I really just want to be a scholar

Jiang Weixian was not too surprised by the two requests made by Academician Du Changbin. After all, everyone has selfish motives. Even if his superiors issued a document, he wanted the Institute of Seismology to fully support the work of the Fluid Mechanics Laboratory without reservation. Handing over the hard-earned earthquake data is indeed difficult and impossible.

"Academician Du, no matter what you say, we are very willing to cooperate, exchange and improve together with your institute." Jiang Weixian responded immediately, and his words were generous and appropriate, which made people feel comfortable, but he didn't say a word. Low-profile words such as “Just ask us and we will do it” focus on “cooperation, communication and common improvement.”

A short sentence with countless connotations.

This is the wisdom and words of a [-]-year-old scientist and academician who has experienced the world for a long time.

Du Changbin naturally understood what he was saying, and couldn't help but scream inwardly. No wonder he heard that Academician Qin was also a "handsome man" with outstanding eloquence and outstanding comprehensive ability. With such a teacher, how could his disciples be bad?
  Fortunately, this time he came not to be a lion, but because he sincerely wanted to cooperate.

He took a sip of tea and said sincerely: "Academician Jiang, I heard that you obtained these data mainly to analyze and study whether there is any relationship between earthquakes and climate changes. I also agree with this. Earthquakes are The result of crustal movement is an important part of the global ecological environment system. There are probably some unclear connections between it and climate variability. It may be different reactions caused by the same cause, or it may be mutual influence and interaction. As a result. The research involved is more complicated."

Academician Du Changbin pointed to the researchers around him and said with a smile: "These are all Ph.D.s in physics. Later, by chance, they became the technical backbone of our institute in earthquake prediction and earthquake cause analysis. However, they are I still have some interest in fluid mechanics, and I have been asking for my introduction to come to the Fluid Mechanics Laboratory to study and communicate for a while. I thought that when you, Academician Jiang, analyze seismic data, you might also encounter some doubts. These people Staying here can have some effect, and it can also be regarded as an in-depth cooperation between our research institute and your laboratory. I wonder what you think?"

Jiang Weixian and Guo Weiyang exchanged glances, and both of them understood Du Changbin's plan.

Even though the Institute of Seismology and the Fluid Mechanics Laboratory are both key national scientific research institutions, anyone with a discerning eye can now see that the country attaches great importance to Qin Ke and Ning Qingjun, and spares no effort to support the Fluid Mechanics Laboratory, asking for money. If you give people money, you can predict that the Fluid Mechanics Laboratory will play an increasingly important role in the future climate change, and the results achieved will definitely be dazzling.

But the cake is only so big. If more resources are allocated to the Fluid Mechanics Laboratory, other research institutes will naturally have fewer resources, and the Seismological Research Institute is no exception.

Even though the Institute of Earthquake Research has academicians in charge, if you want to obtain more resources, you still have to show actual results. And if you want to achieve results, funding is the most indispensable. Therefore, various research institutions are working extremely hard to ensure annual research funding.

Next year's funding allocation will be finalized in November this year. It's already August. In-depth cooperation with the Fluid Mechanics Laboratory at this time is equivalent to boarding a convenient express train. Even if next year's funding cannot be increased, at least It is also guaranteed not to be cut.

However, Du Changbin's proposal is also beneficial to the Fluid Mechanics Laboratory. Jiang Weixian and Guo Weiyang are both aware of Qin Ke's plan. They will increase their response to extreme natural disasters and climate anomalies including earthquakes, tsunamis, typhoons, etc. Now the Seismological Research Institute has taken the initiative to offer an olive branch to study the correlation between changes, which saves the time and energy of seconding personnel from the Fluid Mechanics Laboratory.

"Academician Du's proposal is very considerate. We would like to have the permanent presence, assistance and technical exchanges of these earthquake experts."

The two parties hit it off immediately and soon reached a preliminary cooperation intention.

Academician Du Changbin was in a good mood and his smile became brighter. He added: "As for the second thing, it is based on our cooperation."

He motioned to his entourage to open their laptops, connect them to the projector, then pointed at the data on the large screen and said in a solemn voice:
  "Academician Jiang and Academician Guo, let's be honest. In the past two years, we have monitored that the number of small earthquakes across the country has shown an obvious and abnormal upward trend. The number of earthquakes above magnitude 4.0 has exceeded the highest record for the same period in history. 30%. Under such an unexplained trend, our previous medium- and long-term earthquake prediction models have basically failed. Even though we have been improving and optimizing in the past two years, we have not achieved any satisfactory results."

Jiang Weixian and Guo Weiyang both looked solemn when they heard that small earthquakes were so frequent, even exceeding the historical record.

As senior physics academicians, they know very well that such anomalies are by no means a good sign.

Academician Du Changbin also frowned and looked worried: "Two weeks ago, when your laboratory submitted a data request to us, it also conveyed Academician Qin Ke's preliminary judgment, which means that earthquakes may be related to climate changes. In recent years, Climate changes are indeed becoming more and more severe, and the frequent occurrence of small and medium-sized earthquakes has the same trend. We are very worried about whether larger-scale and higher-magnitude earthquakes will occur in the future, so we urgently need to conduct detailed analysis based on the earthquake data of the past two years. And conduct in-depth analysis, and make major revisions to the medium- and long-term earthquake prediction models accordingly."

Earthquake prediction is a world-recognized scientific problem and is in the exploratory stage at home and abroad. Under the leadership of Academician Du Changbin, the Institute of Seismology has indeed achieved certain results and has predicted some destructive earthquakes to varying degrees.

But that’s all. The causes of earthquakes are extremely uncertain. At present, the Seismological Research Institute can only predict certain types of earthquakes to a certain extent under certain conditions, and the predictions made are mainly medium and long-term predictions. Yes, short-term forecasts mainly rely on empirical predictions, and the forecast success rate is very low.

Therefore, Academician Du Changbin here only emphasizes the "medium and long-term earthquake prediction model."

"Now when it comes to the application and modeling of big data, the Fluid Mechanics Laboratory is second to none in the country. Even the teams of mathematics professors from major universities are far behind. We hope to take advantage of this cooperation opportunity to develop the Fluid Mechanics Experiment While conducting seismic data analysis, the laboratory gave us some rational suggestions for optimizing the medium- and long-term earthquake prediction models. Of course, in order to ensure that the understanding between the two parties is enhanced, we are willing to share the current medium- and long-term earthquake prediction models with the Fluid Mechanics Laboratory. If the optimized medium- and long-term earthquake prediction model can achieve the expected results, we are also willing to share the earthquake research results with the fluid mechanics laboratory in the long term."

After hearing this, Jiang Weixian fully understood the purpose of Academician Du's visit, which was not only to seek "mutually beneficial cooperation", but also to request technical support.

Just optimizing the seismic model will involve a lot of manpower and material resources. Jiang Weixian was quite cautious: "Regarding the second point, we are also willing to cooperate with you on technical matters, but I still have to ask Qin Kehe first. According to Xiao Ning, although the laboratory is still in my name and Lao Guo’s name, the actual personnel management rights and project management rights have been handed over to Qin Ke and Xiao Ning.”

Du Changbin completely understood: "No problem, after all, optimizing the mid- to long-term earthquake prediction model may ultimately require the intervention of Academicians Qin and Ning, and their opinions must be sought first."

At the moment, Guo Weiyang continued to accompany Academician Du Changbin, while Jiang Weixian resigned first and went to contact Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun.

...     Qin Ke was a guest at Professor Shi Cunyuan's home when he received a call from Academician Jiang Weixian.

He and Ning Qingyun first went to Jizhou to visit their teacher, Academician Wang Heng, before returning to Yuanzhou. They have been back to Yuanzhou for more than a week, and their daily lives are both relaxing and busy. It is impossible to completely take a holiday. Several laboratories, especially the European Meteorological Center, require remote command and dispatch by them, and video conferences are often required at night.

However, being able to frequently visit the homes of relatives, elders, and classmates to chat and show off their children is also a pleasure to relax. Anyway, Qin Ke feels that even the hot air is full of liveliness.

Maybe this is the charm of my hometown.

No, today he and Ning Qingyun went to visit Teacher Shi Cunyuan with smiles and clanging.

Shi Cunyuan officially retired in July this year and currently lives with his wife. His children are married but have no children yet. They don’t have to worry about raising children. They just take a walk every day, practice the Eastern Energy-Education Technique, and turn over the senses. Mathematics journal of interest, this little life is much more comfortable than Qin Ke's, but a little deserted.

Except for a few close friends such as Shen Tieshan and Lin Haibo, most of the others came to visit because of his status as Qin Ke's teacher. They mainly focused on socializing and socializing to build relationships, which quite annoyed Shi Cunyuan.

So when Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun came to visit with their two babies, Shi Cunyuan and his wife felt truly happy. Professor Lin Haibo and his wife also received the news in advance and came here together today. The four elderly people were having so much fun teasing Ning Yongxi and Qin Junyao, a 1-year-old and 3-month-old baby, that hearty laughter could be heard from time to time in the living room.

When Qin Ke saw the call from teacher Jiang Weixian, he signaled Ning Qingyun to continue accompanying Professor Shi Cunyuan and his wife Lin Haibo, while he went to the balcony to answer the call.

After listening to Jiang Weixian's narration of Academician Du Changbin's words, Qin Ke was also secretly shocked. He did not expect that the earthquakes he had ignored before seemed to become so frequent.

Thinking of the description in the "Second Sign" mentioned in the mysterious prophecy from a distant parallel time and space - "Fresh water resources will become an important strategic resource, especially energy and food. The price of rice will be higher than the same weight of gold." Even more expensive... The war continues to spread and expand, coupled with large-scale and frequent meteorological and geographical disasters such as floods, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, and hurricanes. 60% of the world's cultivated land has been completely desertified, and human survival conditions have become extremely difficult. The population Sharp decrease..."

Obviously, natural disasters such as earthquakes are indeed related to huge changes in the global climate!

Qin Ke immediately made a decision: "Teacher Jiang, even if you agree, in the future we will also strengthen research on floods, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, hurricanes, etc. It is necessary to establish in-depth cooperative relationships with various relevant research institutes. .”

He also told Jiang Weixian the results of the communication with the European Meteorological Center: "Mr. Jiang, the European Meteorological Center has also agreed. They will find suitable research elites from Europe within two months to form a team dedicated to studying these natural phenomena." The disaster team will work with us to strengthen research on these disasters. If my guess is correct, these natural disasters are closely related to the current global climate change. Increasing research on these natural disasters may help Help us find the root causes of global climate variability as soon as possible."

"Okay, I understand. Lao Guo and I will handle the cooperation with the Seismological Research Institute here. When the cooperation agreement is initially finalized, I will ask Yuefeng to send you a copy for a final look."

Listening to Teacher Jiang's hoarse voice, Qin Ke was moved and a little apologetic: "Thank you for your hard work, Teacher Jiang. You should have officially retired a long time ago, but now we have gone back to Yuanzhou for vacation, but you are asked to retire." Holding the show with Academician Guo..."

"We are really not used to retiring so soon. We are all cheap people. We have been busy all our lives. How can we completely let go of so many unresolved matters in our hearts." Jiang Weixian smiled on the other end of the phone: "But don't worry , since practicing the Oriental Peiyuan Method, Lao Guo and I are now in better health than before. Besides, we only deal with some administrative chores, and all the work that really consumes our energy and mind is taken up by you and Xiaoning. . You should go back to your hometown to relax, and the right balance between work and rest is the right thing to do."

After chatting for a few more words, Qin Ke ended the call with Jiang Weixian.

Unexpectedly, just as he put away his phone and was about to walk back, his phone vibrated again. This time it was a prompt message popping up from the glimmer.

"Master Qin Ke, I have found the latest news about extreme weather. According to the emergency notice just issued by the Australian Meteorological Center, Sydney suffered a sudden extreme hail weather half an hour ago. This huge The average diameter of hailstones falling during hail disasters is more than ten centimeters, and the largest is more than thirty centimeters. The huge amount of hailstones almost buried the city. The hailstones accumulated on the roads were more than one meter thick, and in some places the thickness was more than two meters. Agriculture, buildings, vehicles, etc. have all suffered relatively serious damage. The casualties that can be counted at the moment exceed 130, and the various losses are estimated to exceed [-] billion Australian dollars!"

Qin Ke was surprised. In his impression, Sydney has a typical subtropical humid climate, which is warm and rains a lot. Even if there is occasional hail, it is only small hail, like hail with a diameter of more than ten centimeters, which is the most common in the world. It is rare, let alone more than [-] centimeters, which has already exceeded the world record.

Moreover, the formation of hail requires a large amount of water vapor and strong updrafts. Such weather conditions can only be formed in summer when the ground temperature is very high. The problem is that it is winter in Sydney now, and the minimum temperature is generally between 2 and 9 degrees Celsius. Logically speaking, It does not meet the conditions for the formation of hail disaster.

Obviously, extreme weather changes are becoming more and more severe now, and many past experiences are no longer applicable.

Qin Ke looked at the scorching sun in the distance, knowing that as global climate change becomes more extreme, abnormal natural disasters like the huge hailstorm that hit Sydney will probably become more common. The more frequent it is, the more serious it will threaten the survival of mankind.

Both ourselves and the world must step up and unite to deal with such a crisis.

It is time to unite more forces, especially those in the Global South.

Qin Ke thought for a while and said to Shiguang on his phone: "Shiguang, call the Austrian Meteorological Center. I want to talk directly to their chief scientist."