Month: June 2021

VIDEO link: http://mp42.china.com.cn/video_tide/video/2021/6/18/20216181624005599095_376.mp4 Deadly sands  Shi Guangyin was born into a farmer’s family in Dingbian County, Yulin, Shaanxi Province. The county sits at the conjunction of four provincial-level areas and the southern edge of Maowusu. In the 1950s, 39 percent of the county’s land area was covered by sand, and the overall greenness was only 0.5 percent. Sandstorms hit the area frequently. “We moved nine times in my father’s lifetime […]

The amount of carbon stored below ground by plants is significant from a global perspective. Recent research shows that cold and dry areas, such as the Mongolian plateau, have the highest fractions of plant carbon stored underground. The Mongolian Plateau, comprises the nation of Mongolia and the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China, which has been influenced by significant climatic changes and intensive human activities.  Warmer and wetter areas had […]

The Goupitan Hydropower Station navigation project in Yuqing County, Zunyi City, Guizhou Province was opened to trial traffic on Tuesday as a 500-ton ship passed the three-stage ship lift. With a total length of 2,306 meters, it allows 500-ton ships to enter the Yangtze River in Fuling, Chongqing along the route of Guiyang’s Kaiyang Wharf-Goupitan hydropower station. Play video: Click link > http://www.ecns.cn/video/2021-06-25/detail-ihansikz8717111.shtml Source: ECNS, 2021-06-25 

Laboratory for the simulation of climate, environmental, ecological, Earth and space weather systems, to predict climate and environment variability, prevent and mitigate natural disasters more effectively. The virtual EarthLab was officially launched on 23 June 2021 in Beijing’s Huairou Science City on Wednesday. In partnership with Tsinghua University, the Institute of Atmospheric Physics at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) began developing EarthLab in 2018. After trial operations, inspections and […]

Time froze in Zhiziluo Village, Yunnan Province, in 1986. Painted slogans of late Chinese Chairman Mao Zedong, along with his portrait, are still visible on the mottled walls. Vines, after creeping over some houses, stopped growing but remained in place, withered. A basketball court at the center of the village is empty and quiet. It’s like a frozen frame from an old movie, as though the press of a button […]

Click link to view video: http://mp42.china.com.cn/video_tide/video/2021/6/21/20216211624237765464_376.mp4 The elderly people of Yangxian County regard crested ibises as a symbol of good luck. Not only is the red color on their crests considered auspicious in Chinese culture, but they also, like cranes, are known because of their long lives as a symbol of longevity. The people of this county, located in Hanzhong, a city in Shaanxi Province, also found these birds, paired […]