Ƙungiyar Ƙasa ta Duniya don Bincike na Quaternary (INQUA)

Ƙungiyar Ƙasa ta Duniya don Ƙwararrun Ƙwararru (INQUA) cibiyar sadarwa ce ta duniya ta sama da masana kimiyya 5000 a cikin kasashe 50. Ya ta'allaka ne akan mafi ɗan lokaci na tarihin Duniya (Quaternary; shekaru miliyan 2.6 na ƙarshe), da kuma kan hulɗar tsakanin mutane da tsarin Duniya na zamani. Quaternary lokaci ne na musamman a tarihin Duniya. Halin Homo ya bayyana a farkon Quaternary, kuma juyin halittar ɗan adam ya samo asali ne ta hanyar sauye-sauye masu yawa a yanayin duniya wanda ya haifar da jerin shekarun dusar ƙanƙara da tsaka-tsakin yanayi tare da yanayin muhalli daban-daban da na yau. Waɗannan sauye-sauyen yanayi sun haifar da babban sake fasalin duniya na yanayin yanayin ƙasa, kewayawar teku, da al'ummomin biotic.

Manufar INQUA ita ce haɓaka haɗaɗɗen, binciken kimiyya na tsaka-tsaki ta hanyar haɗa masana kimiyya da ke aiki a fannin ilimin kimiya na kayan tarihi, ilimin halin ɗan adam, ilimin kimiya na tarihi, kimiyyar ƙasa, ilimin halittu, ilimin ƙasa, geochemistry, geophysics, geochronology, geography, glaciology, climatology, oceanography, da kimiyyar zamantakewa. INQUA tana haɓaka da haɓaka haɗin gwiwar masana kimiyya da cibiyoyin bincike a duk duniya ta hanyar kwamitocinta, tarurruka, da wallafe-wallafe. Muhimmin mayar da hankali na INQUA shine bincike akan batutuwan da aka yi amfani da su kamar matakai masu haɗari na geophysical, sauyin yanayi da canjin muhalli, da tasirin canjin nan akan mutane. Masana kimiyya na Quaternary sun rubuta canjin yanayi na baya-bayan nan kuma sun kafa yanayin yanayin iyaka da ya dace da mutane. Dangane da iliminsu na baya, masana kimiyya na Quaternary sun kafa al'amuran canji na gaba ta hanyar ƙira da ƙirar analog.

Sakamakon bincike na masana kimiyya na INQUA da masana kimiyya na ƙungiyoyin abokantaka ana buga su a cikin mujallolin duniya iri-iri da aka bita da su, wasu sun keɓe musamman ga Lokacin Quaternary. INQUA kuma tana buga mujallarta, Quaternary International. Mujallar, wacce aka fara bugawa a shekara ta 1989, ta isa ga masu sauraro daban-daban na duniya.

INQUA tana taimaka wa masana kimiyya da ɗalibai, musamman a ƙasashe masu tasowa, don ƙarfafa ƙarfin bincike. Yana ba da tallafi ga masana kimiyya da ɗalibai don ba su damar shiga ayyukan bincike, tarurrukan bita, da taro. Ana kuma ba da kuɗi ga matasa masana kimiyya da ɗalibai masu cancanta don ba su damar halartar taron INQUA na shekara huɗu.

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