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Researchers Reveal Effects of Climatic Factors and Soil Properties on Soil Macropores
Recently, a research team led by Prof. ZHAO Wenzhi from the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources of the Chinese Academy of Sciences evaluated the impact of soil properties and climatic factors on soil macropores and explored the effects of soil macropores on eco-hydrological regimes on the continenta...
2023-09-30 -
Researchers Reveal Genetic and Evolutionary Characteristics of Tricotyledony in Sand Rice
Recently, a research team led by Prof. ZHAO Pengshan from the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) identified the tricotyledony occurrence from natural populations of sand rice and isolated the mutant seedlings with over two cotyledons from the chemical mutage...
2023-09-26 -
Researchers Reveal Different Photocatalytic Process of Cr(VI) on Cellulose- and Lignin-rich Biochar
Recently, a research team led by Prof. FAN Qiaohui from the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has prepared a series of biochar using cellulose-rich pakchoi and lignin-rich corncobs as biomass to explore the photoreduction process of Cr(VI).
2023-09-18 -
How Asymmetric Warming Impacts Seed Reproduction of Sand-stabilizing Shrub Caragana microphylla?
A research group led by LIU Xinping from the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources (NIEER) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) conducted a field warming experiment to investigate the seed reproductive strategy of Caragana microphylla from the perspective of reproductive phenology, reproductive ef...
2023-09-12 -
Researches realized role of ecosystem processes in permafrost restoration project during a friendly visit to Yakutia, Russia
Researchers from NIEER recently visited the Amga Field Observation and Experimental site to further investigate the role of soil formation processes and vegetation properties on permafrost recovery trajectories.
2023-09-11 -
New Method Improves Accuracy and Resolution of Lightning Observations
Recently, researchers from the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources (NIEER) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), in collaboration with colleagues from the New Mexico Tech in the U.S. and Fudan University in China, has proposed a new method to improve the accuracy and resolution of lightning obse...
2023-09-06 -
How Groundwater Recharge Affects Groundwater Nitrate Concentration in Oasis of Tengger Desert Hinterland?
A research team led by QI Shi from the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources (NIEER) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has investigated the relationship between groundwater nitrate concentration and groundwater recharge process the oasis of the Tengger Desert hinterland.
2023-08-30 -
Researchers Reveal Stable Isotope Variation during Below-cloud Evaporation
A research team led by Prof. LI Zongxing from the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) collected 1,310 precipitation event-scale samples of stable isotopes to measure below-cloud evaporation rate value in the Qilian Mountains.
2023-08-25