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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.
2022-05-05 -
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.
2022-04-29 -
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...
2022-04-24 -
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.
2022-04-20 -
Researchers Reconstruct Arctic Amplification Index over Past Millennium
Researchers have reconstructed the Arctic amplification index over the past 1,000 years and found that the index has decreased during the time range, according to the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
2022-04-13 -
Researchers Reveal Stability Maintenance and Sustainable Management of Shrub Plantation on Loess Plateau
Recently, a research team led by Prof. XIAO Shengchun from the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) synthesized the stability maintenance and sustainable management of shrub plantation forests in the western Loess Plateau region.
2022-04-13 -
Researchers Reveal Variations in Arctic Amplification Effect during Past Millennium
A new recent study, jointly implemented by researchers at the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research of CAS, the Lund University and the University of Gothenburg, provided a new perspective on the AA effect during the p...
2022-04-11 -
Researchers Publish High-accuracy Permafrost Maps over Northern Hemisphere
Researchers from the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and their collaborators produced a high-accuracy and high-resolution permafrost map over the Northern Hemisphere by integrate unprecedentedly large amounts of field data and multisource geospatial data,...
2022-03-30
