Obtaining ice core samples from the highest point on Earth can reveal a wealth of information about climate change. As the leader of China's Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research team, Xu Baiqing climbed almost to the peak of Mt. Qomolangma, to extract ice cores.
Xu has spent decades working on various mountain glaciers, at different altitudes. He admits that he's not yet done, since although humans can reach the highest point on Earth, the scientific exploration knows no limits. (CGTN)
In order to investigate the current and the future potential effects of climate change on Hydnora species, researchers from the Wuhan Botanical Garden simulated the potential distribution and range changes for Hydnora abyssinica and Hydnora africana<...
A research team led by Prof. XU Jun from the Institute of Hydrobiology (IHB) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences demonstrated that the FD of commercial marine fish communities significantly responds to climate warming and increasing fishing pressure with opposite effects d...
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