カトマンズ大学での講義の思い出

カトマンズ大学での講義の思い出

　2015～2017 年の３年間、毎年春３か月をカトマンズ大学で講義を行いましたので、その内容を紹介します。2015年の講義期間中にはネパール大地震を経験しましたが、それも懐かしい思い出になっています。講義で接した学生たちの何人かはネパール内とともに、今では国際的にも活躍しているのはうれしい限りです。講義の中心テーマは「ネパールヒマラヤの環境変化」で、ホームページ資料は干場悟さんの協力をいただきました。講義ではネパールでの現地調査の結果を中心に紹介するとともに、できるだけ参考文献を示すことにしています。

Kathmandu University Lecture
―Environmental Changes of the Nepal Himalaya―
https://environmentalchangesofthenepalhimalaya.weebly.com/
2015年ネパール春調査（3）
国際氷河会議の終了とカトマンズ大学の講義開始
https://hyougaosasoi.blogspot.com/2015/03/blog-post.html
Contents of KU Lecture
―Environmental Changes of the Nepal Himalaya―

Kathmandu University (KU) Lecture 2015-2017
https://environmentalchangesofthenepalhimalaya.weebly.com/
Environmental Changes of the Nepal Himalaya
1)  Introduction
1-1. Personal history of my student era
1-2. Student’s research activities in Nepal Himalaya
1-3.  Activity of the international cooperation
2)  Philosophy of Nature
2-1. The present is the key to the past.
2-2. Academic Fields
2-3. Environmental Preservation
2-4. Earth History and Great Mobile Belt
2-5. Glacial History of the Himalayas
3)  Environmental Issue
3-1. Glacial Phenomena
3-2. Machapuchari Studies
3-3. Eco-tour
3-4. Summary and Concluding Remarks


1-1.  Personal history of my student era

Personal history - Student's around trip of the Earth and Himalayan studies -
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Earth History and Great Himalayan Mobile Belt in relation to earthquake activities
Ocean circulation→Lake water purification、Internal structure of minerals→Acid snow issue
 ＊INFLOWS DUE TO SNOW MELT. 1995, PHYSICS IN LAKE BIWA- THE LARGEST LAKE IN JAPAN-, AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION, 129-139.
Scientific studies made during the solo-dogsled journeys to the North Pole and across Greenland
 ＊ http://glacierworld.weebly.com/2699722320.html
Internal distribution of acid materisls within snow crystals.
 ＊ INTERNAL DISTRIBUTION OF ACID MATERALS WITHIN SNOW CRYSTALS.  2001, WATER, AIR, AND SOIL POLLUTION, 130, 1709-1714.
Data Base
＊　Blog　http://hyougaosasoi.blogspot.jp
＊　Website　http://glacierworld.weebly.com
＊　Photo Database　（more than 120,000）　http://picasaweb.google.com/fushimih5
＊　KU  Lecture　http://environmentalchangesofthenepalhimalaya.weebly.com/
＊ GEN-Photo 1974-1978

1-2.  Student’s research activities in Nepal Himalaya

Difference of  the “to/of/for” ; GEtoN→GEofN→GEforN (GEN=Glaciological Expedition Nepal)
H2O2 ＝ H 2O ＋ O pinion　（my own opinion on water environment）　
Student's Himalayan studies on glaciology in 1973 at Lhajung, Khumbu region, east Nepal
＊ http://glacierworld.weebly.com/4124931249712540125232770327827355192661938538124951254012472125171253122522223202431435373.html

1-3.  Activity of the international cooperation

Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going? (P. Gauguin)
Importance of museums for environmental education
International Mountain Museum ( annual visitors of one hundred thousand students )
As a JICA Senior Volunteer（Advocating Environmental Awareness）
＊ http://glacierworld.weebly.com/1as-a-jica-senior-volunteer-advocating-environmental-awareness.html

2-1.The present is the key to the past.

The present is the key to the past.
The present is the key to the past and future.
Geological Observation
Glacier structure
Firn structure of Gyajo glacier in Khumbu region
TU(Tritium) analysis
Sedimentary environment
＊  FLUCTUATIONS OF SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENTS OF THE GYAJO GLACIER, KHUMBU REGION, EAST NEPAL. 1985, ANNALS OF GLACIOLOGY, INTERNATIONAL GLACIOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 6, 258-260.
Problems of radiosctivity
Glacier history
Glacier Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF)
Why is a large glacial lake safe against GLOF?
Snow disaster
Glaier fluctuation
Airborne observation

2-2.Academic Fields

A tiny stone by the roadside tells a whole story of our earth.
Comet and Earth
A comet is like a stone by the roadside telling you an earth history.
Time and Space axis
To know where we are in the academic field map of the Great Himalayas showing the rapid and large environmental changes.  
Internal structure of garnet crystal
Acid snow observation in field and experimental work

2-3.Environment Preservation

Co-existence of the man and nature
Poet viewpoint ( Misuzu Kaneko's world )
Safety myth; myth that something is completely safe
Hazard map
Integrated program for development
＊  KONFLIKTE ZWISCHEN TOURISTISCHER ENTWICKLUNG UND UMWELTSCHUTZ AM BIWASEE IN JAPAN. 1990, WASSERWIRTSCHAFT, 80, 7/8, 370-373

2-4.Earth History

Penguin's indigenous view on Nature
Naturally geographical view in the Earth era of the great change
「Think globally, act locally.」→”Act locally, think globally.”
An experience with Mongolian people
Water Level Rise in Lake Khuvsgul in the Permafrost Region of Mongolia　- its Causes and possible Countermeasures -
＊ http://glacierworld.weebly.com/12514125311246812523.html

2-5.Glacial History of the Himalayas

How to know the glacial history.
Late Cenozoic Glacial Ages
Recent fluctuation of glaciers in the eastern part of the Nepal Himalayas*
Glacial history in the Khumbu region, Nepal, in relation to upheavals of the Great Himalayas.
＊ http://glacierworld.weebly.com/2770327827.html   

3-1.Glacial Phenpmena

Glacial Lake Outburst Flood（GLOF）in Nepal Himalayas
What is the GLOF ?
Nepal case study : Catastrophic Floods
＊ http://glacierworld.weebly.com/2770327827.html
Expansion of Glacial lake, Tulagi near Mt. Manaslu
Why is a large glacial lake safe against GLOF?
Glacial environmental issue of Asia
Glaciers and glacier lakes in Lunana Region, Bhutan.
Ground temperature profile in Lunana region in Bhutan and experiment of surface ground temperature
History of glacial environment and mountain people
＊ http://glacierworld.weebly.com/2770327827.html
＊ http://glacierworld.weebly.com/27703278272824627770227302794627700.html
＊ http://glacierworld.weebly.com/1249812510125211251612398332582898221490.html

3-2.Machapuchari Studies

Visibility and Air Pollution
Snow  Shape
Cloud Formation
Holly Mountain (You tube )
＊ http://glacierworld.weebly.com/holly-mountain.html

3-3.Eco-tour

Grand Canyon of Pokhara
＊ http://glacierworld.weebly.com/1grand-canyon-of-pokhara.html
Dhampus  
＊ http://glacierworld.weebly.com/2dhampus.html
Tulagi Glacier Lake
＊ http://glacierworld.weebly.com/3tulagi-glacier-lake.html
Imja Glacier Lake
＊ http://glacierworld.weebly.com/4imja-glacier-lake.html
Gyajo Glacier  
＊ http://glacierworld.weebly.com/5gyajo-glacier.html
Annapurna Base Camp  
＊ http://glacierworld.weebly.com/6annapurna-base-camp.html
Poon Hill
＊ http://glacierworld.weebly.com/7poon-hill.html
Instruction for Map
Click the ICON on left top. You see the list of the location. Or you can click the each ICON on the map, You see the details.

3-4. Summary and Concluding Remarks

008 Kosi Flood  
Top of the World
Housing Site and Landslide in Kathmandu
＊ http://glacierworld.weebly.com/1246412540124641252330011206873529926512index.htmlSeti flood 2012
The Yellow Bands (Geological Structure of Mt. Chomolungma)  
Mts. Kailus and Chomolungma (Everst, Sagarmatha)
Water Level Rise in Lake Khuvsgul in the Permafrost Region of Mongolia
Nature of Tibet
Sightseeing disaster of the higher Himalaya in Nepal
＊ http://glacierworld.weebly.com/2sightseeing-disaster-of-the-higher-himalaya-in-nepal.html
Structural studies on Gyajo Glacier in Khumbu region, east Nepal
＊ http://glacierworld.weebly.com/712462125151247212519277032782728246.html