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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 -
Exploring Driving Factors Affecting Soil Ecological Stoichiometry in Typical Ecologically Fragile Areas of China
Recently, researchers from the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) revealed the spatial pattern and its driving mechanism of soil organic carbon (C), total nitrogen (N), and total phosphorus (P) stoichiometry along environmental gradients that covered a total...
2022-10-12 -
Study Reveals Current State and Past Changes in Frozen Ground at the Third Pole
Recently, researchers from the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have revealed the current state of frozen ground and its changes during the past 60 years in the entire Third Pole by reviewing existing high-quality frozen ground data products or using data-driven...
2022-10-08 -
Researchers Explore Driving Factors Affecting Sustainability of Endorheirc Regions
Recently, a joint research team from the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources and Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research of the Chinese Academy of Sciences reported the first synthetic assessment of the combined effects of multiple driving and telecoupling factors (i.e., external factors: temperature ...
2022-09-29
