Researchers from the Institute of Applied Ecology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed a "top-down" synthetic microbiome strategy to enrich microbial consortia capable of efficient lignin degradation from straw compost and straw-returning soils, providing new insight into how microbial communities work together to break down lignin.
While the dangers of secondhand smoke are widely recognized, a new study led by Prof. SUN Yele at the Institute of Atmospheric Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has uncovered a more persistent and stealthy hazard lurking in indoor environments: thirdhand smoke. This residue—left on surfaces long after a cigarette is extinguished—is not merely a stale odor, but a dynamic source of continuous air pollution.
A research team led by Prof. ZHANG Hui from the Institute of Oceanology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences quantified the adaptive mechanisms and sensitivity thresholds that govern fishery stock recovery under multiple stressors over a long time scale.
A research team led by Prof. LONG Hao from the Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, drilled a 300.8-meter-long lacustrine sediment core in the Datong Basin of Shanxi Province, located in mid-latitude East Asia (Northern China). By reconstructing over 5.7 million years of Earth's history, the researchers revealed that the "waviness" of the Westerly Jet Stream is the primary driver of mid-latitude climate variability.
A team of scientists from the Institute of Atmospheric Physics (IAP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciencesrecently conducted a 50-year simulation of the Martian dust cycle using the Global Open Planetary Atmospheric Model for Mars (GoMars). This new modelcanpredict key characteristics of the Martian dust cycle and global-scale dust storms.
A team of researchers led by Prof. DU Zhixue from the Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has discovered that substantial amounts of water could have been efficiently "locked away" deep within the mantle as it crystallized from a molten state.
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