Melting Arctic Ice Likely Worsens Winter Haze in China: Study

Climate change in the polar regions may have worsened winter haze problems in China , which pledges more efforts to tackle air pollution despite the country ' s decreasing emissions , according to a study published Wednesday ." They did not prove that A ( Artic sea ice ) and B ( severe haze in China ) are even conne...

Cryosphere Sciences Assist the 2022 Olympic Winter Games

2022 Olympic Winter Games will be held in Beijing . As global warming intensifies and extreme weather occurs frequently , sports fields of the Olympic Winter Games will be challenged .CAS Member Qin Dahe leaded and activated an academician advisory program to support and guarantee the snow and ice conditions during ...

Across China: Thirty years of gritty determination - China's desert warriors

Shapotou in northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region nestles where the Yellow River meets the Tengger Desert. For more than five decades researchers have been coming here to fight desertification. Li Xinrong is one of them.

Tibetan Headwaters of the Yangtze Under Threat

The glaciers which feed the “ Yangtze River Source Region ” ( YRSR ) are in the “ most sensitive area to global warming ” atop the Tibetan Plateau .According to a study led by the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research . Nearly a quarter of the glacier coverage throughout the headwater region melted from 1970 thr...

Prof. Atsushi Tsunekawa Visits CAREERI

Prof . Atsushi Tsunekawa and Prof . Thieb Y . Oweis with Tottori University .Prof . Enyew Adgo Tsegaye with University Bahir Dar and other four researchers visited Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute ( CAREERI ) from June 9th to 15th at the invitation of Prof . WANG Tao . They visi...

Scientists Turn CO2 into Rock in Climate Change Fight

Giant Antarctic Glacier Unstable due to Climate Change: Aust'n Study

NAE Member Dennis P. Lettenmaier Visits CAREERI

National Academy of Engineering ( NAE ) Member and Distinguished Professor of University of California ( UC ) Dennis P . Lettenmaier visited the Key Laboratory of Land Surface Process and Climate Change .After the lecture , Prof . Lettenmaier visited the Cold and Arid Regions Science and Innovation Museum with the c...