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View article: The Earth's Terrestrial Biodiversity Hotspots in Land Use Debt
The Earth's Terrestrial Biodiversity Hotspots in Land Use Debt Open
Land‐use change is a primary driver of ecosystem degradation in terrestrial biodiversity hotspots, undermining global sustainability commitments. However, tracking progress under the Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) policy, which aims to …
View article: Global soil moisture dynamics since 1980: datasets biases, trends, and science-informed selection
Global soil moisture dynamics since 1980: datasets biases, trends, and science-informed selection Open
Soil moisture is critical for climate prediction, ecological management, and disaster warning. However, multi-source datasets show spatiotemporal inconsistencies and uncertain regional applicability due to algorithmic and observational lim…
View article: Estimating River Discharge from Remotely Sensed River Widths in Arid Regions of the Northern Slope of Kunlun Mountain
Estimating River Discharge from Remotely Sensed River Widths in Arid Regions of the Northern Slope of Kunlun Mountain Open
Arid-region water resource management is hindered by severely inadequate river discharge monitoring, with effective observations of hydrological processes particularly lacking in narrow river channels. To overcome this bottleneck, this stu…
View article: Nanoparticle-based drug delivery systems: A promising approach for the treatment of liver fibrosis
Nanoparticle-based drug delivery systems: A promising approach for the treatment of liver fibrosis Open
Liver fibrosis is the predominant pathological feature of chronic liver diseases, affecting the well-being of millions around the world. If not detected and intervened on time during the early stage, liver fibrosis can advance to cirrhosis…
View article: The Synergistic Effects of Climate Change and Human Activities on Wetland Expansion in Xinjiang
The Synergistic Effects of Climate Change and Human Activities on Wetland Expansion in Xinjiang Open
Wetlands function as crucial transitional zones between land and water ecosystems worldwide, contributing significantly to the stability of local ecosystems. However, there is limited research on landscape changes in Xinjiang’s arid interi…
View article: Hybrid causal inference framework for long-chain drought propagation networks: Combining convergent cross-mapping and generalized random forest
Hybrid causal inference framework for long-chain drought propagation networks: Combining convergent cross-mapping and generalized random forest Open
Unveiling the causal mechanisms of long-chain drought propagation is crucial for understanding drought evolution, optimizing water resource management, and enhancing agricultural and socioeconomic drought resilience. The hydrological cycle…
View article: Global greening drives significant soil moisture loss
Global greening drives significant soil moisture loss Open
Vegetation dynamics, as fundamental terrestrial ecosystem components, regulate precipitation and evapotranspiration, directly affecting soil moisture (SM). However, global greening’s impact on SM (drying or wetting) remains uncertain. Here…
View article: Absolute Environmental Sustainability Assessment of the Arid Central Asia by Downscaling Planetary Boundaries
Absolute Environmental Sustainability Assessment of the Arid Central Asia by Downscaling Planetary Boundaries Open
Assessing absolute environmental sustainability (AES) is essential to ensure that human activities remain within a safe operating space. However, it remains unclear whether the planetary boundaries (PBs) have been breached in Central Asia.…
View article: Study on Family Education of Migrant Children under the Background of Five-Pronged Education
Study on Family Education of Migrant Children under the Background of Five-Pronged Education Open
With the expansion of the scale of migrant children in Zhuhai and the deepening attention of the Party and the state to the "Five-Pronged Education", the education of migrant children has received increasing attention. Among them, family e…
View article: TSWS: An observation-based streamflow dataset of Tianshan Mountains watersheds (1901–2019)
TSWS: An observation-based streamflow dataset of Tianshan Mountains watersheds (1901–2019) Open
Due to scarcity of data and complex hydrological conditions in the Tianshan region, long-term and complete streamflow data are lacking. This study produced a multi-basin streamflow dataset, named Tianshan watershed streamflow (TSWS) datase…
View article: Patterns of Snow Drought Under Climate Change: From Dry to Warm Dominance
Patterns of Snow Drought Under Climate Change: From Dry to Warm Dominance Open
Global warming may trigger more frequent snow droughts (SD). SD can result from low total precipitation (dry‐SD), high temperatures leading to less solid precipitation (warm‐SD), or a combination of both (dry‐warm compound SD). Those three…
View article: Unraveling the complexities of rain-on-snow events in High Mountain Asia
Unraveling the complexities of rain-on-snow events in High Mountain Asia Open
Rain-on-snow (ROS) events, defined as rainfall on a snow-covered landscape, pose a significant flood risk. While climate change is altering precipitation patterns and snow cover in High Mountain Asia (HMA), our understanding of ROS pattern…
View article: Patterns of Snow Drought Under Climate Change: From Dry to Warm Dominance
Patterns of Snow Drought Under Climate Change: From Dry to Warm Dominance Open
Global warming may trigger more frequent snow droughts (SD). SD can result from low total precipitation (dry-SD), from high temperature leading to less solid precipitation (warm-SD) or from the combination of both (dry-warm compound SD). E…
View article: Land Structure Change and Ecological Effects Under Future Development Scenarios in Tarim River Basin, Central Asia
Land Structure Change and Ecological Effects Under Future Development Scenarios in Tarim River Basin, Central Asia Open
Land is important in the productive life of human societies, as the ecological environment has been shown to be closely related to societal advancement. Currently, the dynamics of land use and cover change (LUCC) have emerged as a focal po…
View article: Warming Triggers Snowfall Fraction Loss Thresholds in High-Mountain Asia
Warming Triggers Snowfall Fraction Loss Thresholds in High-Mountain Asia Open
Snowfall, a crucial indicator of climate change, is essential for freshwater supply and glacier health. Accurately classifying precipitation types, especially in the rain-snow transition zone, is vital for understanding climate impacts. Wh…
View article: Regional Disparities in Hydro-climatic Extremes Across Central Asia: Insights from the Tienshan Mountains
Regional Disparities in Hydro-climatic Extremes Across Central Asia: Insights from the Tienshan Mountains Open
The Tienshan Mountains of Central Asia, a key region in global arid and semi-arid zones, faces highly uneven precipitation distribution due to its unique topography and climate. Precipitation variations significantly affect the region̵…
View article: Dynamic processes of water conflicts and their coupling with water crises in Asia’s transboundary river basins
Dynamic processes of water conflicts and their coupling with water crises in Asia’s transboundary river basins Open
As water resources become more scarce, transboundary river basins in Asia are hotspots of global water conflicts and areas with high water security risks. However, the dynamics of water conflicts in Asian transboundary river basins and the…
View article: Warming triggers snowfall fraction loss Thresholds in High-Mountain Asia
Warming triggers snowfall fraction loss Thresholds in High-Mountain Asia Open
Global warming is accelerating climate disasters by triggering tipping points in various Earth systems. Although changes in precipitation patterns in High-Mountain Asia (HMA) have been extensively studied, the specific thresholds that trig…
View article: Shifted dominant flood drivers of an alpine glacierized catchment in the Tianshan region revealed through interpretable deep learning
Shifted dominant flood drivers of an alpine glacierized catchment in the Tianshan region revealed through interpretable deep learning Open
The Kumalak River, a typical alpine glacierized catchment in the Tianshan region, experiences complex flooding driven by glacier meltwater, snowmelt, and rainfall. However, the mechanisms driving these processes under climate change remain…
View article: Effects of Transient Flooding on Leaf Litter Decomposition: A Case Study of Populus euphratica Leaf in an Arid Area
Effects of Transient Flooding on Leaf Litter Decomposition: A Case Study of Populus euphratica Leaf in an Arid Area Open
Litter fall decay constitutes a momentous source of nutrients for plant uptake. The change of mass, carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium of fresh leaf litter of Populus euphratica in transient flooding, control and soil covering tre…
View article: Asian Dryland Ecohealth Progress for Land Degradation Neutrality
Asian Dryland Ecohealth Progress for Land Degradation Neutrality Open
The 2030 global agenda deadline intensifies the urgency to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with SDG 15.3 aiming for land degradation neutrality (LDN). Aligned with the Rio Declaration’s seventh principle on ecohealth restorat…
View article: Characteristics of Drought Events and Their Impact on Vegetation Dynamics in the Arid Region of Northwest China
Characteristics of Drought Events and Their Impact on Vegetation Dynamics in the Arid Region of Northwest China Open
The arid region of Northwest China (ARNC) is responsive to global climate change, and drought events have occurred frequently in recent decades. However, studies about the effect of meteorological and drought stress on vegetation change in…
View article: Clinical and neuroimaging characteristics of diabetic striatopathy: a case series report
Clinical and neuroimaging characteristics of diabetic striatopathy: a case series report Open
Background Diabetic striatopathy (DS) is a rare disorder characterized by clinical manifestations of hemichorea, non-ketotic hyperglycemia, and high signal on T1-weighted MRI or high density on CT scan in basal ganglia, typically associate…