A new era of China-Germany joint research exploring the climate mystery of Earth

• 来源期刊: 科学通报（英文版）
• 年，卷（期）: 2019,（23）
• 页码范围: 1733-1736
• 页数: 4页
• 语种: 英文

摘要

China and Germany have a long history of collaborating in the Earth sciences.One example is the collaborative work in plumbing the mysteries of climate in China.German geographer Prof.Dr.Ferdinand yon Richthofen led the first scientific expedition of the Loess Plateau and Lop Nur during the 1870s.The expedition established the theory of the eolian origin of the plateau.The term "Silk Road" ("die Seidenstrasse" in German) was also coined by Prof.