{"id":2663,"date":"2026-08-10T16:42:46","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T16:42:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/coastal\/?p=2663"},"modified":"2026-09-02T16:50:24","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T16:50:24","slug":"welcome-2026-08","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/coastal\/2026\/08\/10\/welcome-2026-08\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome (2026-08)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The group welcomes two new academic visitors: <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/coastal\/team\/lu-zhou\/\">Dr Lu Zhou<\/a> from Changsha University of Science and Technology, China and <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/coastal\/team\/chao-liu\/\">Dr Chao Liu<\/a> from the First Institute of Oceanography (FIO), China to join us for next 12 months. 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