Dr. Ye Tao travelled to Evora, Portugal, to attend the annual meeting of "PROfiling the atmospheric Boundary layer at European scale (PROBE)", a European collaboration funded by the European Collaboration in Science and Technology (COST) involving scientists and meteorologists from national weather observatories of almost all 30 member countries.

MINERAL SUPPLY CHALLENGES TO PHASE OUR FOSSIL FUELS with Simon Michaux, Assoc. Prof. of Geometallurgy at the Geological Survey of Finland). Presentation and discussion about data that's been collected on global mineral reserves, as the world gradually moves toward renewable energy.

Dr. Ye Tao visited the Romanian Atmospheric 3D Research Observatory, a collaboration of meteorologists and physical instrument builders dedicated to researching the chemical processes and air circulation movements involving moisture, clouds, and aerosols in the atmosphere above site.