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Effects of Snow Cover on Biological Soil Crust and Microbial Biomass Revealed
Variation in snow cover can have an important effect on development of biological soil crusts in arid and semiarid regions.
2019-06-24 -
Scientists Reanalyze Air Temperature Products in Permafrost regions on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau
Surface air temperature is important for climate change, hydrological, and ecosystems undergoing climate warming in the permafrost regions on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP).
2019-06-18 -
Effectiveness of Ionic Polymer Soil Stabilizers on Warm Frozen Soil Revealed
Warm frozen soil has characteristics such as low shear strength and high compressibility. To improve its mechanical strength, the ionic polymer soil stabilizers (IPSS) were adopted for renforcing the warm frozen soil from the Beiluhe region of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau.
2019-05-30 -
Scientists Reconstruct a 1556 Year-Long Early Summer Humidity in Hexi Corridor
Scientists report a 1556 year-long tree-ring width chronology for the Hexi Corridor, in the arid Northwestern China, established by applying the signal-free regional curve standardization method to 416 juniper ring-width series.
2019-05-22 -
Concentration, Spatiotemporal Distribution and Sources of Mercury in Southeastern Tibetan Plateau Revealed
The unique geographic location of Mt. Yulong in the Tibetan Plateau (TP) makes it a favorable site for mercury (Hg) study. Various snow samples, such as surface snow, snow pit, and snowmelt water were collected from Mt. Yulong in the southeastern TP.
2019-04-26 -
The Stock of Soil Organic Carbon in Semiarid Alpine Regions Estimated
Organic carbon in soils is about two times larger than that present in the atmosphere. Thus, soil organic carbon (SOC) is one of the important souce of global greenhouse gases. SOC in alpine regions is characterized by a strong local heterogeneity, which may contribute to relatively large uncertainties in regional S...
2019-04-08 -
Iron oxides in the cryoconite of glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau: abundance, speciation and implications
Cryoconite is a mixture of impurities and ice visually represented by dark colors present in the ablation zone of glaciers.
2019-03-28 -
Snow Means Work, Not Fun, For Researchers
For one group of scientists, winter does not bring exciting prospects of skiing or riding snowmobiles. Instead, they spend weeks trekking through the snow covered wilderness of the Tianshan mountains in northwestern China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.
2019-02-25
