A research team led by Profs. ZHANG Yunlin and SHI Kun from the Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has completed its first global assessment of lake water clarity, uncovering widespread shifts driven by both climate change and human activities.
A research team from the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, together with collaborators from Beijing Normal University and the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, found that summer rainfall in the Arctic would increase by about 17% under 2 °C global warming, approximately 16% of which is attributed to sea ice retreat.
A new review highlights deep-rooted plants as essential, yet often overlooked, guardians of the world's arid lands. Led by Prof. ZENG Fanjiang, the review redefines deserts and drylands as active ecological frontiers, with DRPs at the forefront of stabilization and climate mitigation.
A research team led by Professor XIE Yonghong from the Institute of Subtropical Agriculture has found that hydrological conditions at the outlet are the key driver of vegetation succession following the Three Gorges Project in Dongting Lake.
A joint research team from the Institute of Geochemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Shandong University has for the first time identified crystalline hematite and maghemite formed by a major impact event in lunar soil samples retrieved by China's Chang'e-6 mission from the South Pole–Aitken Basin.
A research team from the Aerospace Information Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with Argentina's Center for Advanced Studies in Earth Sciences and Biodiversity, has identified critical blind spots in current Antarctic vegetation mapping caused by the poor detectability of dark-colored lichens.
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