The School for Young Scientists "Pollutant and sediment mobility in river systems: monitoring studies to identify human impacts" will be held online on November 25-27, 2020. Join the broadcast and learn about environmental and human impacts on river channels and waters quality from various continents and river systems.

The program includes lectures by leading experts from Russia, USA, Germany, Great Britain, France, Belgium, Netherlands and Brazil on the problems of sediment and water quality and geochemistry of river systems:

- Adrian Collins, President of IAHS ICCE (Rothamsted Research, Okehampton, Devon, United Kingdom)

- Caroline Clason (University of Plymouth, United Kingdom)

- Sagy Cohen (Department of Geography, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States)

- Bjoern Helm (Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany)

- Jeff Nittrouer (Department Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Rice University, Houston, United States)

- Nikolay Kasimov (Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia)

- Edgardo Latrubesse (Federal University of Goiás-Brazil, Brazil)

- Martina Flörke (Institute of Engineering Hydrology and Water Resources Management, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany)

- Matthias Vanmaercke (Liège University, Belgium)

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

- Daniel Karthe (German-Mongolian Institute for Resources and Technology, Germany)

The working language of the School is English.

Participation is free of charge based upon registration by November 24, 2020 via the website https://megapolis2020.ru/. A link to the broadcast (zoom and youtube interface) will be sent to registered participants.

The School for Young Scientists dedicated to the study of river systems is held by the Faculty of Geography of Moscow State University with the financial support of the Russian Science Foundation (grant No. 19-77-30004). Co-organizers - Russian Geographical Society, International Commission on Continental Erosion of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences (ICCE - IAHS).