A research team from the Aerospace Information Research Institute has explored the long-lasting effects of pre-phase landslides on future landslide occurrences and evaluated the susceptibility of regions prone to seismic events.

Chinese glaciologist Kang Shichang - who led a glacier and pollutant research group as part of the expedition - said that they will form a 3D digital map of the glaciers on Mount Qomolangma based on their field measurements, and the related research and data will be shared with international scientists.

Researchers from the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden and their collaborators investigated the growth and climate sensitivity of Abies spectabilis (Himalayan silver fir) along an elevation gradient in the Sagarmatha (Mt. Everest) National Park.

Jiuzhaigou Valley of southwest Sichuan Province, China was hit by a magnitude-7.0 earthquake in August 2017. Since then, things have improved and, on June 9, 2023, scientists from the The Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR) said vegetation in the whole area is gradually recovering.

Recently, a research team led by Prof. KANG Shichang from the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources (NIEER), in cooperation with scientists at home and broad, has investigated the formation mechanisms and sources of atmospheric nitrate in the Mt. Everest region by applying an isotopic method for the first time.

A recent discovery of a new species of acanthodian from China surprised scientists with its antiquity. The find predates by about 15 million years the earliest acanthodian body fossils and is the oldest undisputed jawed fish.

A collaborative research team from University of Science and Technology of China and China Geological Survey have succeeded in obtaining a high-resolution 3D resistivity model of approximately 20 km depth beneath the Weishan volcano in the Wudalianchi volcanic field (WVF) for the first time. The study evealed the image of potential magma chambers and the estimated melt fractions.

Rhododendron protistum var. giganteum, or big tree rhododendron, stands out for its large trunk and spectacular flowers. In China, plants usually fall within the height of 2,100 to 3,200 meters above sea level in the Gaoligong Mountains, which are home to about 17 percent of tall plants, about 30 percent of mammals and 35 percent of the birds in the country. The species is regarded as the "King of Rhododendron Species" among some 960 species globally. It was categorized as critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature for its small population and restricted distribution.