The Infona portal uses cookies, i.e. strings of text saved by a browser on the user's device. The portal can access those files and use them to remember the user's data, such as their chosen settings (screen view, interface language, etc.), or their login data. By using the Infona portal the user accepts automatic saving and using this information for portal operation purposes. More information on the subject can be found in the Privacy Policy and Terms of Service. By closing this window the user confirms that they have read the information on cookie usage, and they accept the privacy policy and the way cookies are used by the portal. You can change the cookie settings in your browser.
Understanding drivers for energy consumption is important for economic and environmentally sustainable development. To explore this issue, the SDA (structural decomposition analysis) method based on input-output theory was used to analyze the influencing mechanism of energy consumption in one of the top energy consumers, Guangdong Province in China, during 2002 to 2012. We divided the process into...
Resource endowment and resource carrying capacity (RCC) are the most important cornerstones of regional sustainable development. By applying a newly established RCC method, namely, the relative resources carrying capacity (RRCC) method, we evaluated the RCC in the Tarim River basin (TRB) in arid China in Xinjiang during 2000-2011. Research results show that the relative resources carrying capacity...
Balancing sustained economic growth with energy security and environmental and climate change constraints is a common but difficult challenge. China, as the largest energy consumer in the world – 90% of which is fossil fuel-based – faces the enormous task of transforming its energy mix to low-emissions. CO₂ has been successfully injected for the purposes of both carbon capture and storage (CCS) and...
Azoxystrobin has been largely applied as a kind of new strobilurin fungicide in recent years. Knowledge about the impact of the fungicide on soil biochemical properties is critical for understanding its effect on soil health. The effects of different doses of azoxystrobin (0, 0.1, 1, 10 mg·kg⁻¹) on cultivable soil microbial population, soil enzymatic activities, and soil respiration in Cambisol were...
Sonneratia alba (S. alba) is a mangrove species grown in brackish water of tropical and subtropical regions. Due to its unique environment, it has evolved various mechanisms for modulating salt and metal levels. In order to find the genes connected with bioaccumulation of metals, the root transcriptome annotation of Sonneratia alba was analyzed and a new metallothionein (MT) gene was cloned. Sequence...
Atmospheric sulfur dioxide (SO₂) is a major air pollutant and has the most negative effect on atmospheric chemistry. In this study, measurements of SO₂ column concentration obtained from an ozone monitoring instrument (OMI) are used to investigate the temporal and spatial dynamics of SO₂. Temporal and spatial distributions of SO₂ concentrations obtained from OMI over the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (Jing-Jin-Ji)...
Evaluating resources and environmental carrying capacity (RECC) plays an important role in sustainable regional development. Using the urban agglomerations of Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei Province as examples, in this paper we utilize remote sensing (RS) and geographic information system (GIS) techniques to study RECC. Based on data obtained from statistical information and RS technology, we selected...
To achieve emission reduction targets in China, it is necessary to analyze the factors driving energyrelated carbon emissions from a regional perspective. We used extended STIRPAT model (stochastic impacts by regression on population, affluence, and technology) based on the classical IPAT identity (where I = impact representing carbon emissions, P = population, A = affluence, and T = emission intensity)...
Climate change and human activities influence runoff and sediment load in an integrated way. However, under similar climate conditions the variability in runoff and sediment load is mainly a result of human activities. In this study, the change trends of runoff and sediment load were detected with linear regression analysis for the Beiluo River on the Loess Plateau, China. The impact of human activities...
Set the date range to filter the displayed results. You can set a starting date, ending date or both. You can enter the dates manually or choose them from the calendar.