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
Scientists from China and Europe have underscored the imperative of cross-border collaboration in scientific research, emphasizing the transformative power of uniting minds across continents to address global challenges. The scientists were attending th...
07 27, 2025
The book: Atlas of Natural Resources and Green Development of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (Chinese-English) was jointly compiled by Professor SHEN Lei, Dr. ZHONG Shuai and LI Delong of the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources ...
07 15, 2025
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 Tran...
07 11, 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
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
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 Assoc...
04 21, 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
China's recent release of an action plan to boost grain conservation and curb food waste underscores the nation's commitment to addressing food security, ecological sustainability and high-quality development in agriculture and food systems, experts said.
02 07, 2025
A research team from IGSNRR, CAS and their collaborators utilized multi-source remote sensing data to construct a monthly time series of water storage changes for 105,400 lakes and reservoirs in global arid regions from 1985 to 2020 to address long-term...
01 26, 2025
