As global temperatures rise, thermal expansion of oceans and melting ice sheets are driving up sea levels worldwide. In many coastal areas, land subsidence further exacerbates flood risks. However, a new study reveals that in China, policy decisions on where and how to develop coastal land may have a more significant impact on future flooding than climate change itself.
A research team led by Drs. LIANG Chao and ZHU Xuefeng from the Institute of Applied Ecology has developed a novel framework to evaluate the soil microbial carbon pump (MCP), offering new insights into long-term carbon sequestration and sustainable soil management.
What drives the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau region's large year-to-year fluctuations in summer rainfall? A team led by researchers from the Institute of Atmospheric Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has found an answer — the North Atlantic Ocean.
A Chinese research team has quantified terrestrial mean annual temperature variations in East Asia over the past two million years, and observed a surprising Pleistocene warming trend that contradicts the long-assumed global cooling pattern, according to a recent study.
A research team led by Prof. SUN Youbin and Associate Prof. LIU Xingxing from the Institute of Earth Environment of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, working with researchers from the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources of CAS, Lanzhou University, and Northwest University, analyzed sediment from the high-deposition Dadiwan section on the western Chinese Loess Plateau.
A research team led by Academician ZHU Jiaojun from the Institute of Applied Ecology has introduced a new quantitative method to classify shade tolerance in trees, offering a valuable tool for forest ecology research and management.
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