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.

Persistent Humid Climate around 2,200 Years Ago Favored China’s Qin and Western Han Dynasties 

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 ...

2022 Summer Heatwave Resulted in a Rapid Warming of Permafrost in Central Qinghai-Xizang Plateau

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...

Transforming Barren Deserts into Pockets of Power

It takes 10 to 20 years for biological soil crusts to form under natural conditions, but at the Shapotou Desert Research and Experiment Station of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, researchers have developed artificial blue-green algae crust technology that substantially accelerates the process.

Mosaic of Magic: Grass Grids have Proven an Effective Way to Combat Desertification

In 2019, researchers from the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, led by researcher Qu Jianjun, developed the "Sand Control Magic Cube 2.0" after repeated experiments.

Researchers Cultivate New Variety of Edible Lily

Recently, the "Zhongbai No. 1" variety of Lanzhou edible lily (Lilium davidii var. unicolor), bred by the Lanzhou Eco-Agricultural Research Station of the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources (NIEER), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), has been included in the list of plant variety rights granted by ...