Hong (IMBeR Strategy Director) welcomed…

The Integrated Marine Biosphere Research (IMBeR) project is an international research initiative focused on integrated multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary research working towards sustainable oceans at a time of global change. In 2020, IMBeR and the East China Normal University (ECNU) jointly established an international project office, the IMBeR International Project Office (IMBeR IPO-China), to share administrative…