Microplastics Threaten Typical Remote Cryospheric Regions

A research team from the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environmental and Resources of the Chinese Academy of Sciences conducted a series studies on the features and their potential impacts of microplastics in the typical cryospheric regions.

Eight Days on World's Highest Peak

Mission to Earth's Roof: Interview with leading glaciologist Prof. Kang Shichang

Vegetation Biomass Affects Soil Microbial Distribution and Assembly in Alpine Permafrost Regions

A research team from the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environmental and Resources of the Chinese Academy of Sciences conducted a study at the long-term observation site of alpine ecosystems in the permafrost region of the Shule River headwater on the northeastern margin of the QTP.

Precipitation Changes Alter Species Diversity and Ecosystem Multifunctionality in Desert Steppe

Recently, researchers from the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) found that species diversity plays a more important role in mediating the response of ecosystem multifunctionality to altered precipitation.

Climate Warming Will Not Change Greenhouse Gas Emission of Biocrust in Arid Sandy Areas

Researchers from the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) continuously monitored the GHG flux of mosses, algae and their mixture at the annual scale.

Researchers Reveal Climate Response of Shrub Plantation in Different Slopes on Loess Plateau

Using dendroecology method and Climwin model, a research team led by Prof. XIAO Shengchun from the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) examined the growth response of planted shrub Hippophae rhamnoides on different slope aspects and scattered distributed natu...

Researchers Estimate Trends and Variability in Snowmelt in China

Using a high spatial resolution data set of monthly air temperatures and precipitation, researchers from the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) constructed a large-scale snowmelt model to calculate the monthly and annual snowmelt in China from 1951 to 2017.