-
South Asian Black Carbon Aerosols Accelerate Loss of Glacial Mass over the Tibetan Plateau
Recently, a joint research team led by Prof. KANG Shichang from the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Prof. CHEN Deliang from the University of Gothenburg, and Prof. Robert Gillies from Utah State University analyzed the influence of black carbon aerosols ...
2022-12-28 -
Study Reveals Atmosphere-driven Glacier Mass Loss Changes at Urumqi Glacier No.1
Recently, researchers from the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have revealed energy budget and mass balance characteristics for Urumqi Glacier No.1 in the eastern Tianshan Mountains, based on an energy-mass balance model and high-altitude measurements from May ...
2022-12-09 -
Study Reveals Strong Uplift of Northeastern Tibet Plateau in Late Miocene
Now, a joint research team led by Prof. FANG Xiaomin from the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Prof. MIAO Yunfa from the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources of CAS and Prof. HUANG Kangyou from Sun Yat-sen University has exploited the potential of pollen...
2022-12-09 -
New Study Reveals Dominating Factors of Sustainability in Endorheic Regions
A joint research team has newly proposed an integrated framework that reveals the dominating factors of sustainability in endorheic regions, according to the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources (NIEER) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).
2022-11-16 -
Urumqi Glacier No. 1 on Track to Disappear
Wang Feiteng is a doctoral supervisor at the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, deputy director of State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Sciences, and director of Tianshan Glaciological Station. He currently serves as a member of the expert panel of World Meteorolo...
2022-11-11 -
Researchers Reveal Relationship between Grassland Biodiversity and Productivity under Influence of Multiple-resource Addition
Recently, researchers from the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) revealed the mechanisms and paths by which multi-resource addition and multifaceted biodiversity affect productivity of different grassland along a resource gradient in northern China.
2022-11-03 -
Exploring Patterns of Soil Organic C, N and P Stoichiometry across Desert-grassland Transition Zone
Recently, researchers from the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) revealed how the pattern of soil organic C (SOC), total N (TN) and total P (TP) stoichiometry changes along a desert-grassland transition zone in northern China, which is a typical fragile eco...
2022-10-27 -
Permafrost Degradation Increases Future Costs of Infrastructure on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau
Integrating data-driven projection, multi-hazard index, and lifespan replacement model, researchers from the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have evaluated the economic damage of permafrost degradation on the infrastructure over the QTP for the first time.
2022-10-26
