Progress 09/01/11 to 08/31/15
Outputs
Target Audience:College students, Research scientists, Farmers, and General public. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Workshops were held to train students to gain knowledge and skills on climate change adaptation in agriculture and graduate students spent weeks and months in China to gain international experience on research collaboration with Chinese students and scientists. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?The results of the project have been disseminated to different communities through presentations, workshops, and web page in English and Chinese, including: Presentations: 2015, July 13, The optimal atmospheric CO2 concentration for the growth of winter wheat (Triticum aestivum), 4thInternational Conference on Agriculture & Horticulture, Beijing, China (presented by Ming Xu) 2014, February 24, Ecosystem Adaptation to Climate Change: Mechanisms and Processes, Queens College, City University of New York (presented by Ming Xu) 2013, May 24, Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation in Arid Ecosystems, Institute of Arid Meteorology, China Meteorological Administration, Lanzhou, China (presented by Ming Xu) 2012, Oct. 30, Plant Acclimation/Adaptation Mechanisms to Global Warming, Annual Meeting of the China Ecosystem Network Observation and Modeling, Beijing, China (presented by Ming Xu) Workshops: 2012, Oct. 15-16, Ecosystem-based Adaptation to Climate Change in in Western China, Workshop on Climate Change Adaptation, Beijing (presented by Ming Xu). 2013, May 23, Climate Change Adaptation: Challenges and Opportunities, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China 2013, Oct. 25, Adaptation to Climate Change:Experiences and Lessons from China, Rutgers University Web page: http://crssa.rutgers.edu/people/mingxu/Project%20website/index.html What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?
Nothing Reported
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
1.Two new course entitled "Global Change Ecology" and "China's Ecological, Environmental and Agricultural Challenges and Global Impacts" have been offered at Rutgers University with >100 students taking the courses. Climate change impacts and adaptation, especially the agricultural sector, has been highlighted in the courses. 2. Eight undergraduate and3 graduate students and 2 faculty members have visited China under the support of the project. Researchcollaborations with Chinese institutions have been strengthened. 3. Water conservation farmingtechniques, such as combining plastic film with traditionalrock mulching inNW China, and surface-water management practice in semi-arid areas have been introduced to the US farmers and managers through workshops, presentations, and webpages. These knowledgesand techniques wouldprepare the US farmers to better response to future climate change, especially in semi-arid regions.
Publications
- Type:
Journal Articles
Status:
Awaiting Publication
Year Published:
2015
Citation:
Shao, R., Xu, M., Liu, L. 2015. Cropping system and duration affect the nitrogen fertilization effect on CH4 emissions in rice paddies, Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment (in Review)
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Journal Articles
Status:
Awaiting Publication
Year Published:
2015
Citation:
Zheng, Y., Xu, M., Sun, J., Burgess, P., Huang, B. 2015. Growth, physiological, and biochemical responses of three grass species to elevated carbon dioxide concentrations, Journal of Plant Physiology (in Review)
- Type:
Journal Articles
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2015
Citation:
Shen, R., Xu, M., Zhao, F., Li, R., Sheng, Q. 2015. Spatial variability of soil microbial biomass at high elevation sites - the positive trend with elevation is reversed on Three-River Headwaters Region on Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, Applied Soil Ecology 95: 191203.
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Websites
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2015
Citation:
http://crssa.rutgers.edu/people/mingxu/Project%20website/index.html
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Progress 09/01/13 to 08/31/14
Outputs
Target Audience: Scientists, students, land managers and government officials Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? 1.About 40 scientists, students, policy makers, and local residents attended a workshop on climate change adaptation on Rutgers campus. 2. One graduate student conducted research on climate change adaptation during the summer of 2014. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest? The results were disseminated to local communities by meeting local villagers and government leads to pass the messages of climate change impacts and adaptation measures, especially new techniques such as mulching with degradable plastic films and dripping irrigation systems. Local knowledge on climate change adaptation was disseminated among university communities (in both China and at Rutgers University) through seminars and slide shows. An international workshop at Rutgers University featured the project and its outcome, attracting dozens of audience from Rutgers University and local communities. A manuscript on climate change adaptation is under review. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? Finish the Chinese version of the project web site. Close the project by filing the final report by the summer of 2015.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
The Project Director, Dr. Ming Xu, participated in the Project Directors Meeting in Washington D.C. and presented the progress and main activities the project had conducted at the meeting. Organized an international workshop at Rutgers University with 5 speakers (collaborators) from China and 7 students gave presentations at the workshop by introducing their experiences and activities supported by the project. The one-day workshop was attended by about 40 people from Rutgers University (faculty members, researchers and students) and local communities. Wrapped up the English version the project web site. A graduate student, Hua Shang, from Rutgers spent more than a month in China on field data collection and lab analyses by collaborating with Chinese students. Dr. Ming Xu, the project director, met his Chinese collaborators during the summer of 2014 in Beijing and Lanzhou to discuss the continuous collaborations on climate change impacts and adaptation in agricultural and natural ecosystems.
Publications
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Progress 09/01/12 to 08/31/13
Outputs
Target Audience: Scientists, students, land managersand government officials Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?
Nothing Reported
How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest? The results were disseminated to local communities by meeting local villagers and government leads to pass the messages of climate change impacts and adaptation measures, especially new techniques such as mulching with degradable plastic films and dripping irrigation systems. Local knowledge on climate change adaptation was disseminated among university communities (in both China and at Rutgers University) through seminars and slide shows. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? 1. Organize an international workshop to share the experience on climate change adaptation among Chinese and US students, faculty members and policy makers. 2. Launch the project web page in both English and Chinese. 3. Collecting more data by sending a graduate student to China in the summer of 2014 4. PIs will meet the Chinese collaborators to wrap up the project and discuss further possible collaborations.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
From May 21th to 29th in 2013, a group of 8 undergraduate students from Rutgers University visited China on an expedition to explore climate change impacts and adaptation in China. The group was led by Dr. Ming Xu, an Associate Professor in the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources, Rutgers University. The guests made their first stop at Lanzhou University in Western China where a workshop on the topic was held in the College of Atmospheric Science. The Dean of the college, Professor Jianping Huang, met the group and introduced relevant research projects on climate change adaptation in arid and semi-arid regions. Three other speakers also presented their work on water resources management, lithic vs. plastic mulching agriculture, and biodiversity conservation under a changing climate. The group also visited a water-saving reforestation project and a research station in Dingxi City, about 2 hours from Lanzhou. Then the Rutgers group flew to Beijing to taste the flavor of urban culture and witnessed forest management practices for carbon sequestration in the suburban of Beijing. Finally, the group took the high-speed train to Yucheng Ecological Research Station in Shandong Province where they saw a number of experiments simulating climate change impacts on various crops. During the visit the Rutgers students had good opportunities to interact with Chinese students and researchers. During the summer of 2013, two graduate students from Rutgers, partially supported by this project, conducted climate change related research in China by involving field experiments and data analyses. In addition, the project web page was developed in 2013 and some more work is needed before it can be launched in the coming months.
Publications
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Progress 09/01/11 to 08/31/12
Outputs
OUTPUTS: 1. Two courses, Climate Change Impacts, Vulnerability and Adaptation and Environmental, Ecological, and Agricultural Impacts and Challenges in China, were offered at Rutgers in Fall 2011 and Spring 2012 respectively by the PIs. 2. Students from Rutgers University were selected for a field trip to NW China in May 2013. 3. A trip to NW China was made by the PI (Dr. Xu) in summer 2012 for meeting local collaborators and selecting sites for the coming field trip in 2013. 4. Some materials and case study information (publications and photos) have been collected and translated for making a project website. PARTICIPANTS: Ming Xu,Bingru Huang, Haoran Zhou, Lihua Hao Coordinator for the collaborations in China: Dr. Zengming Song, PRC-GEF Partnership on Land Deradation in Dryland Areas, Lanzhou, Gansu Province, China TARGET AUDIENCES: Students: gain knowledge on climate change and agriculture in China by taking courses Chinese collaborators/local government officials: learn about the project and research activities at RU on climate change adaptation, especially new technologies in irrigation and crop management through meetings and conversation with the PIs. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Nothing significant to report during this reporting period.
Impacts
In the fall semester of 2011 the PI (Dr. Xu) developed a new course on Rutgers University campus to introduce the progress and discuss the current issues on climate change impacts, vulnerability and adaptation. This course was registered with 15 students for the SAS honors program. Many of the students have expressed their concerns on climate change and believed that adaptation is critical to mitigating climate change and its impacts. Also, they expressed the interests in the field trip to northwestern China in the coming summer. In the spring course entitled "Environmental, Ecological, and Agricultural Impacts and Challenges in China", the PIs (Drs. Xu and Huang) modified their syllabus to include climate change components in the lectures and discussions. The preparing trip in May 2011 by the PI to NW China is important and necessary for the PI to meet local Chinese collaborators and governmental agencies for discussing workshop schedule, field trip sites, and collaborations on advising students. The project website is under development and it is expected to be launched early next year in both English and Chinese.
Publications
- No publications reported this period
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