Registration of participants of the School of Young Scientists dedicated to the study of river systems is open

On November 25-27, 2020, the School of Young Scientists "Variability of pollutants and sediments in river systems: monitoring studies to identify anthropogenic impact" was held online. Everyone could join the broadcast and learn about the impact of natural and man-made processes on the state of riverbeds, the quality of river waters, the transformation of aquatic landscapes, as well as about the methods and ways of solving these problems existing in world practice.

The video record of the School is accessible at the website (https://megapolis2020.ru/). The working language of the School is English.

In the program of the School: lectures by scientists – leading experts from Russia, the USA, Germany, Great Britain, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Brazil on the problems of water quality and geochemistry of river systems:

- Adrian L. Collins (Rothamsted Research, UK),

- Caroline Clason (University of Plymouth, UK);

- Sagy Cohen (University of Alabama, USA);

- Björn Helm (Dresden University of Technology, Germany);

- Jeff Nittrouer (Rice University, USA);

- Sergey Chalov (Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia);

- Edgardo Latrubesse (Federal University of Goias, Brazil);

- Martina Flörke (Ruhr University Bochum, Germany);

- Daniel Karthe (United Nations University, Germany);

- Matthias Vanmaerke (University of Liege, Belgium);

- Salomon Kroonenberg (Delft University of Technology, Netherlands).

The school of young scientists dedicated to the study of river systems is held by the Faculty of Geography of Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov with the financial support of the Russian Science Foundation (grant No. 19-77-30004). Co-organizers – Russian Geographical Society, Commission on Continental Erosion of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences (ICCE - IAHS).