Harnessing the potential of nature-based solutions for mitigating and adapting to climate change

N Seddon - Science, 2022 - science.org
Although many governments, financial institutions, and corporations are embracing nature-
based solutions as part of their sustainability and net-zero carbon strategies, some nations …

[HTML][HTML] Climate change and its impact on biodiversity and human welfare

KR Shivanna - Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy, 2022 - Springer
Climate change refers to the long-term changes in temperature and weather due to human
activities. Increase in average global temperature and extreme and unpredictable weather …

The second data release from the European Pulsar Timing Array-III. Search for gravitational wave signals

J Antoniadis, P Arumugam, S Arumugam… - Astronomy & …, 2023 - aanda.org
We present the results of the search for an isotropic stochastic gravitational wave
background (GWB) at nanohertz frequencies using the second data release of the European …

Multispecies forest plantations outyield monocultures across a broad range of conditions

Y Feng, B Schmid, M Loreau, DI Forrester, S Fei, J Zhu… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Multispecies tree planting has long been applied in forestry and landscape restoration in the
hope of providing better timber production and ecosystem services; however, a systematic …

Forestation at the right time with the right species can generate persistent carbon benefits in China

H Xu, C Yue, Y Zhang, D Liu… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Previous evaluations on the biophysical potential of forest carbon sink have focused on
forestation area distribution and the associated carbon stock for equilibrium-state forests …

Anthropogenic land use and land cover changes—A review on its environmental consequences and climate change

PS Roy, RM Ramachandran, O Paul, PK Thakur… - Journal of the Indian …, 2022 - Springer
The global demand for food and bioenergy changes associated with land use and land
cover change (LULCC) has raised concerns about the environment, global warming, and …

Habitat quality dynamics in China's first group of national parks in recent four decades: Evidence from land use and land cover changes

X Chen, L Yu, Y Cao, Y Xu, Z Zhao, Y Zhuang… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
As the most biodiversity-rich part of the protected areas system, habitats within the pilot
national parks have long been threatened by drastic human-induced land use and land …

Species mixing improves soil properties and enzymatic activities in Chinese fir plantations: A meta-analysis

J Guo, H Feng, P McNie, Q Liu, X Xu, C Pan, K Yan… - Catena, 2023 - Elsevier
It is becoming a tendency for multispecies plantations to be promoted worldwide to enhance
carbon sequestration and provide better ecosystem services. Soil physicochemical …

Mapping China's planted forests using high resolution imagery and massive amounts of crowdsourced samples

K Cheng, Y Su, H Guan, S Tao, Y Ren, T Hu… - ISPRS Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Tree planting has been suggested as a potentially effective solution for mitigating climate
change. China has implemented the world's largest afforestation and reforestation project …

A distinct sensitivity to the priming effect between labile and stable soil organic carbon

Q Zhang, J Feng, J Li, CY Huang, Y Shen… - New …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Soil organic carbon (SOC) is a mixture of various carbon (C) compounds with different
stability, which can be distinctly affected by the priming effect (PE). However, little is known …