Theme

Biodiversity of coastal seas and restoring environment
～New problems and the latest monitoring methods～

Date

February 22, 2020 (Sat) 13：00～17：00

Venue

Kobe University Takigawa Memorial Hall

Participant

81 people

objective

Coordinator
Prof. Hiroshi Kawai / Kobe University Research Center for Inland Seas
Prof. Hideo Okamura / Kobe University Research Center for Inland Seas
Speaker
Dr. Thomas Therriault / Research Scientist of Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Dr. Toshifumi Minamoto / Kobe University Graduate School of Human Development and Environment
Dr. Takuya Sato / Kobe University Graduate school of Science
Prof. Kevin Thomas / University of Queensland, Australia
Dr. Shuhei Tanaka / Kyoto University Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies
Dr. Satoshi Asaoka / Kobe University Research Center for Inland Seas
Speaker in Panel discussion
Mr. Toshiaki Jo / Kobe University Graduate school student　
Ms. Momoka Aida and Ms. Aimi Taru / Amagasaki-oda high school students
Organizer
Kobe University Research Center for Inland Seas,
Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research
International EMECS center

Summary

This lecture was held in cooperation with the three organizations, with the aim of sharing environmental problems with the residents and giving the younger generation an interest in environmental problems.
On the day, the situation was not very good, such as concerns about the spread of the coronavirus infection and heavy rain after noon, but more than 80 people participated.
The speakers lectured as follows.
Dr. Thomas talked about why we need to monitor living things. In addition, He mentioned ecosystems are changing (badder) due to global warming, using green crabs as an example.
Dr. Minamoto clearly explained about environmental DNA, which has been attracting attention as a monitoring technology in recent years.
Dr. Sato talked that biodiversity, such as fish migrating between sea and rivers and algae in rivers, supports nature balance. And he talked climate change adaptation should be considered based on the ecosystem linkages, such as forests, rivers, and sea.
Prof. Kevin talked about microplastic, which has been drawing increasing attention. And he talked that the research has just begun and it is not known how much the plastics will become finer and how they will affect health.
Dr. Tanaka talked that plastics had become finer and existed inside the body of marine organisms, with showing pictures. His presentation increased interest in the problem of microplastics, even for those who didn’t know the problem before.
Dr. Asaoka talked about eutrophication and oligotrophic issues in coastal seas, which have also recently become a problem. He explained how to improve the problem of nutrients with the technical approaches.
In the panel discussion, a graduate student Mr. Jo talked about his research and High School students Ms. Taru and Ms. Aida talked about their research activities. After that, in the Q & A session, the speakers asked questions each other. They gave questions such as in the same field as their own research, as other fields, and how to guide students. Finally, questions were received from participants, all of which were related to microplastics, indicating a lot of interest in the problem.
Even after the lecture, students who participated in the lecture were enthusiastically asking the speakers.

reference

Biodiversity of coastal seas and restoring environment(flyer)
Report Photo
Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research
Dr. Thomas Therriault Presentaion Material (E)
Dr. Toshifumi Minamoto Presentation Material (J)
Dr. Takuya Sato Presentaion Material (J)
Prof. Kevin Thomas Presentation Material (E)
Dr. Shuhei Tanaka Presentaion Material (E)
Dr. Satoshi Asaoka Presentaion Material (J)
Graduate student Presentation Material(J)
High school students Presentation Material (J)