International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA)

International Union for Quaternary Resarch (INQUA) ndi gulu lapadziko lonse lapansi la asayansi opitilira 5000 m'maiko 50. Imayang'ana kwambiri nthawi yaposachedwa kwambiri ya mbiri yapadziko lapansi (Quaternary; zaka 2.6 miliyoni zapitazi), komanso kuyanjana pakati pa anthu ndi dongosolo ladziko lapansi lamakono. Quaternary ndi nthawi yapadera m'mbiri ya Dziko Lapansi. Mtundu wa Homo udawonekera kumayambiriro kwa Quaternary, ndipo chisinthiko cha anthu chidayendetsedwa ndi kusintha kwakukulu pafupipafupi kwa nyengo yapadziko lonse lapansi zomwe zidapangitsa kutsatizana kwazaka zachisanu ndi chisanu zomwe zimakhala zosiyana kwambiri ndi masiku ano. Kusinthasintha kwanyengo kumeneku kudapangitsa kukonzanso kwakukulu kwapadziko lonse lapansi kwa terrestrial geography, kufalikira kwa nyanja, ndi madera a biotic.

Cholinga cha INQUA ndikulimbikitsa kafukufuku wasayansi wophatikizika, wamitundu yosiyanasiyana posonkhanitsa asayansi omwe amagwira ntchito mu Archaeology, anthropology, paleobiology, sayansi ya nthaka, ecology, geology, geochemistry, geophysics, geochronology, geography, glaciology, climatology, oceanography, ndi social science. INQUA imalimbikitsa ndi kulimbikitsa mgwirizano wa asayansi ndi mabungwe ofufuza padziko lonse lapansi kudzera m'makomiti, misonkhano, ndi zofalitsa. Cholinga chachikulu cha INQUA ndikufufuza pazinthu zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito monga njira zowopsa za geophysical, kusintha kwanyengo ndi chilengedwe, komanso zotsatira za kusinthaku pa anthu. Asayansi a Quaternary amalemba zakusintha kwanyengo kwaposachedwa ndikukhazikitsa malire a nyengo zomwe zimakhudzana ndi anthu. Kutengera chidziwitso chawo cham'mbuyomu, asayansi a Quaternary amakhazikitsa zosintha zamtsogolo kudzera pamawerengero ndi ma analogi.

Zotsatira za kafukufuku wa asayansi a INQUA ndi asayansi a mabungwe ogwirizana amasindikizidwa m'mabuku osiyanasiyana omwe amawunikiridwa ndi anzawo, ena makamaka operekedwa ku Quaternary Period. INQUA imasindikizanso magazini yake, Quaternary International. Magaziniyi, yomwe inayamba kufalitsidwa mu 1989, imafika kwa anthu osiyanasiyana padziko lonse.

INQUA imathandiza kwambiri asayansi ndi ophunzira, makamaka m'mayiko omwe akutukuka kumene, kuti alimbitse luso lawo lofufuza. Amapereka ndalama kwa asayansi ndi ophunzira kuti awalole kutenga nawo mbali pazofufuza, zokambirana, ndi misonkhano. Ndalama zimaperekedwanso kwa asayansi achichepere ndi ophunzira oyenerera kuti awalole kupita kumisonkhano ya INQUA ya quadrennial.

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