RESEARCH NEWS

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  New Index Helps Scientists Predict Soil Erosion and Plant Diversity in Mountains

  A team of researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed a new method for measuring the three-dimensional complexity of mountainous terrain.

  Aug 19, 2025
• Global South Faces "Disproportionately High" Urban Flood Risk, Study Warns

  A major new study has revealed a stark and growing inequality in urban flood exposure across the globe, with developing nations facing risks that are multiples higher than their wealthier counterparts.

  Aug 11, 2025
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  Intercropping With Reduced Nitrogen Fertilizer Boosts Soil Health Without Sacrificing Crop Yield

  The impact of intercropping and nitrogen levels on soil biological health and soil multifunctionality in maizeand peanutfields.

  Aug 11, 2025
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  Scientists Uncover Widespread Plant Strategy to Curb Soil Nitrogen Loss and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

  A study led by the Chinese Academy of Sciences’Institute of Applied Ecologyhas revealed that diverse plant species naturally inhibit soil nitrogen loss and nitrous oxideemissions through specialized root metabolites—a mechanism now identified as a potential ecological adaptation across plant families.

  Jul 28, 2025
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  Scientists Develop Coordinated Strategy to Boost Biofuel Production from Brown Algae

  "Our work reveals a critical principle: the true innovation lies in the synergy. NA provides more carriers, and nZVI provides the extra electrons," said LI Weiming. "This coordinated approach, tailored to the substrate's properties, represents a more sophisticated and adaptable strategy for biofuel production."

  Jul 28, 2025
• New Study Tracks Soil Carbon Pathways and Confirms Mineral-Associated Organic Matter as the Most Stable Carbon Pool

  A global study has provided new insights into how carbon moves and stabilizes in soils, revealing that mineral-associated organic matterserves as the most stable long-term reservoir of carbon across diverse ecosystems.

  Jun 23, 2025
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  Global Shift from Natural Forests to Plantations Alters Ecosystem Nutrient Balance, Study Finds

  The global expansion of plantation forests is disrupting fundamental ecosystem functions by altering nutrient cycling in soils. As forests transition from diverse natural ecosystems to monocultures of planted trees, the balance of essential elements—carbon (C), nitrogen (N), and phosphorus (P)—is being systematically reconfigured, according to new research published in Forest Ecology and Management.

  Jun 23, 2025
• Long-Term Organic Fertilization Shown to Reshape Soil Carbon Stability via Microbial and Plant Residue Redistribution

  Long-term organic fertilization has been found to significantly enhance the accumulation and stability of soil organic carbonin agricultural ecosystems by altering how microbial and plant-derived residues are stored across different soil particle sizes.

  Jun 23, 2025
• Field Study Reveals Nitrate as Favored Nitrogen Source for Temperate Trees in Northeast China

  A new study has revealed that temperate forest tree species, regardless of whether they associate with ectomycorrhizalor arbuscular mycorrhizalfungi, consistently show a strong preference for absorbing nitrate over ammonium.

  Jun 23, 2025
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  Novel Whole-Greenhouse Static Chamber Method Enhances Accuracy of Greenhouse Gas Emission Quantification in Greenhouse Cultivation Systems

  The findings above were published in the journal Science of the Total Environment under the title"Quantifying ecosystem respiration and nitrous oxide emissions from greenhouse cultivation systems via a novel whole-greenhouse static chamber method.".

  Jun 23, 2025