Particulate-bound mercury is crucial to the atmospheric mercury cycle, but its formation mechanisms remain poorly understood. A research team led by Prof. GUO Qingjun at the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research of the Chinese ...
12 19, 2025
By synthesizing 880 observations from 199 woody species across 328 Northern Hemisphere forests, Professor KOU's team found that iterative effects of absorptive root contribute 2.4 ± 0.1 MgC ha-1 to the moderately-persistent forest soil C pool over two ...
09 29, 2025
Land ecosystems absorb carbon from the atmosphere, slowing climate change. Yet, land carbon uptake is strongly influenced by temperature, and can decline rapidly once temperature exceeds an optimum level (Topt). This study shows that current Earth Syste...
09 03, 2025
Chinese scientists have recently uncovered the distribution pattern of dryland biocrusts, often described as the "skin" of the soil or a "carpet" that stabilizes sand, according to the Northwest Institute of Eco-environment and Resources, and the Instit...
08 15, 2025
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...
06 27, 2025
Led by Prof. ZHAO Yan from the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, researchers analyzed 5,000 fossil pollen samples extracted from two long lake-sediment cores of the Zoige Basin (~3400 m a.s.l.)...
06 20, 2025
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.
05 22, 2025
Dr. Li Zhihui’s team and their collaborators present a framework for optimizing crop planting structures and spatial layouts, considering the water-land-energy-economy-environment-food nexus. Using the NSGA-II algorithm, the model addresses water and e...
04 14, 2025
A research team from the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, has uncovered a surprising phenomenon: despite rising sea surface temperatures, global ocean evaporation has actually decreased over t...
02 20, 2025
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 ...
02 18, 2025
