M31的观测与研究进展

介绍了本星系群中最大的旋涡星系M31(仙女星系)的基本观测性质。与银河系结构类似，M31的基本成分包括：核、核球、盘和晕。对以上各个成分的观测和研究进展分别作了综述，重点是盘的星族成分和恒星形成历史，以及球状星团的分布和晕的形成历史。同时与银河系的各种观测特征和形成机制作了详细的比较。     

中国地质学会公布第三届科普奖评选结果

为推动中国地质学会地学科普研学工作的开展,根据 《中国地质学会精品地学研学路线、课程评选办法(试行)》, 学会组织开展了第二批精品地学研学路线、第一批精品地学 研学课程的申报、推荐和评审工作。     

“广西型花岗岩"的地球动力学意义——答汪洋(2015)的质疑

汪洋撰文批评笔者提出的"广西型花岗岩"没有任何意义,认为花岗岩类的全岩Sr、Yb含量不是指示花岗质岩浆起源压力的可靠指标,以Sr-Yb为基础的花岗岩分类没有地球动力学意义。笔者认为,花岗岩可以形成于不同的压力条件下不是笔者的发明,国外早有论述,例如Defant和Drummond(1990)关于埃达克岩和岛弧ADR的认识。汪洋认为,花岗质岩浆可以形成于下地壳部位,也可以形成于中地壳深度,还认为基性岩浆分离结晶可以形成花岗质岩浆,这都是笔者不赞同的,因为缺乏野外证据。广西型花岗岩以富Sr和Yb为特征,指示在相图上位于石榴石出现线之下和斜长石消失线之上,暗示残留相既无石榴石也无斜长石。汪洋引用了不同地区不同作者对广西型花岗岩成因的不同见解,与笔者关于广西型的概念没有任何关系,也不能据此否定笔者关于广西型花岗岩的认识。     

新构造运动对冲积河流影响研究的回顾与展望

研究新构造运动本身及其对冲积河流的影响,可以深化地貌学理论、沉积旋回复杂性假设等的认识,也与实际应用密切相关。将活动构造作为新构造运动的一个组成部分,回顾了新构造运动对冲积河流影响,并提及新构造运动本身的研究进展。控制流域水系格局及河流走向的研究,侧重地质学解释;新构造运动应力场的研究,深化了新构造运动机理及驱动力的探讨。三类基本缓慢新构造运动影响水系发育、河床演变、河型变化及河道冲淤,表现出复杂性、层次性、敏感性和先兆性;文章兼及河流侵蚀作用形成"新构造"的研究进展,回顾了物理模型实验研究成就及数学模拟研究端倪。进而指出:应注重该学科的交叉、渗透、综合研究与新构造快速运动方式对冲积河流影响的研究,定期进行新构造运动活跃区的升降速率、河床演变与泥沙输移的观测,进一步推进物理模型实验与数学模拟研究,并加强研究力量的协作与融合。     

Do bilateral trade relationships influence the distribution of CDM projects?

The use of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) is increasingly widespread in developing countries. However, CDM projects are still far from being an effective development activity due to the uneven distribution of these projects in a few relatively well-off economies. One potential cause of this imbalance is analysed in terms of the trade relationships between developed and developing countries. By applying a gravity model to a panel dataset, well-established export flows from developed economies towards developing countries are shown to explain why a large proportion of CDM projects are unevenly geographically distributed. This kind of lock-in effect regarding the CDM between developed and developing countries could be avoided by both enhancing the institutional framework in developing countries that host CDM projects and reinforcing compulsory rules for CDM destinations in the least-developed economies.     

Current approaches to MRV in South Africa: a scoping study

It is shown that there are MRV-related activities underway in South Africa, particularly focusing on measuring electricity consumption and monitoring GHG emissions. Yet currently many of these activities happen in parallel systems within multi-polar governance structures. A bottom-up perspective of MRV in South Africa, informed by interviews, workshops, desktop research, and stakeholder consultations, is provided and the systems, data, methodologies, and the institutional environment relevant to a South African MRV system are examined. The development of the local monitoring and evaluation system, and its relevance within the international MRV context, is also discussed. Some recommendations are made: most importantly, there is a need for a coherent approach to be developed, one that is coordinated by government and built on existing MRV systems.     

Korea’s approach to overcoming difficulties in adopting the emission trading scheme

In this study, we aim to describe the background for design characteristics of emissions trading schemes (ETS) in developing and emerging economies, with a particular focus on the case of Korea. These countries may face unique hardships such as fierce opposition from industry sectors, the presence of a power imbalance between the Ministry of Environment (MOE) and ministries that are in charge of supporting output growth, and the absence or incomplete development of financial markets and auctioning mechanisms. To overcome these hardships, the Korean government legislated laws that defined timelines for every stage of ETS development, established a strategic governance architecture to make up the weak position of the MOE, offered strong market-stabilizing measures focused on maintaining the allowance price below a certain level, and provided support packages to make the low-carbon transition easy by compensating for losses caused by the Korea Emissions Trading Scheme (KETS). Such policy instruments that made adoption of KETS easier could be obstacles to making it efficient.

Policy relevance

In the process of adopting a cap-and-trade system, both a developing economy and an emerging economy may face unique hardships, such as strong opposition from industry sectors, the presence of a power imbalance between the Ministry of Environment (MOE) and ministries that are in charge of supporting output growth, and the absence or incomplete development of financial markets and auctioning mechanisms. To make up for the weak base of Korea’s ETS, the government legislated laws that defined timelines for every stage of the ETS development, established a strategic governance architecture to make up for the weak position of the MOE, offered strong market-stabilizing measures focused on maintaining the allowance price below a certain level, and provided support packages to make the low-carbon transition easy by compensating for losses caused by the Korea’s ETS. Korea’s experiences can be shared with other developing economies that are considering adoption of a cap-and-trade scheme.     

热带气旋外眼墙形成机制研究综述

介绍了国内外关于热带气旋外眼墙形成和维持过程的相关研究进展,包括大尺度环境场和热带气旋涡旋内部动力学过程,如涡旋罗斯贝波理论、轴对称化过程、涡丝化作用、β-skirt轴对称化外眼墙形成假说和边界层非平衡动力过程等。随着对外眼墙形成机理研究的不断深入,当前存在多种外眼墙形成的机制理论,而这些机制均强调在外眼墙的形成阶段,热带气旋外围有大量对流及位势涡度扰动的发生发展。因此,热带气旋外眼墙的形成很有可能是多种机制相互作用导致的。最后,提出研究多种机制相互作用导致外眼墙处的对流和位势涡度扰动的发生发展过程具有重大意义。     

蓝离散星研究现状(Ⅰ):形成机制

大量研究表明,蓝离散星的形成可能有多种机制,目前比较流行的形成机制可以概括为以下几类:密近双星系统的质量传输及双星并合、密集星场的恒星碰撞,以及包含双星系统的恒星间 (双星-单星、双星-双星)相互作用导致的恒星并合。与此同时,蓝离散星在各类恒星系统中的普遍存在,也使得研究这类恒星的形成及演化成为追踪恒星系统动力学演化、化学演化及积分光谱性质变化的有效指针。