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Study Reveals Impact of Heavy Metal Pollution on Health Risks in Oasis Groundwater in Northwest China
Recently, a research team from the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources of the Chinese Academy of Sciences investigated the contamination characteristics, possible pollution sources, and source-specific health risks of groundwater heavy metal(loid)s in Zhangye Basin.
2022-09-15 -
Researchers Find Multiple-source Characteristics of Water Use Strategy of Crops in Hyper-arid Regions
In a new study published in Agricultural Water Management, researchers from the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources (NIEER) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) found that the isotopes in stem water had high similarity to groundwater, irrigation water, and soil water across consecutive years.
2022-09-13 -
Biocrusts Mediate Plant Community Structure and Composition in Dryland Ecosystems
Recently, a research team from the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) investigated the effects of biocrusts on seed germination, seedling growth and survival of different life stages of plants from adjacent desert steppe, and revealed the biocrusts in artifi...
2022-08-22 -
Study Reveals Changeable Tendency of Soil Organic Carbon and Total Nitrogen in Dryland
Recently, Chinese researchers from the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) elucidated the dynamics of soil organic carbon and nitrogen and their relations to hydrothermal variability in dryland of northern China.
2022-08-17 -
Precipitation Underlies Longitudinal Variation Cline in Seed Size Across Sand Rice Natural Populations
A research team from the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources of the Chinese Academy of Sciences performed experiments to identify the effects of geographic, climatic, and local environmental variables on seed size variation across sand rice natural populations.
2022-08-17 -
New tRNA Promotes Synthesis of Streptomyces Antibiotics
A research team from the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources (NIEER) under the CAS discovered the tRNA-Asp-AUC from a fast-growing desert streptomycete, decoding GAU codons, and finding its functional characterization.
2022-08-14 -
Chinese Researchers Discover New Bacterial tRNA Species
Chinese researchers have recently reported the discovery of a new bacterial transfer RNA (tRNA) species, which can help the synthesis of antibiotics, according to the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).
2022-06-22 -
Mysterious Singing Sands Discovered on Hainan Coast
According to the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources (NIEER) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the discovery of singing sands on Hainan marks the first time that an area of Chinese coastline has displayed the phenomenon, and enhances the province's tourism potential.
2022-06-20
