Research Progress

Scientists Found Eco-strategies of Soil Microbes Control Temperature Sensitivity of Organic Matte...

To test this hypothesis, Dr. Hui Li and her colleagues from the research group of Soil Chemistry in Institute of Applied Ecology, CAS analyzed Q10 of SOM decomposition in 13 sites of natural temper...

Fatty Acid Methyl Ester-based Microemulsion Effectively Increases the Polycyclic Aromatic Hydroca...

In a study published in Journal of Hazardous Materials, a research group led by GONG Zongqiang from the Shenyang Institute of Applied Ecology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) proposed a fat...

Scientists Have Series of Discoveries on Soil Microbial Carbon Pump and Carbon Storage Mechanism

The mechanism of soil carbon turnover and sequestration is a hot and difficult point in carbon biogeochemical cycling research. The improvement of soil carbon sink function is closely related to ke...

Researchers Reveal How Nitrogen and Water Addition Influence Inorganic Phosphorus Components in t...

Phosphorus is a limiting nutrient affecting the primary productivity of terrestrial ecosystems. In semi-arid grasslands, soil phosphorus mainly exists in the form of mineral-bound inorganic phospho...

How Do Aggregates of Different Sizes Mediate Soil-Plant Relationship?

The researchers (Associate Prof. Wang Ruzhen, Prof. Jiang Yong and Ph.D. student WU Hui) found that there was a significant correlation between plant characteristics (biomass and species richness) ...