Carbon sinks are ecosystems that remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, and are crucial in the fight against climate change. Chinese scientists have now provided evidence of how forests are the main terrestrial carbon sinks, and how they contribute to China's carbon neutrality goal.

Lian Xinming, a researcher at the Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has dedicated more than 20 years of research to Tibetan antelopes since he first set foot on Hoh Xil in 2002.

It's another historic discovery that strengthens Albert Einstein's theory of relativity. Chinese scientists this week announced evidence that proves the existence of nanohertz gravitational waves. In 1915, Einstein predicted that gravity is the result of relativity in space and time. Just as throwing a stone into water creates ripples, the acceleration of huge objects also produces ripples, or academically speaking, gravitational waves.

The 4th Huangshan Dialogue on the preservation of UNESCO-listed heritage sites is underway in the city of Huangshan in central China's Anhui Province. This year's Huangshan Dialogue highlights the role of remote sensing and other digital technologies in the preservation of World Heritage Sites, Biosphere Reserves and Geoparks under the United Nations scientific and cultural agency, UNESCO.

On June 27, 2022, Yangtze finless porpoise Fujiu gave birth to F9C22, marking an achievement in artificial breeding and reproduction of the species.

China's FAST telescope identified a binary pulsar with an orbital period of 53.3 minutes, the shortest known period for a pulsar binary system.

Inside the Taklimakan, the largest desert in China, stands a square zone covered with lush, vibrant vegetation. Xinhua visits the Tazhong botanical garden in China's Xinjiang to find out what drought-tolerant plants are cultivated there to help combat desertification.

On the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, check out how African and Chinese experts cut through China's largest desert -- the Taklimakan desert from north to south, deep dive into various desertification control methods and seek inspiration and the possibility of applying them at home.

A deep-sea archaeological team has finished the first stage of investigations on two ancient shipwrecks discovered in the South China Sea.

The latest study by China's Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO), has given the world its first understanding on multiple perspectives into the afterglow of what's been described as "the brightest-of-all-time gamma-ray burst." The study was published in the academic journal Science on Friday.

A Lijian-1 carrier rocket has successfully blasted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China, sending a record 26 satellites into orbit. It is the Lijian-1's second flight and the most satellites carried by one rocket in Chinese history. The Lijian-1 is by far the country's biggest solid-fuel carrier rocket and represents innovation and speed in commercial launches.

Over 20 kg of science experiment samples have been retrieved from the China Space Station. They were brought to Earth on the Shenzhou-15 spacecraft, which carried three taikonauts home on Sunday. The samples collected from 15 experiments will be studied to improve China's sci-tech capabilities. The samples include life forms like cells and roundworms, as well as materials like alloys and amorphous films.