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Study Reveals Positive Effects of Agriophyllum squarrosum on Meat Quality Traits in Growing Tan Lambs
A research team led by Prof. YANG Guo from the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources (NIEER) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) investigated the effects of dietary A. squarrosum on the growth and meat quality traits of the local sheep breed of Tan lambs.
2023-04-19 -
Study Shows Impacts of Ecological Water Diversion Project on Water and Ecosystem Service Flows in Drylands
Researchers from the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources (NIEER) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences found that the ecological water diversion project (EWDP) has a positive impact on water resources security and ecosystem improvement in the lower inland river basin by altering the water and ecosystem...
2023-04-12 -
How Afforestation by Aerial Sowing Affects Topsoil Physicochemical Properties in Deserts?
Researchers from the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources (NIEER) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have assessed the variation of topsoil physicochemical properties caused by aerial sowing afforestation in the sandy desert and quantified the relative contribution of soil texture and salinity ...
2023-03-21 -
Study Reveals Positive Impact of Large Lakes on Permafrost Development on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau
Recently, researchers from the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources (NIEER) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have revealed that these large lakes have a positive effect on the development of permafrost in adjacent areas, rather than leading to the degradation of permafrost.
2023-03-20 -
Researchers Realize Persistently Photocatalytic Uranium Extraction Using Light-storage Catalyst
Recently, researchers from the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, CAS, now report a K+-doped and cyanamide-functionalized PHI (K-CN-PHI) for the persistent photocatalytic reduction of U(VI).
2023-03-17 -
Phenological Change of Populus Euphratica Caused by Climate Change Affects Best Viewing Period of Tourism
Recently, researchers from the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) studied the phenological change of P. euphratica during 1960-2019 to elucidate climate change in the lower reaches of the Heihe River Basin. They also identified the relationship between pheno...
2023-03-15 -
Researchers Explore Formation Mechanism and Control of Wind-blown Sand Hazards along Lanzhou-Xinjiang High-speed Railway
A research team from the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) conducted continuous field observation and experimental research on the wind-blown sand processes and sand prevention technology in the Gobi areas under extremely strong winds along the LXHSR.
2023-03-09 -
Researchers Release Eight-year Dataset to Reveal Lake-atmosphere Interaction over Source Region of Yellow River
Recently, a joint research team from the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and Chengdu University of Information Technology released a dataset of comparative observations for land surface processes over the alpine grasslands and lakes in the source region o...
2023-03-06
