Development, BRICS and What Else？

Apr 24, 2025

Professor Antonio A.R. IorisProfessor at the School of Geography and Planning, Cardiff University (UK), and Director of the MSc in Environment and Development Programme. His research focuses on environmental governance, political geography, and political ecology, with a geographic emphasis on Latin America. He has conducted extensive long-term fieldwork across the region and previously served as a ...

Enhancing short-term algal bloom forecasting through an anti-mimicking hybrid deep learning method

Mar 20, 2025

Yaqin Zhang, Yichong Wang, Jixin Chen, Lizhen Lin, Wupeng Xiao, Bangqin Huang Journal of Environmental Management https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.124832Published: 10 March, 2025AbstractAccurately predicting algal blooms remains a critical challenge due to their dynamic and non-stationary nature, compounded by high-frequency fluctuations and noise in monitoring data. Additionally, a common issue ...

Restoring mangroves lost by aquaculture offers large blue carbon benefits

Mar 12, 2025

Yufeng Jiang,  Zhen Zhang, Daniel A. Friess , Yangfan Li , Zengkai Zhang , Ruirui Xin , Jing Li , Qian Zhang , Yi Li One Earth https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2590332224005554Published: 17 January 2025AbstractMangrove forests show great potential for mitigating climate change due to their high carbon densities but have faced extensive deforestation due to aquaculture. Aquaculture ...

Estimating phytoplankton primary production by coupling pulse amplitude modulation and incubation methods

Feb 28, 2025

Yichong Wang, Wupeng Xiao, Chengwen Xue, Yaqin Zhang, Chao Xu, Weinan Li, Mingwang Xiang, Chun Yang, Jixin Chen, Bangqin HuangLimnology and Oceanography: Methods https://doi.org/10.1002/lom3.10678Published: 26 February 2025AbstractPulse amplitude modulation (PAM) fluorometry provides high-resolution and high-frequency primary production (PP) estimates, crucial for understanding and managing dynamic ...

ENSO enhances seasonal river discharge instability and water resource allocation pressure

Jan 7, 2025

Minxiang Zhu , Dan Yu, Yiqi Yu, Yi Zheng, Shaobin Li, Ximing Cai, Nengwang ChenWater Resources Research https://doi.org/10.1029/2023WR036965Published: 05 January 2025AbstractThe El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) significantly disrupts Pacific Ocean watershed hydrology, affecting water supply reliability. However, the specific ways in which ENSO affects seasonal river discharge remain underexplored,...

Reduced phytoplankton biomass in a subtropical plume-upwelling system induced by typhoons Bailu and Podul

Nov 12, 2024

Zhuyin Tong, Lingqi Ma, Shujie Cai, Zhaoyun Chen, Lei Wang, Mingwang Xiang, Rui Huang, Meilin Wu, Wupeng Xiao*, Bangqin Huang*Progress in Oceanographyhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2024.103375Published: December 2024AbstractPhytoplankton responses to typhoons are pivotal for understanding the impact of climate change on marine biodiversity and productivity, yet current literature, focusing on...

Impacts of intensive smooth cordgrass removal on net ecosystem exchange in a saltmarsh-mangrove ecotone of Southeast China

Sep 29, 2024

Xudong Zhu*, Minghao Ma, Lichun Li, Mingjie LiScience of The Total Environmenthttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.173202.Published: 17 May 2024Abstract Net ecosystem exchange (NEE) of carbon dioxide (CO2) in disturbed tidal wetlands remain less investigated, albeit the importance of these ‘blue carbon’ ecosystems in mitigating climate change has been increasingly recognized. The invasion...

Drought reduces nitrogen supply and N2O emission in coastal bays

Sep 26, 2024

Mingzhen Zhang, Dan Yu, Yiqi Yu, Ruifeng Yan, Yasong Li, Weijie Gong, Kai Xiao, Shaobin Li, Nengwang Chen*Water Researchhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2024.122362Published: 14 September 2024 Abstract Severe droughts are increasingly prevalent under global climate change, disrupting watershed hydrology and coastal nitrogen cycling. However, the specific effects of drought on nitrogen transport...

High salinity restrains microplastic transport and increases the risk of pollution in coastal wetlands

Sep 24, 2024

Xiaoting Zhang, Zhanyi Shen, Jianyong Wu, Manlin Su, Linke Zheng, Minwei Xie, Hualong Hong, Xiaohong Huang, Haoliang Lu* Water Researchhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2024.122463Published: 21 September 2024AbstractMicroplastics (MPs) pollution in coastal wetlands has attracted global attention. However, few studies have focused on the effect of soil properties and structure on MP transport in ...

Constraining the twilight zone remineralization in the South China Sea basin: Insights from the multi-method intercomparison

Sep 3, 2024

Chao Xu, Mingwang Xiang, Bingzhang Chen, Yibin Huang*, Guoqiang Qiu, Yuchen Zhang, Haili Wang, Bangqin Huang* Progress in Oceanographyhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2024.103316Published: 19 August 2024AbstractThe twilight zone remineralization (TZR) consumes over 70% of organic carbon exported from the sunlit ocean, significantly affecting oceanic carbon sequestration and atmospheric CO2 conc...