Snow Depth Trends Revealed from CMIP6 Models Conflict with Observations

Researchers from the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Lanzhou University evaluated the simulated snow depth from 22 CMIP6 models across high-latitude regions of the Northern Hemisphere over the period 1955–2014 by using a high-quality in situ observational ...

How China Developed Snow-making Technology for Beijing 2022 Amid Complex Climate Conditions

Technical Team Supports Beijing 2022 Snow Sports Venues

Researchers Reveal Recent Changes in Climate and Environment over Mt. Everest Region

Researchers from the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and their collaborators have synthesized recent climate and environmental changes in Mt. Everest region.

Glacier Retreat Accelerates Global Chemical Weathering

Researchers from the Northwest University, Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Pennsylvania State University collected the cation concentration data of 5,465 runoff samples from 77 glaciers worldwide and assessed the cation denudation rates (CDRs) of 10 global glacier regions and the Arctic and Antarctic sheets.

Researchers Reveal Forest Community Dynamics and Its Response to Climate Change in Qilian Mountains

A research team from the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources (NIEER) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) conducted researches on responses of subalpine shrub community species diversity to climate change on the Northern Slope of Qilian Mountains, spatial differentiation of phenological, phenoty...

Scientists Map Geographic Patterns of Soil Microbe Communities in the Hexi Corridor Deserts

A research group led by LI Yuqiang from the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources (NIEER) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences recently mapped biogeographic patterns of soil microbe communities in the Hexi Corridor deserts of the northern China.

Genetic Information of Afforested Plant Populations Affects Ecological Restoration

Chinese researchers from Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources (NIEER) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences assessed the genetic information of artificial afforested populations under degraded ecosystems and climate change, investigating the effect of the genetic diversity on the afforestation and ecolo...