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...

Microplastics emerge as a hotspot for dibutyl phthalate sources in rivers and oceans: Leaching behavior and potential risks

Aug 31, 2024

Lujian Lin, Bo Yuan, Huiling Liu, Yue Ke, Weifeng Zhang a, Hanyi Li, Haoliang Lu, Jingchun Liu,  Hualong Hong*, Chongling Yan*Journal of Hazardous Materialshttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.134920Published: 15 August 2024AbstractDibutyl phthalate (DBP) as a plasticizer has been widely used in the processing of plastic products. Nevertheless, these DBP additives have the potential to be rel...

Modeling of algal blooms: Advances, applications and prospects

Jun 28, 2024

Yichong Wang, Chao Xu, Qianru Lin, Wupeng Xiao*, Bangqin Huang, Wenfang Lu, Nengwang Chen, Jixin Chen* Ocean and Coastal Managementhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2024.107250Published: 01 September 2024AbstractAlgal blooms represent a pivotal ecological phenomenon in marine ecosystems, exerting significant influence on energy transfer, material cycling, and ecological structure and function...

Global corporate tax competition challenges climate change mitigation

Mar 28, 2024

Yuwan Duan, Zengkai Zhang*, Yuze Li, Shouyang Wang, Cuihong Yang, Yi LuNature Climate Changehttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-024-01952-0?utm_source=xmol&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_content=meta&utm_campaign=DDCN_1_GL01_metadataPublished: 28 March 2024AbstractMany countries have cut their corporate tax rates in the past decades to attract foreign investment. To prevent this, a global minimum ...

Prioritizing ecological restoration in hydrologically sensitive areas to improve groundwater quality

Feb 13, 2024

Yao Wang, Yiqi Yu, Xin Luo, Qiaoguo Tan, Yuqi Fu, Chenhe Zheng, Deli Wang*, Nengwang Chen*Water Researchhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2024.121247Published: March 15, 2024AbstractGreening is the optimal way to mitigate climate change and water quality degradation caused by agricultural expansion and rapid urbanization. However, the ideal sites to plant trees or grass to achieve a win–win sol...

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in a subtropical river-mangrove estuary-bay system

Dec 25, 2023

Xingwei Xie, Yonglong Lu*, Pei Wang, Haojie Lei, Zian LiangScience of The Total Environmenthttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162492Published: 10 June 2023AbstractPer- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) are a large and complex class of synthetic chemicals widely used in industrial and domestic products. This study compiled and analyzed the distribution and composition of PFASs in mari...

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in marine organisms along the coast of China

Dec 25, 2023

Xingwei Xie, Yonglong Lu, Pei Wang, Haojie Lei, Nengwang Chen, Zian Liang, Xudong Jiang, Jialong Li, Zhiwei Cao, Jieming Liao, Kongming LiJournal of Hazardous Materialshttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.132937Published: 15 February 2024AbstractMangrove estuaries are one of the most economically valuable and biologically diverse coastal ecosystems. However, knowledge of emerging pollutants i...