Nitrogen Deposition in China Has Stabilized over the Past Decade

China is one of the three regions with the highest N (Nitrogen) deposition in the world. Better understanding of the spatio-temporal pattern of N deposition is critical for environmental management and policy development.

High Resolution Rice Maps for NE May Help Boost Production

Researchers Reveal the Spatial Relationship between High-speed Transportation and Land Use

Transportation is an important driving factor in land use change. Researches from IGSNRR have revealed the spatial relationship of high-speed transportation construction and land-use efficiency and its mechanism in the Shandong Peninsula urban agglomer...

Inclusion of a crop model in a climate model

Crop models are parameterization schemes that simulate the processes of crop development and production. Their inclusion in climate models can promote the simulation ability of climate models, according to Dr. ZOU Jing and his co-researchers.

How to Calculate the CO2 Emission Factors of Cement Industry in China more accurately?

Dr. GENG Yuanbo’s group found that Raw Material Carbonate Method is more accurate and simpler than other methods based on inorganic carbon and organic carbon to calculate carbon dioxide emission factors.

Researches Find Contrasting Responses of Autumn-leaf Senescence to Daytime and Night-time Warming

Autumn leaf-senescence has been challenging to predict but plays an important role in regulating carbon balance of ecosystems. Prof. WU Chaoyang’s team at the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences ...

Researchers Release Commutes Affect Our Job and Housing Dynamics

Job and housing dynamics are related to commutes of our daily life. Few longitudinal studies have examined their correlations. Now, a study reporting in PNAS on November 19 have investigated job and housing dynamics by various mobility groups.

How to Operate the China-Europe Railway Express without Subsidies?

Facilities connectivity is a priority area for implementing the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The "China-Europe Railway Express" (CER Express) scheduled high-speed freight train services between China and countries along the "Silk Road Economic Belt" ...

Switch in the Climatic Factors Controlling Vegetation Dynamics on the Tibetan Plateau

The ecosystem of the Tibetan Plateau is highly susceptible to climate change. Using precipitation and temperature records along with Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) data, Dr.HUA Ting and Prof. WANG Xunming analyzed the temporal and spatial...

Scientists Found That Wheat Growing Season Lengths Change Significant due to Crop Management Measure

Prof. GE Quansheng and his team show the spatiotemporal differentiation of changes in wheat phenology and attribution analysis among wheat-planting regions based on historical records of wheat phenology covering a period of 1981-2010 collected from 48 a...