Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS

CAS Project on Fighting Climate Change: Kenya Turns to Bamboo to Heal Riverbanks

On June 30th, a project mid-term review event was organized in the Bunyala area of the Nzoia River Basin, Kenya, under the “Ecosystem Restoration for Enhancing Livelihoods and Addressing Climate Change: China-Kenya Cooperation on Bamboo Technology Transfer” project.

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Researchers Develop a New Paradigm for the Effect of Root Dynamics on Soil Carbon Storage

Prof. KOU Liang’s team and their collaborators propose a new paradigm, ‘iterative effects’, integrating multi-generational root production and turnover with multi-stage root decomposition to address the build-up of moderately stable soil carbon forms. This theoretical framework provides novel insights into soil carbon cycling and ecosystem responses to global changes.

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Scientists Reveal Accelerating Decline in Global Forest Recovery after Major Wildfires

The study show that after 2010, the median severity of large wildfires surged by 42.9 percent in arid regions and 54.3 percent in boreal zones, with North America's western regions, northern-central Siberia and southeastern Australia being hardest hit.

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Workshop of IAHS-HELPING-DEEPHY Held in Beijing

On April 10, 2025, a workshop of DEEPHY (Deep Explanation & Evaluation for Practices in Hydrological Changes) Working Group of the International Hydrological Decade HELPING (Hydrology Engaging Local People IN one Global world) of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS) was held in Beijing.

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Study Reveals Global Urban Vegetation Dynamics from 1990 to 2021

A Research team from the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research found that urban vegetation greening is geographically uneven, with the Global South accounting for 36.77 percent and the Global North representing 45.65 percent.

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CAS Project on Fighting Climate Change: Kenya Turns to Bamboo to Heal Riverbanks

Researchers Develop a New Paradigm for the Effect of Root Dynamics on Soil Carbon Storage

Scientists Reveal Accelerating Decline in Global Forest Recovery after Major Wildfires

Workshop of IAHS-HELPING-DEEPHY Held in Beijing

Study Reveals Global Urban Vegetation Dynamics from 1990 to 2021

06 20, 2025

Fossil Pollen Reveals 3.5-million-year Vegetation Dynamics on the Eastern Tibetan Plateau

04 14, 2025

Optimizing Crop Planting within Nexus Enables Enhancing Agricultural Sustainability

02 20, 2025

Unexpected Decline in Global Ocean Evaporation Amid Rising Sea Temperatures

04 21, 2025

Workshop of IAHS-HELPING-DEEPHY Held in Beijing

12 23, 2024

Prof. DONG Suocheng Proposed to Construct the “Great Green Wall in the Yellow River Basin and the Mongolian Plateau” at COP16

09 20, 2024

World's First Geographic Multimodal Premiered in China

Forum for Water Problem——the Eighteenth Lecture in 2025

Forum for Water Problem——the Sixteenth Lecture in 2025

Forum for Water Problem——the Ninth Lecture in 2025

Forum for Water Problem——the Eighth Lecture in 2025

Key Laboratory of Land Surface Pattern and Simulation

Key Laboratory of Regional Sustainable Development Modeling

Key Laboratory for Resource Use and Environmental Remediation

State Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Information System

Key Laboratory of Water Cycle and Related Land Surface Processes