Two scientists from WKU’s China Environmental Health Project
(CEHP) returned this week from rural southwest China where they
trained government scientists in techniques for understanding
and protecting karst water resources. Sean Vanderhoff of
Louisville, a recent graduate of WKU master’s in geoscience
program, joined Dr. Chris Groves, CEHP and Hoffman Institute
director, traveling to the Institute of Karst Geology (IKG) in
Guilin. There they gave lectures and participated in fieldwork
describing specialized methods of underground water tracing to
support both water resource protection and joint U.S./China
efforts to measure aspects of the global carbon cycle. The
Institute of Karst Geology is China’s premier karst research
facility and operates under the auspices of the Ministry of Land
and Resources. Much of its work is focused on understanding and
finding solutions to water supply and quality problems in
China’s karst regions, which impact tens of millions of mostly
rural people. The China Environmental He