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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 -
How Microhabitat Affects Bacterial Communities in Semi-arid Ecosystem?
Researchers from the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources and the Institute of Soil and Water Conservation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences collected biocrusts and soil samples from eight representative microhabitats and investigated the response of biocrusts and their bacterial communities to micr...
2023-08-17 -
Study Reveals Differential Gas Transport in Shale Nanochannels
A research team led by Prof. ZHOU Shixin from the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environmental and Resources of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has systematically compared the differential transport behaviors of helium, nitrogen, methane, and helium-methane mixtures in shale nanochannels.
2023-07-31 -
Study Reveals Physiological Characters of Desert Plant Seeds Under Warming and Drought
Researchers from the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources (NIEER) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) determined seed physiological characters of Artemisia scoparia, Lespedeza davurica and Cleistogenes squarrosa under warming and drought conditions, to reveal the response ability and adaptation ...
2023-07-31
