The uplift and outward growth of Asian's three great plateaus is a major driver of changes in Asian landscape and biodiversity, according to a new study led by Prof. WANG Wei from the Institute of Botany of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences revealed a novel mechanism by which the plant hormone jasmonate controls seed size. They discovered that the jasmonate signaling pathway acts as a negative regulator of seed size in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana.
A team of researchers from the Institute of Applied Ecology has developed a new method to quantify the three-dimensional complexity of mountainous terrain. The novel tool, called the Terrain Complexity Index, offers a more accurate way to understand and predict key ecological factors like soil erosion and plant biodiversity in difficult-to-study landscapes.
A new study led by Prof. CHEN Yaning from the Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography has uncovered a surprising and concerning paradox: although the Earth's vegetation cover has expanded dramatically over the past four decades, this widespread "greening" trend is often associated with a decline in soil moisture, particularly in water-scarce regions.
A recent study led by Prof. ZENG Fanjiang from the Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography has revealed concerning trends in soil organic carbon (SOC) loss caused by prolonged human disturbances in hyper-arid desert ecosystems.
A research team led by scientists from the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with Canadian researchers, has analyzed a set of Middle–Upper Ordovician ooidal ironstones from South China.
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