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Chinese Scientists Test Unmanned Glacier Thickness Detector on Bayi Glacier
A research team from the State Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, in collaboration with the Laboratory of Electromagnetic Radiation and Detection Technology at the Aerospace Information Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (AIRCAS), has successfully completed field testing of a self-developed unmanned vehicle-mounted glacier penetrating radar on the Bayi Glacier in the central Qilian Mountains. The tests ran from October 10 to 25, 2025.
Nov 05, 2025
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Africa's Great Green Wall Holds Great Potential for Land Degradation Neutrality, Study Finds
A new study published in Scientific Reports has evaluated land productivity dynamics (LPD) across the African Great Green Wall (GGW) from 2013 to 2022, offered a decade-long perspective on one of the world’s most ambitious initiatives to combat desertification in the Sahel. It aims to assess progress toward the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 15.3 for Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) and identify the key factors driving land productivity change to guide more effective restoration strategies.
Oct 31, 2025
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Novel Field-Theoretic Framework Unlocks Universal Evolutionary Patterns of Competitive Systems in Nature
A research team from the Aerospace Information Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (AIRCAS), led by DENG Chubo and SUN Xian, has developed a field-theoretic framework to address this issue. Their findings, published in Scientific Reports, reveal that competitive systems universally converge to three distinct evolutionary regimes—Stable Equilibrium, Periodic Oscillations, or Progressive Dominance and Elimination. The discovery offers a robust theoretical tool to explain and predict antagonistic phenomena across disciplines.
Oct 31, 2025
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Smart Satellite Tools Boost Forage Farming in Arid Lands
A new study in Water Research presents an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered remote sensing framework to precisely map forage cultivation potential across northern China's hs, especially the middle reaches of the Yellow River. This study identified optimal forage belts at the kilometer scale, offering robust data and decision-ready tools to support ecological protection, sustainable agriculture, and national feed and food security.
Oct 27, 2025
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Global Study Reveals Drought Adaptability of Karst Vegetation
A recent study published in npj Climate and Atmospheric Science unveils that ecosystems with more complete ecological succession and longer duration exhibit strong adaptability to drought. Using long-term satellite imagery (2000-2019) and an advanced automated algorithm, an international research team developed an evaluation framework based on a vegetation response intensity (RI), incorporating drought stress windows and delayed vegetation response windows to assess vegetation adaptability to drought. Their findings highlight significant differences and critical mechanisms underlying changes in karst vegetation drought adaptability.
Oct 17, 2025
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