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New Chinese Glacier Inventory Shows 6 Percent Loss over 10-plus Years
China's glacier area has decreased by approximately 6 percent over the past decade, according to the latest Chinese glacier inventory released on Friday.
2025-03-24 -
Reviving retired wind turbine blades for sand control
Researchers from the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources (NIEER) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences transformed used wind turbine blades into porous sand barrier.
2025-03-12 -
Chinese Researchers Develop New Frost-Resistant Sand-Control Agent
Researchers from the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources (NIEER), under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, modified cellulose acetate-based waterborne polyurethane sand-fixing agents by incorporating glycerol triglycidyl ether and glycerin to enhance frost resistance.
2025-02-19 -
Researchers Advance Prediction of Flood Season Rainfall Combining Machine Learning and Climate System Model
A recent study has used machine learning (ML) algorithms to address the nonlinear challenges in traditional models for predicting flood season rainfall, achieving significant improvements in accuracy.
2024-12-31 -
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Researchers Analyzed Impact of Mountain Permafrost Degradation on Landslides
A research team led by Prof. WU Tonghua at the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) conducted a systematic inventory and classification of landslides in the Babao River Basin of the Qilian Mountains from 2009 to 2018, using multi-source high-resolution remote ...
2024-12-23 -
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Permafrost Changes Impact Runoff Generation Processes and Water Conservation Capacity in Alpine Watersheds
A research team at the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) quantitatively assessed the hydrological connections between soil water in the permafrost active layer, water above the frozen layer, and surface runoff using long-term data from multiple Qinghai-Xiza...
2024-12-12
