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ABSTRACT The unique karst geological background in the southwest China karst area is the main obstacle for achieving carbon neutrality and environmental sustainability. In the future, there is an urgent need for professionals with expertise, logical thinking ability, and knowledge integration skills. The knowledge covered in the hydrogeology course is closely related to carbon neutrality and environmental sustainability. However, through the author's comprehensive analysis of extensive teaching experience, industry research, and policy guidance, it has been found that there are several issues in the teaching of the hydrogeology course. These include a disconnect between the teaching content and the needs of real societal development, low logical thinking ability among students, lack of ability to integrate knowledge from different fields, and insufficient practical case studies and project analysis exercises. These issues seriously hinder teaching effectiveness. This teaching reform proposes three measures closely related to the policy guidance, industry demands, and research development dynamics of carbon neutrality and environmental sustainability. These measures are as follows: (1) a teaching content reform based on “logical thinking,” (2) an innovative teaching model based on “case‐based practical training,” and (3) an exploratory teaching practice based on “knowledge integration.” In addition, logical analysis practices such as dialectics, contradictions, and systems theory are conducted during the teaching process. The teaching reform innovatively categorizes the content of hydrogeology into six logical chains of problems in accordance with the connotation of carbon neutrality and sustainability processes one by one. Finally, a practical training program based on case projects has been developed to provide students with real‐world experience and analysis skills. On this basis, a teaching practice base for karst carbon sinks has been constructed in Guizhou Province. It enables students to gain an in‐depth understanding of karst development, hydrochemical measurement, carbon flux calculation, and other processes involved in karst carbon sink cycles and master the hydrochemical evolution laws in karst areas as well as the fundamental mechanisms of karst aquatic photosynthetic carbon sinks. These efforts will cultivate excellent reserve talent for achieving carbon neutrality and environmental sustainability in the karst area of Guizhou Province and even nationwide.
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