A professional atlas documenting the wildlife of the Qilian Mountains, one of China's key ecological security barriers, has been published, according to the Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology (NWIPB) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. This atlas is the first in China to systematically present the wildlife resources of the Qilian Mountains with both scientific rigor and stunning visual presentation, said Zhang Tongzuo, editor of the atlas and a researcher at the NWIPB.
Chinese scientists have newly uncovered the patterns and drivers of soil microbial communities in alpine grasslands and deserts on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, according to the Northwest Institute of Eco-environment and Resources (NIEER) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Conducted by the NIEER researchers, this new study helps advance the understanding of soil microorganisms on alpine ecosystems on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, said Li Yuqiang, a researcher from the NIEER who led the study.
How do animals living on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau coexist and adapt in such an extreme environment? Chinese scientists have uncovered distinct synergies between diet and gut microbes that support the ecological adaptation and coexistence of species on "the roof of the world." This study offers a brand-new perspective into the relationship between the gut microbiota and large herbivores' environmental adaptation and ecological niche differentiation, according to the Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology (NWIPB), under the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
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.
China has released its most detailed map yet of grassland vegetation on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, using a scale of 1:500,000. The map, developed by a team led by Wang Yanfen, a professor at the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS), was officially unveiled on Tuesday during an academic seminar on grassland vegetation mapping.
An international research team studying fossilized oyster shells has revealed substantial annual temperature variation in sea water during the Early Cretaceous. The finding overturns the assumption that Earth’s greenhouse periods are marked by universally warmer and uniformly stable temperatures.
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