On August 5th, in Zanda County, Ngari Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China's second Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Comprehensive Scientific Expedition Research (Qinghai-Tibet Scientific Expedition) team for the 2022 summer scientific expedition mission went to an altitude of about 3,900 meters. to carry out a comprehensive scientific expedition to the Gebu Sailu site.
On the way to the Gebu Sailu site, researcher Chen Fahu, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, chief scientist of the scientific expedition team, and director of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, explained to the scientific expedition team how to preliminarily study and judge the nature and characteristics of the stratum sand and gravel samples collected. Try to lick the sand and gravel as a demonstration.
Academician Chen's particularly down-to-earth words and deeds can be called "in ancient times, Shennong tasted all kinds of herbs, and now there are academicians licking sand and gravel", which impressed the expedition team members deeply.
(Reporter Sun Zifa produced Xu Miaoqiao)
Responsible editor: [Ji Xiang]