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Dryland Biocrusts Enhance Soil Carbon Release to Adapt Climate Warming
A research team led by Prof. LI Xinrong from the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources of the Chinese Academy of Sciences found that biocrusts significantly increased soil carbon release, with this effect becoming more pronounced under experimental warming.
2023-12-08 -
Water Supply Modes Affect Sustainable Development of Desert Oasis
A research team led by Prof. LUO Lihui from the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources of the Chinese Academy of Sciences discussed the impacts of the APW and HPW modes on the sustainability of the Ningxia Oasis in the Yellow River Basin, respectively, and proposed management measures to optimize water...
2023-12-02 -
Study Reveals Changes of Glaciers, Snow Cover and Permafrost in Chinese Altai Mountains since 2000
A research team led by Prof. WANG Puyu from the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has investigated cryosphere changes and their impacts on regional water resources in Chinese Altai Mountains from 2000 to 2021, based on the latest multi-source data, such as remote...
2023-11-28 -
Researchers Optimize Errors Caused by Traditional Interferometer System in Lightning Study
A research team led by FAN Xiangpeng from the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources of the Chinese Academy of Sciences found that the traditional model (plane wave assumption) of interferometers introduces significant errors when dealing with close-range radiation sources or longer baseline lengths.
2023-11-27 -
New Water-fertilizer Strategy to Achieve High Yield of Maize and Resource Use Efficiency Simultaneously
A research team led by Prof. ZHANG Tonghui from the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has proposed an eco-friendly strategy to improve resource use efficiency and crop productivity synergistically in Horqin Sandy Land.
2023-10-29 -
How Does Grape Pomace Affect Digestive Tract Microbiota of Herbivores?
Recently, researchers from the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), in collaboration with colleagues from Ningxia University, selected Tan lambs and wine grape pomace to measure growth performance and conducted 16S rRNA gene sequencing to analyze the composit...
2023-10-09 -
Researchers Reveal Dust Source on Tibetan Plateau
Recently, a research team from the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources of the Chinese Academy of Sciences determined dust sources for the three glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau and analyzed the transport mechanism of the primary dust sources.
2023-10-07 -
Study Reveals Relationship between Spatiotemporal Variations of Freezing Index and Permafrost Degradation
A research team from the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources (NIEER) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) collected data of 5-cm soil temperature underground during the freezing periods from 1977 to 2016 on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP) to better understand the changes in thermal conditions of...
2023-10-07
