A new study has unveiled the key mechanism for alpine grassland carbon sink on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in western China, providing scientific underpinning for ecological security. The study, conducted by researchers from the Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology (NWIPB), under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has been published in the journal Agricultural and Forest Meteorology.
Scientists at the Institute of Atmospheric Physics (IAP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed a new forecasting tool called iDust that enhances predictions of dust storms, addressing a critical challenge for renewable energy, particularly in desert regions where dust can drastically reduce solar panel efficiency.
Over the past decade, China has installed more solar panels and wind turbines than any other country. The country is now investing in experimental technologies to accelerate its transition to a zero-carbon future. At the experimental site in the northern suburbs of Beijing, researchers from the Institute of Electrical Engineering under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) are working to make greenhouse gases greener.
Many regions across the globe located along the Tropic of Cancer are arid deserts, yet Dinghu Mountain National Nature Reserve in Zhaoqing, Guangdong province, stands as an ecological outlier with a 98 percent forest coverage rate. As China's first national nature reserve, this primeval forest — referred to as the "Green Pearl on the Tropic of Cancer Desert Belt" — harbors 2,291 species of higher plants and 277 species of birds, and the groundbreaking scientific achievements made in the reserve have revolutionized global understanding of forest carbon sequestration.
A recent study by researchers at the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Tobacco Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), along with international collaborators, have identified tobacco as a highly promising energy crop for biofuels and biochemicals production, harboring high capablity of reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Despite the global warming and wetting climate, the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau plays an important role as a carbon sink, according to recent studies conducted by the Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment (IMHE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
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