Impact of paleohydrological conditions on wetland organic carbon accumulation in the monsoon-arid transition zone of North China during the Holocene

G Yang, X Yang, Y Wang, X Huang - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
Wetlands rich in carbon are important ecosystems for storing organic carbon, with their
carbon storage capacity closely linked to water levels. Therefore, it is valuable to explore the …

Seesaw between the westerlies and Asian monsoon regulates vegetation and climate during the last deglaciation in southern Northeast China

J Wang, G Zhang, W Zhang, X Zhou, J Liu, Z Zhu… - Quaternary Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
The history and drivers of hydroclimate changes during the last deglaciation in Northeast
China remain contentious. We present a high-resolution record of vegetation and climate …

Rate of vegetation change in southeast China during the Holocene and its potential drivers

C Chen, H Li, L Wei, Y Ji, S Wu, Q Xu, W Zhao… - Review of Palaeobotany …, 2024 - Elsevier
Understanding the factors behind past vegetation changes is instructive to anticipate how
vegetation will react to future climate change and human activities. The factors that …

Holocene millennial-scale megaflood events point to ENSO-driven extreme climate changes

C Chen, Y Zheng, Z Zheng, Y Zong, K Huang… - Science China Earth …, 2023 - Springer
Reconstructing the Holocene megaflood history is a key component of understanding the
mechanism of past climate change and assessing the potential impact of future catastrophic …

A millennium of cold and humid climate decreased carbon accumulation in the subtropical monsoon peatland

B Liu, H Liu, Y Wang, Z Yu, Y Fu, Z **a… - Communications Earth & …, 2025 - nature.com
In the subtropical monsoon region of China, the climate differs from that of most northern
peatlands, where many peatlands have developed in mountainous areas. However, it …

Temperature dominates leaf wax n-alkane carbon isotope composition of terrestrial C3 angiosperms in humid zones

Y Wang, Z Liu, M Zhang, G Dai, X Huang - Geochimica et Cosmochimica …, 2025 - Elsevier
The C 3 plant leaf wax δ 13 C (δ 13 C alk) is commonly used to reconstruct past climates.
However, our understanding of how precipitation and temperature influence terrestrial C 3 δ …

Increasing evapotranspiration in peatlands from the monsoon regions of East China with the rapid warming during the early Holocene

X Wang, X Huang - Journal of Hydrology, 2024 - Elsevier
Peatlands are one of the largest natural terrestrial carbon store, which evolve closely with
the hydrological functioning. Evapotranspiration serves as a nexus of the carbon and water …

Characteristics of n-alkyl lipids in cultivated Sphagnum and their preservation potential in the topsoil of Sphagnum farmlands in southwest China

Q Gao, G Yang, J Xue, X Huang - Organic Geochemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
Sphagnum, a crucial peat-forming plant, is essential for sustaining the ecosystem and
counteracting climate change. In recent years, attempts have been made to cultivate …

Sediment flux variation and environmental implications in the East Hainan Coast, South China Sea during the last 20 ka—a luminescence chronological investigation

Y Li, Y Li, M Chen, Y Xue, J Zhang, L Wang, C Tong… - Marine Geology, 2025 - Elsevier
Abstracts Sediments deposited on the continental shelf are indicative of paleo sea-level and
terrestrial-marine interaction. A reliable chronology of the continental shelf sediments is …

Quantitative reconstruction of the relative humidity by a coupled δ18O-δ2H approach during the Younger Dryas in central China

Y Yang, Y Zhang, H Zhang, X Huang - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Paleoclimate records in central China reveal asynchronous hydroclimate changes to those
from both northern and southern China during the Holocene. Whether such a spatial mode …