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The low-carbon transformation of coal power units in China is critical to achieving the 1.5 degree temperature control target of the Paris Agreement and the carbon neutrality target. Biomass and Coal co-firing Power unit with Carbon Capture and Storage (BCP-CCS), as an important negative carbon emission technology, may inspire new ideas for the transformation. As biomass can absorb carbon dioxi...
Increasing atmospheric CO2 concentration in the midst of global warming has led to increases in vegetation greenness over much of the world. However, recent studies have demonstrated that the trend of global greening appears to be declining for unclear reasons. The Tibetan Plateau particularly sensitive to climate change is a natural testing ground to explore the mechanism of climate affecting ...
On October 30, the launch event on The 2022 Report of the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change was held in Beijing. Professor Rong Zeng, Vice-President of Tsinghua University, Prof. Peng Gong, Co-chair of Lancet Countdown, Vice-President and Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hong KongPeng Gong, Professor Yong Luo, Chair of the Department of Earth System Science in Tsinghua Unive...
National parks are the part with the most important natural ecological system, the most unique natural landscape, the most essential natural heritages, and the greatest biodiversity in China. China’s national park project has shifted from pilot to construction phase with the official establishment of its first group of national parks (CFGNPs) in October 2021. The CFGNPs include five national p...
The Earth System Science Numerical Simulator Facility (EarthLab), a major national science and technology infrastructure project in the Period of the 12th Five-Year Plan, has recently passed state acceptance inspection and been officially put into operation.EarthLab, the first major national science and technology infrastructure in the Huairou Comprehensive National Science Center, centers on t...
Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels (hereinafter referred to as "carbon emissions") are one of the main causes of global warming. In the past, governments and academic circles, while focusing attention on the big emitters with huge economies and population scales, ignored the carbon emissions of many small and medium-sized new economies. Recently, an international team spearheaded by Pro...
The lake area on the Tibetan Plateau (TP) accounts for over 50% of the total lake area in China. With the area of alpine lakes constantly increasing, more and more attention has been paid to the impact of lakes on local weather and climate. However, the lake freeze onset simulated by the available mode is seriously too early (antedating by 1~2 months), which problem can hardly be addressed by r...
To timely share the data of global soil moisture monitoring data, “A long term global daily soil moisture dataset derived from AMSR-E and AMSR2 (2002-2022)” released by the National Tibetan Plateau Data Center (https://data.tpdc.ac.cn), has been recently updated to August 31, 2022. Based on AMSR-E/AMSR2 TB, a completely domestic independent algorithm is adopted to retrieve global surface soil...
