Protected areas (PAs) are essential for biodiversity conservation but are threatened by cropland expansion. Recent studies predicted that approximately 500 million ha of additional croplands will be required in 2050 to address global food demand, which ...
03 24, 2023
Prof. SHI Wenjiao’s team from IGSNRR quantified three important water storages of the canopy layer, litter layer, and soil layers in the forest ecosystems related to water regulation services, and revealed the effect of individual drivers and multiple ...
03 02, 2023
On 20th December 2022, the kick-off and expert consultation meeting for ANSO Collaborative Research Project entitled “Optimal Allocation of Cultivated Land Resources in Heilongjiang Transboundary Watershed for SDG2” was held online.
12 30, 2022
On Sep. 12th 2022, the UN publication “Good Practices in South-South and Triangular Cooperation for Sustainable Development – Volume 4” was released during the event for the United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation. The project outcomes from UN...
09 20, 2022
A common nomenclature of landslide geometry is the basis for describing and understanding landslides. Prof. LAN's team at IGSNRR, CAS upgraded the international nomenclature of landslide geometry.
09 09, 2022
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 27, 2022
The Chinese Academy of Sciences launched a strategic action plan on Wednesday to help China achieve peak carbon dioxide emissions before 2030 and carbon neutrality before 2060.
03 07, 2022
Riparian 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, 2022
Recently, Professor LIU Suxia at the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences accepted the interview from Wiley Podcast, talking about their newly published work in Geophysical Research Letter entitled...
11 05, 2021
Scientists have previously found that, due to the shutdowns brought by COVID-19 last year, the atmospheric pollution has been improved as the pandemic largely restricts human activities. However, the secondary effects of the restrictions on the environ...
08 31, 2021
