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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 -
Exploring Sources of Heavy Metals in Aerosol in Southeast Tibetan Plateau
Recently, researchers from the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) investigated the elemental composition and sources of total suspended particles (TSP) and determined the concentrations of total and acid-soluble elements in the southeastern Tibetan Plateau (...
2022-09-23 -
Microbially-induced Carbonate Precipitation Can Improve Coarse-grained Salty Soil
Recently, a research team from the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources of the Chinese Academy of Sciences conducted a series of tests to investigate the effect of chloride salt on urea hydrolysis in MICP and the effect of MICP on the engineering and mechanical properties of coarse-grained soils cont...
2022-09-16 -
Chinese Researchers Reveal Yak Adaptation Secrets
Chinese researchers have revealed genetic and cellular mechanisms underlying adaptations of yak to low-oxygen environments
2022-09-16 -
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
