Although remote sensing provides useful data products for global monitoring of air pollutants, the extensive non-random missingness due to cloud contamination or high surface reflectance severely limits their applicability. As a critical traffic-related...
01 11, 2021
The fraction of photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) absorbed by green elements (fAPAR) is an essential climate variable in quantifying canopy absorbed PAR and gross and net primary production. Continuous and accurate measurement of the fAPAR is th...
12 22, 2020
Considering the limitations of crop models or statistical models, Prof. SHI Wenjiao’s team defined the actual-occurred composited series (AS) and control composited series, and quantitatively separated the losses of yield and production of the major gr...
09 04, 2020
Forests harbor the largest biodiversity among terrestrial ecosystems and mediate biosphere-atmosphere carbon (C) dynamics via primary productivity and decomposition. The biodiversity of organisms involved in C and nutrient cycling can modify these ecosy...
08 20, 2020
The establishment of well-facilitated farmland in recent years has played a key role in addressing the issues of land fragmentation and food security in China. Prof. SHI Wenjiao’s team at IGSNRR provided a detailed analysis of the comprehensive benefit...
08 18, 2020
The impact of fences on natural ecosystems where both domestic livestock and wildlife graze is of global concern. Associate Prof. SUN Jian's lab at IGSNRR found that grazing exclusion with fences was effective in promoting aboveground vegetation growth ...
06 12, 2020
ZHAO Yan's team establishes the first orbital-millennial scale vegetation record on the Tibetan Plateau over the past 1.74 Myr. They reveal a comprehensive picture of how high-latitude ice volume and low-latitude insolation has driven the plateau vegeta...
05 08, 2020
Prof. ZHEN Lin’s team at IGSNRR proposed effective approaches for restoration, and found evidence of alpine grassland restoration and sustainable regional development.
04 28, 2020
A research team at IGSNRR estimated the likely situation in the future for ecological services in the Three-River-Source region.
04 02, 2020
Dr. SHI Wenjiao and TAO Fulu's team at IGSNRR, CAS found large spatial variations in the CIC, LWHC, SSC and WRC in different forest types and soil types at the national and basin scales. The SSC values accounted for approximately 60–85% of the WRC valu...
03 03, 2020
