Deep-sea fish teeth have attracted much attention because of their capacity to absorb rare earth element. Prof. GUO Qingjun's team at the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research of Chinese Academy of Sciences found two distinctiv...
06 24, 2022A new study published in Agricultural and Forest Meteorology by a research group at the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences thoroughly addressed three critical issues: ET magnitude, its trend and ...
06 17, 2022China has achieved a comprehensive victory in poverty reduction through decades of hard work and a set of measures, especially the continuous implementation of targeted poverty alleviation policy proposed in 2013.
03 30, 2022Increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations by fossil fuel combustion is the main driver of global warming. Global CO2 retrieval products based on continuous satellite observations reveal nonuniform distributions of atmospheric CO2 concen...
03 18, 2022With the development of renewable energy, the basic logic of the interactions among global energy network has been changed. As Although traditional energy is still the top priority for China, the roles of China in the global energy networks are not only...
03 07, 2022Riparian vegetation growing in meandering river floodplains has differing abilities to stabilize streambanks depending on the vegetation type and density, which further influences meander bend migration.
02 07, 2022Food supply has always been a major concern in Tibet’s development. As the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is especially sensitive to climate change, clarifying the impact of climate change on the yield of cereal, a major crop in Tibet, is of great importance.
01 24, 2022Climate change is altering patterns of weather and water around the world, causing water shortages and droughts in some areas. Studying the forest ecosystems, its water retention service in particular, can help to solve the insufficiency of water. The a...
10 27, 2021Transition in energy and transportation sectors will increase the demand for minerals as emerging technologies (solar, wind, and electric vehicles) require more minerals than fossil based technologies.
09 24, 2021The fraction of absorbed photosynthetically active radiation (FAPAR) defines the fraction of photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) absorbed by the green parts of the canopy, and thus expresses the canopy’s energy absorption capacity. FAPAR has been...
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