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TOMSK, Nov 2 – RIA Tomsk. Tomsk State University (TSU) plans to open a master program for studying of Siberia
and the Arctic in 2016, the head of the program, the director of the center of
superiority of TSU BioClimLand Sergey Kirpotin told RIA Tomsk.
"Studying of the Arctic is one
of priorities of national and world politics. In the conditions of climatic
instability it is the most key region for researches and the most hot spot of
warming on our planet. <…> Undergraduates will gain profound knowledge
about history of researches, climatic, hydrological, geobotanical, soil,
landscape conditions of Siberia and the Arctic", – he told.
According to Kirpotin, TSU
scientists formulated the concept of Western Siberia as natural
megainstallation. "It was highly appreciated by experts in the Russian
Federation and abroad and will become a basis for development of large
international network projects. The undergraduates who are trained according to
this program will be able to see with their own eyes the changing Siberia and
the Arctic and to make their small contribution to large-scale
researches", – the scientist explained.
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The Nobel Peace Prize laureate Terry
Callaghan, the leading researcher of the National center of scientific
researches (Toulouse) laboratory Oleg Pokrovsky, professor of permafrost
laboratory of Institute of geophysics of University of Alaska Vladimir
Romanovsky and others will be teachers.
The network university UArctic,
Observatoire Midi Pyrénées (France), Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University
(Poland) and others can become potential partners of the program. Graduates of
a bachelor degree of natural-science and some humanitarian specialties
(journalism and management) will be able to apply for the program.
Students will be trained on the
basis of laboratories of the BioClimLand center, scientific research institute
of biology and biophysics, chemical, radio physical and geological and
geographical faculties of TSU. Students will pass summer practice at research
stations of higher education institution. They will investigate the landscapes
which are transformed as a result of climatic and anthropogenous changes.