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Study Reveals Formation Mechanisms and Sources of Atmospheric Nitrate in the Tibetan Plateau
Scientists evaluated the oxidation processes of atmospheric nitrate as well as traced its potential sources by analyzing the isotopic compositions of nitrate (δ15N, δ18O, and Δ17O) in the aerosols collected from the Mt. Everest region during April to September 2018.
2020-09-17 -
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Scientists Evaluate Spatiotemporal Characteristics of Glacier Service Value in the Qilian Mountains
Glaciers provide essential resources and services for human well-being and socio-economic development in arid regions. It is of great significance for regional socio-eco-value assessment and to analyze its spatiotemporal characteristics.
2020-07-31 -
Scientists Found Iron linkages between the Greenland Ice Core and Asian Loess Records
Recently, as co-first author of this article, Dr. DU Zhiheng from the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), together with Prof. XIAO Cunde (first author) from Beijing Normal University, firstly presented the results of measurements of the concentrations of dissolv...
2020-07-15 -
Scientists Investigate Effects of Black Carbon and Mineral Dust on Glacial Melting in Central Asia
Recently, scientists from the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), together with researchers from famous universities and research institutes at home and abroad, estimated the contribution of BC and dust to glacial melting in Central Asia.
2020-07-08 -
Scientists Investigate Changes of Soil Organic Carbon Stocks in Northern China’s Agro-Pastoral Ecotone
Soil carbon sequestration and potential sequestration are key issues in global carbon research, as the size of the soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks and their changes over time are important for understanding their role in climate change.
2020-06-29 -
Scientists Simulate Active Layer Temperature Based on Weather Factors on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau
Recently, scientists from the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources of Chinese Academy of Sciences discussed the use of ANN and wavelet-ANN (W-ANN) hybrid models to simulate and forecast the ALT time series data based on five weather factors, including air temperature, precipitation, wind speed, downw...
2020-06-16
