Chinese scientist gets UNESCO-Al Fozan Prize

CHENG Lijing, a researcher at the Institute of Atmospheric Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, was awarded the Unesco-Al Fozan Prize for the Promotion of Young Scientists in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (Stem) in Paris last week.

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According to the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco), the Chinese scientist was recognized for “his contributions to providing scientific evidence for marine climate change as a critical basis for risk assessment, climate change adaptation and mitigation”

Cheng’s work includes developing ocean data processing techniques and datasets, studying historical ocean heat content, salinity and oxygen changes, and investigations of our planet's energy budget and water cycle.