Shi Yafeng (19 19 March 21-20/kloc-0 February 65438 13), pen name Xia Feng and Pu Liang, a native of Haimen, Jiangsu Province, is a famous geographer and glaciologist, the founder of glaciology in China, China.

1942 graduated from the Department of History and Geography of Zhejiang University. 1944 Master of Zhejiang University. 1980 was elected as an academician of China Academy of Sciences.

Shi Yafeng devoted his whole life to the study of glaciology and geography, led and promoted the study of frozen soil and debris flow, and made outstanding contributions to the development of geomorphology in China, hydrology in arid areas, comprehensive scientific investigation of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and the study of Quaternary climate and environmental change.

Chinese name: Shi Yafeng.

Nationality: China.

Place of birth: Haimen, Jiangsu

Date of birth: 1965438+2 1, March 2009.

Date of death: 20 1 1 February 13.

Occupation: educational and scientific research worker

Graduate school: Zhejiang University

Major achievements: One of the pioneers of modern glaciology research in China.

1980 was elected as an academician of China Academy of Sciences.

Representative works: Glacier and Environment in China, Environmental Problems of Quaternary Glacier in Eastern China, Investigation and Research on Batola Glacier in Karakorum Mountain.

The life of the character

In the eighth year of the Republic of China (1919), Shi Yafeng was born in a peasant family in the southwest of xinhe town, Haimen (formerly Xinhai Village, Shuxun Township).

In the 13th year of the Republic of China (1924), he entered xinhe town primary school.

In the 18th year of the Republic of China (1929), I studied in Qixiu High School, a private school in the north of Qilin Town.

In the twentieth year of the Republic of China (193 1), he graduated from high school and entered Qixiu junior high school.

In the 23rd year of the Republic of China (1934), he was admitted to Nantong Middle School.

He graduated from Nantong Middle School in 26 years (1937) and was admitted to the Department of History and Geography of National Zhejiang University for further study.

In the 30th year of the Republic of China (194 1), he studied under the famous geologist Ye, and completed his graduation thesis "Topography of Southern Zunyi" the following year, which was awarded by the Ministry of Education.

In 33 years of the Republic of China (1944), he graduated with a master's degree and completed his thesis "Introduction to Water Conservancy in Central China" under the guidance of Professor Huang. In September, he worked as an assistant researcher in China Institute of Geography, Beibei, Chongqing.

During the period of 1945-1949, during my work in China Institute of Geography, I successively published Regional Development History of East Sichuan and West Hubei, Geographical Survey of West Sichuan, Economic Survey Report of Three Gorges Reservoir Area, Discussion on the Causes of Yaozi Conglomerate in Three Gorges Area and Land Use in Chengdu Plain.

In the thirty-fifth year of the Republic of China (1946), Shi Yafeng went to western Sichuan with the Resources Committee to conduct a water conservancy economic investigation.

In the thirty-sixth year of the Republic of China (1947), he joined the party in Nanjing from 10, engaged in scientific and technological revolution activities, and was one of the few underground party member in China.

At the end of the thirty-seventh year of the Republic of China (1948), Shi Yafeng was ordered to collect a batch of information on the Yangtze River current, velocity and waterway. It was not until the 1980s that Shi Yafeng realized that these materials provided an important operational reference for Erye to cross the river.

From 65438 to 0949, after the liberation of Nanjing, Shi Yafeng participated in the establishment of the monthly magazine Geographical Knowledge.

From 65438 to 0953, he was transferred to Beijing and served as an associate researcher at the Institute of Geography, China Academy of Sciences, engaged in the study of geomorphological zoning.

65438-0954 Deputy Academic Secretary of the Department of Biogeology, China Academy of Sciences, engaged in the research and organization of geoscience development planning under the leadership of Zhu Kezhen.

From June 65438 to June 0957, Shi Yafeng and two young colleagues went to Gansu to inspect the Hexi Corridor and the western vein of Qilian Mountain. He and a team of four Mongolian guides spent two days climbing Machang Snow Mountain at an altitude of 4,500 meters along a pebble valley, which is actually an ice bucket glacier on the northern slope of Danghe Mountain.

From 65438 to 0958, he went to Lanzhou to organize an investigation of alpine glaciers in western China. He has successively served as vice-captain of the research team for the utilization of alpine ice and snow, director of the Glacial Frozen Soil Research Office, deputy director of the Glacial Frozen Soil Desert Research Institute, director of the Glacial Frozen Soil Research Institute, and vice president and researcher of Lanzhou Branch of China Academy of Sciences.

From 1959 to 1962, Shi Yafeng overcame the temporary economic difficulties in China and decided to settle in Lanzhou. At the same time, he presided over the investigation and study of glaciers in Tianshan River system.

10 In the early summer of 1966, in order to complete the alignment task of chengdu-kunming railway, he led10 many colleagues to Xichang area to investigate the possible harm of debris flow to chengdu-kunming railway and the preventive measures.

During the period of 1974, Shi Yafeng led an investigation on the Batola Glacier in the southwest of Karakorum and Pakistan, which made great contributions to the construction of China-Pakistan highway.

From 65438 to 0978, Shi Yafeng organized China glaciologists to start the systematic compilation of China Glacier Catalogue.

1980 was elected as an academician of China Academy of Sciences (later renamed as an academician) and deputy director of the Department of Geology.

1984, he served as honorary director of Glacier and Frozen Soil Institute (Institute of Environment and Engineering in Cold and Arid Areas), researcher of Nanjing Institute of Geography and Lakes, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and honorary professor of Nanjing University, Nanjing Normal University, Lanzhou University, East China Normal University and Nanjing Hohai University.

1988, Shi Yafeng, who was nearly seventy years old, traveled around the world by plane, flew to the Antarctic continent via Chile in South America, and arrived at the Great Wall Science Station in China. After returning to China, he wrote a paper "Antarctica: International Science Stage".

In 2008, on the eve of the 90th anniversary of the May 4th Movement, under the efforts of Shi Yafeng, the May 4th commemorative activities of Jiangsu Zhejiang University Alumni Association were promoted.

On June 65438+10/October 65438+July 2009, Wen Jiabao, then Premier of the State Council, visited Shi Yafeng's home in Lanzhou. Shi Yafeng, who is over 90 years old, put forward two suggestions to Wen Jiabao, one of which is to strengthen democratic elections at the grassroots level, hoping that the central leadership will accelerate the pace of China's political reform.

On March 20 10, Shi Yafeng, an octogenarian, was admitted to the hospital because of the aggravation of heart failure. Although he often suffered from a series of pains such as vomiting and constipation caused by heart failure, he still insisted on completing the review of the New Theory of Quaternary Glaciers in China in his hospital bed and wrote the article Review of the Establishment and Popularization of Debris Flow Scientific Research.

2011February 13 18: 35 died in Jiangsu provincial hospital at the age of 93.

Major achievements

achievements in scientific research

Shi Yafeng initiated and promoted the research on glacier physics, glacier hydrology, ice core and environment, ice and snow disasters and Quaternary glaciers in China, systematically developed China's glaciology theory, and pushed China's glaciology research to the forefront of the world.

Shi Yafeng visited and took the lead in compiling the glacier investigation report and comprehensive monograph of Qilian Mountain, Tianshan Mountain, Himalayan Mountain and Karakorum Mountain. The change of Batola Glacier in Karakorum Mountain is predicted, and the traffic scheme of China-Pakistan Highway is determined. The remains and characteristics of the Little Ice Age, the Last Ice Age and the Maximum Ice Age in the western mountainous areas of China are put forward.

In terms of geomorphology and Quaternary geology, Shi Yafeng participated in and led the study of geomorphological zoning in China in 1950s, and was responsible for the zoning of North China and Northwest China and the compilation of geomorphological maps. He first pointed out the location and characteristics of the remains of the Little Ice Age and the Last Ice Age in the mountainous areas of western China, which were confirmed by the age data of 14C. Preliminary suggestions on ice age division and comparison in several mountainous areas in western China are put forward. In 1980s, he and his collaborators put forward the view that the middle and low mountains in eastern China, such as Lushan Mountain, have no Quaternary glaciers. From the perspective of historical geography and history of science, this paper probes into the historical process of economic and social development in eastern Sichuan and western Hubei. He also initiated and participated in the editing of the Collected Works of Zhu Kezhen.

Investigation and Research on Barto Glacier in Karakorum Mountain (Editor), Science Press, 1980.

Introduction to Glaciers in China (ed.), Science Press, 1988.

Quaternary Glaciers and Environmental Problems in Eastern China (First Editor), Science Press, 1989.

Climate and Environment in Holocene Warm Period in China (ed.), Ocean Press, 1992.

Impact of Climate Change on Water Resources in Northwest China and North China (Editor), Shandong Science and Technology Press, 1995.

The Growth of Glaciology in China, Science and Technology Literature Publishing House, 1995.

The Call of Glaciers, Hunan Children's Publishing House, 1997.

Late Cenozoic Uplift of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and Environmental Changes (First Editor), Guangdong Science and Technology Press, 1998.

Geographical Environment and Glacier Research (Essays), Science Press, 1998.

2 1 Century China Glacier Response Prediction to Global Warming, Science Bulletin, 2000, Volume 45, No.4.

personnel training

Shi Yafeng personally selected and trained famous scientists including academicians of China Academy of Sciences, Cheng, Yao Tandong, academician of China Academy of Engineering, Professor Cui Zhijiu of Peking University, and researcher of Institute of Environment and Engineering in Cold and Arid Regions of Chinese Academy of Sciences. What a group of well-known professor-level scientists at home and abroad.

Winning record

social service

He was elected as the vice chairman and chairman of China Geographical Society, director of Glaciology and Frozen Soil Branch, deputy director of Quaternary Research Committee of China, chairman of Zhu Kezhen Research Association, director of International Glaciology Society and honorary member of Royal Geological Society of London. He is also the editor-in-chief, deputy editor-in-chief and editorial board member of Glacier Frozen Soil, Journal of Geography and China Science Bulletin.

He used to be the director of Lanzhou Institute of Glaciology and Frozen Soil of Chinese Academy of Sciences, the deputy director of the Department of Geology, the national correspondent of the International Frozen Soil Association, the consultant of the International Mountain Society, the director of the International Frozen Soil Association, the director of the International Glaciology Society, the honorary member of the International Quaternary Society and the honorary member of the Royal Geological Society of London.

Personality assessment

Murray, President of International Glacier: He is a fascinating scientist. He introduced glaciers and glacier research in China to the world.

Academician Liu Dongsheng: First of all, Mr. Shi is a revolutionary full of passion and dedication, a native of party member, an innovative scientific leader and a scientific practitioner who has been struggling for a long time in glacier research. His spirit of selfless dedication, continuous innovation and diligent practice is worth learning by scientific workers, especially teenagers. He is far-sighted in scientific work. He can not only win many elders to join his scientific team, but also cultivate many young people. He is a representative of China intellectuals in an era.

Researcher Wang Tao, Director of Institute of Cold and Drought, Chinese Academy of Sciences: Mr. Wang is a pioneer in the study of modern glaciers, frozen soil and mudslides in China. He led and promoted the research on glacier physics, glacier hydrology, ice core and environment, ice and snow disasters and Quaternary glaciers in China, systematically developed glaciology theory, and laid the foundation for China's glacier science to rank among the forefront of glacier research in the world. Glacier permafrost initiated by Mr. Wang has played an important role in the rational utilization of water resources, the prevention and control of debris flow and ice and snow disasters and major engineering construction in cold areas of China, with far-reaching influence and huge social, economic and ecological benefits. Mr. Wang has always been committed to serving the country's construction and development, always insisting on reform and innovation, and always playing a leading and exemplary role in the development of science and technology.

Director of the front yard of Lanzhou Branch of Chinese Academy of Sciences: Shi Lao has always been an example for us to learn. As the founder of the Institute of Glaciology and Frozen Soil, Mr. Wang proposed the name of the new institute from the perspective of career development-Institute of Environment and Engineering in Cold and Arid Areas, which pointed out the direction for our development. Shi Lao has a keen academic vision. The research on cryosphere and global change, which he personally practiced a long time ago, has become a hot spot in global change research. Therefore, we should learn from Shi Lao and look forward to the development of our cause.

Academician, Institute of Cold and Drought Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences: The scientific research on cold and drought in China initiated by Mr. Wang started in Gansu, which not only benefited the western region, but also made an important contribution to Gansu's economic construction. Under the leadership of Mr. Wang, Lanzhou has become one of the three major earth science research bases in China (Beijing, Nanjing and Lanzhou) and one of the international research centers of glacier and frozen soil. The research on the ecological environment in western China, represented by the Institute of Drought and Drought, has formed a research system integrating glacier, frozen soil, desert, plateau atmosphere, water and soil resources, ecological agriculture and remote sensing information. As the pioneer and creator of this cause, Mr. Wang's contribution has produced remarkable social benefits, which are beneficial to the present and the future.

Academician, Institute of Cold and Drought Studies, Chinese Academy of Sciences: Mr. Wang's 70-year scientific research career, achievements and contributions are various, mainly including initiating the study of modern glaciology in China and opening the door to international cooperation in glaciology in China.