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Air Pollutants Quicken Glacier Melting: Study
Researchers of a joint research team have demonstrated that the air pollutants accelerated the glaciers melting in the Third Pole which covers the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and surrounding areas, storing abundant snow and glaciers.
2019-08-02 -
Scientists Reveal the Runoff Variation Characteristics in the Heihe River Basin
The water resources in arid and semi-arid regions are critical to providing reliable sources of water for food production and ecosystem functioning.
2019-07-23 -
The Effects of Vegetation Restoration on the Dynamics and Distribution of Nitrogen and Phosphorous Pools Revealed
The dynamics and distributions patterns of N and P pools in soil-plant systems are significantly altered by vegetation restoration and succession.
2019-07-05 -
Scientists Reveal a New Look at Roles of the Cryosphere in Sustainable Development
While the cryosphere may bring in adverse impacts on natural and built environment, it may also provide benefits resulting from cryosphere services.
2019-06-28 -
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
