supported by the Third Xinjiang Scientific Expedition Program (2021xjkk0806);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (42271033,51979263).
A warming-wetting climate trend has led to increased runoff in most watersheds in the Tian Shan Mountains over the past few decades.However,it remains unclear how runoff components,that is,rainfall runoff(Rrain),snowm...
supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2022YFF0801903);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (41690145,42125604);the State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology (2021-TS-06,2021-KF-06,and 2022-ZD-05);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (2021NTST16);the Beijing Normal University Talent Introduction Project of China (12807-312232101);Basic Research Fund of CAMS (2023Z004).
Tipping points of about 16 elements have been identified in Earth system,yet cryospheric tipping point of specific Alpine region has not been studied.Here we analyzed three tipping elements(mountain glacier,snow cover...
funding support from the Nansen Scientific Society.
The Arctic sea-ice cover has decreased in extent,area,and thickness over the last six decades.Most global climate models project that the summer sea-ice extent(SIE)will decline to less than 1 million(mill.)km^(2) in t...
supported in part by the National Key R&D Program of China(Grant No.2017YFA0604804);the Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.XDA20020402);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant NO.42171079)。
Critical transitions in ecosystems may imply risks of unexpected collapse under climate changes,especially vegetation often responds sensitively to climate change.The type of vegetation ecosystem states could present ...
supported by the Australian Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre
The frequency and severity of extreme events associated with global change are both forecast to increase with a concomitant increase expected in perturbations and disruptions of fundamental processes at ecosystem, com...
Introduction:Biodiversity and biodiversity-based ecosystems services are intrinsically dependent on the climate.During the twentieth century,climate change has posed major threats to biodiversity in Africa,and impacts...
Acknowledgments This study was financially supported by the Shanghai Science and Technology Committee (10dz1210600), the National Sea Welfare Project (201005019-09), the Natural Science Foundation of China (41476075, 41340044), and the China Geological Survey (12120115043101 ).
In recent years, intensifying waterlogging, salt water intrusion, wetland loss, and ecosystem degradation in Chinese delta cities and adjacent regions have generated the pressing need to create an urban form that is s...
LIBYA is rapidly joining the ranks of Africa's better-known failed states: the Central African Re- public, Somalia and South Sudan. The North African country, once boasting one of the continent's highest per-capita...