As global temperatures continue to increase and human activities continue to expand, many
countries and regions are witnessing the consequences of global climate change. Mongolia …

As the largest ecosystem of China, the desert ecosystem and the desertification-prone
region (DPR) occupies 44% of China's land area. The past, present, and the future of …

Since the early 2000s, China has carried out extensive “grain-for-green” and grazing
exclusion practices to combat desertification in the desertification-prone region (DPR) …

Asian dust storms have long been a major environmental concern in China, affecting the
lives of about one billion people. However, it is unclear whether the mechanisms …

Historians and paleoclimatologists have long studied the connection between ecoclimatic
changes and empire growth, transformation, and decline, but striking cases remain rare …

In the last two decades, stalagmite oxygen isotope (δ 18 O) records have been widely used
to study the evolution of the paleomonsoon. Nevertheless, interpreting cave δ 18 O records …

Instrumental records reveal that intense tropical cyclone (TC) activity varies with tropical sea
surface temperature (SST) on annual-decadal scales. Drivers of intense TC activity at the …

Urbanization is a key factor that threatens the stability of ecosystem services (ESs), which
are crucial for maintaining ecological security and enhancing human quality of life. Gaining …

Instrumental data indicate the occurrence of a dipolar pattern of precipitation anomalies
between north China and the Yangtze River Valley (YRV), which was termed “northern …

Increasing proportions of the global population are exposed to floods, including many living
in the Yellow River floodplain. Since records were first kept in 602 BCE, there have been∼ …