Inventory of China’s Net Biome Productivity since the 21st Century by Chaochao Du, Xiaoyong Bai, Yangbing Li, Qiu Tan, Cuiwei Zhao, Guangjie Luo, Luhua Wu, Fei Chen, Chaojun Li, Chen Ran, Xuling Luo, Huipeng Xi, Huan Chen, Sirui Zhang, Min Liu, Suhua Gong, Lian Xiong, Fengjiao Song, Biqin Xiao

“…This study emphasizes the importance of using NBP to re-estimate the net carbon sink of China’s terrestrial ecosystem, which is beneficial to providing data support for the realization of China’s carbon neutrality goal and global carbon cycle research.…”
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How a coastal megacity affects marine biodiversity and ecosystem function: Impacts of reduced water quality and other anthropogenic stressors by Rinaldi Gotama, David M. Baker, Isis Guibert, Shelby E. McIlroy, Bayden D. Russell

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A new index integrating forestry and ecology models for quantitatively characterizing forest carbon sequestration potential ability in a subtropical region by Yuanyong Dian, Zhiqiang Guo, Haochen Liu, Haoran Lin, Lingya Huang, Zemin Han, Jingjing Zhou, Mingjun Teng, Hongxia Cui, Pengcheng Wang

“…Due to the important role of forests in carbon neutrality, it is a big task in accurately calculating and predicting forest carbon storage and carbon sink capacity in recent years. …”
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Integrated assessments of land degradation on the Qinghai-Tibet plateau by Lin Yang, Guangju Zhao, Xingmin Mu, Zefan Lan, Juying Jiao, Shaoshan An, Yongqiu Wu, Puqiong Miping

“…The findings in this study can provide great insight for alpine ecosystem development and make adaption to achieve carbon neutrality with global warming.…”
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Ecological-Based Mining: A Coal–Water–Thermal Collaborative Paradigm in Ecologically Fragile Areas in Western China by Xiaoxiu Liu, Yifan Zeng, Qiang Wu, Shihao Meng, Jiyue Liang, Zhuping Hou

“…China’s national strategic goal of achieving a carbon peak and carbon neutrality has made eco-friendly mining that prioritizes the protection and efficient use of water resources essential. …”
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Application of controlled blasting demolition technology in ultra-high coaxial thin-walled steel inner cylinder reinforced concrete chimney by Chai Yabo, Luo Ning, Zhang Haohao, Duan Yujie, Mou gongyu, Sun Weifu, Dong Jiwei

“…To achieve the goal of 'carbon neutrality', it is of great significance to accelerate the process of dismantling high-carbon and high-pollution thin-walled cylinder structures such as chimneys and so on. …”
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Theory and technical conception of carbon-negative and high-efficient backfill mining in coal mines by Heping XIE, Jixiong ZHANG, Feng GAO, Baiyi LI, Cunbao LI, Yachen XIE, Nan ZHOU

“…It is expected to achieve a new pattern of carbon neutrality in the entire process of coal development and utilization through carbon-negative mining and low-carbon utilization.…”
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Tropospheric transport and unresolved convection: numerical experiments with CLaMS 2.0/MESSy by P. Konopka, M. Tao, M. von Hobe, L. Hoffmann, C. Kloss, C. Kloss, F. Ravegnani, C. M. Volk, V. Lauther, A. Zahn, P. Hoor, F. Ploeger

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Research progress of CO2 storage technology by mineralization of coal-based solid waste by Lei ZHU, Wenzhe GU, Tianqi SONG, Zhiwei HE, Zhicheng LIU

“…The goal of “carbon peak and carbon neutrality” is China’s responsibility as a major country to maintain global ecological security, and it is also an important way to achieve high-quality development and ecological civilization construction. …”
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Characteristics of an Inorganic Carbon Sink Influenced by Agricultural Activities in the Karst Peak Cluster Depression of Southern China (Guancun) by Ning Zhang, Qiong Xiao, Yongli Guo, Pingan Sun, Ying Miao, Fajia Chen, Cheng Zhang

“…The impact of land use on DIC in karst processes should not be overlooked, and zoning and classification assessments of carbon sink flux under different influencing factors contribute to carbon peaking and carbon neutrality goals.…”
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Progress in European chemicals policy to support the protection of the environment and human health from persistent, mobile and toxic and very persistent and very mobile substances by Tobias Mohr, Ivo Schliebner, Michael Neumann, Lise Oules, Hans Peter H. Arp, Sarah E. Hale

“…Following this, opportunities and gaps were identified.The current overarching strategy governing environmental policy is the European Green Deal which aims to achieve carbon neutrality and zero pollution by 2050. The CSS is the main and most focused Green Deal strategy addressing chemical pollution and uses a hierarchy tailored to chemicals management called the Toxic Free Hierarchy. …”
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The impact of land use change on carbon storage and multi-scenario prediction in Hainan Island using InVEST and CA-Markov models by Jinrui Lei, Jinrui Lei, Le Zhang, Le Zhang, Zongzhu Chen, Zongzhu Chen, Tingtian Wu, Tingtian Wu, Xiaohua Chen, Xiaohua Chen, Yuanling Li, Yuanling Li

“…Under the strategic framework of the “carbon peaking and carbon neutrality” goal and the national ecological civilization pilot zone, it is imperative to carefully consider scenarios for ecological protection and farmland protection, adopt ecological regulation models with spatial differentiation, and implement land use policies to improve ecosystem stability, which will contribute to carbon storage loss reduction and ensure food and ecological security.…”
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Cloud-Model-Based Feature Engineering to Analyze the Energy–Water Nexus of a Full-Scale Wastewater Treatment Plant by Shan-Shan Yang, Xin-Lei Yu, Chen-Hao Cui, Jie Ding, Lei He, Wei Dai, Han-Jun Sun, Shun-Wen Bai, Yu Tao, Ji-Wei Pang, Nan-Qi Ren

“…High energy consumption and relatively low operating performance are major challenges from the perspective of carbon neutrality. However, water–energy nexus analysis and models for WWTPs have rarely been reported to date. …”
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Observed divergence in the trends of temperature controls on Chinese ecosystem water use efficiency by Xiaojuan Xu, Fusheng Jiao, Haibo Gong, Peng Xue, Naifeng Lin, Jing Liu, Kun Zhang, Jie Qiu, Dayi Lin, Yue Yang, Changxin Zou

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Near-Space Communications: The Last Piece of 6G Space–Air–Ground–Sea Integrated Network Puzzle by Hongshan Liu, Tong Qin, Zhen Gao, Tianqi Mao, Keke Ying, Ziwei Wan, Li Qiao, Rui Na, Zhongxiang Li, Chun Hu, Yikun Mei, Tuan Li, Guanghui Wen, Lei Chen, Zhonghuai Wu, Ruiqi Liu, Gaojie Chen, Shuo Wang, Dezhi Zheng

“…Furthermore, we explore the potential applications of NS-COM, such as structural expansion in SAGSIN communication, civil aviation communication, remote and urgent communication, weather monitoring, and carbon neutrality. Finally, some promising research avenues are identified, including stratospheric satellite-to-ground direct links for mobile terminals, reconfigurable multiple-input multiple-output and holographic multiple-input multiple-output, federated learning in NS-COM networks, maritime communication, electromagnetic spectrum sensing and adversarial game, integrated sensing and communications, stratospheric-satellite-based radar detection and imaging, NS-COM-assisted enhanced global navigation system, NS-COM-assisted intelligent unmanned system, and free-space optical communication. …”
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Urban greenspaces reduce the community specialization of soil nematodes by Justin Louis Kafana Coulibaly, Xin Gong, Yuanhu Shao, Huayuan Shangguan, Alexis Kayiranga, Ismail Koné, Yanjiang Cai, Xin Sun

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High-temperature oxidation behaviors of Co-free Cr30Fe30Ni30Al5Ti5 dual-phase multi-component alloys with multi-scale nanoprecipitates by Qingwei Gao, Yingying Wang, Jianhong Gong, Changshan Zhou, Jiyao Zhang, Xiaoming Liu, Junlei Tang, Pingping Liu, Xiangyan Chen, Dong Chen, Wenquan Lv, Konda Gokuldoss Prashanth, Kaikai Song

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STRATEGIES FOR A LOW-CARBON FOOD SYSTEM IN CHINA by Xinpeng JIN, Xiangwen FAN, Yuanchao HU, Zhaohai BAI, Lin MA

“…</p></ItemContent></ListItem></List></p> <p>In China, there has been insufficient study of whole food system greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting, which limits the development of mitigation strategies and may preclude the achievement of carbon peak and carbon neutrality goals. The paper presents the development of a carbon extension of NUFER (NUtrient flows in Food chain, Environment and Resources use model), a food system GHG emission accounting model that covers land use and land-use change, agricultural production, and post-production subsectors. …”
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Estimation of All-Sky High-Resolution Gross Primary Production Across Different Biome Types Using Active Microwave Satellite Images and Environmental Data by Jiang Chen, Zhou Zhang

“…Gross primary production (GPP) measures the amount of carbon fixed by plants and, thus, plays a significant role in the terrestrial carbon cycle and global food security, especially in the context of climate change and carbon neutrality. Currently, all-sky high-resolution (<100 m) GPP is increasingly needed for a better understanding of the food–carbon–water–energy nexus. …”
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Optimization of Green Spaces in Plain Urban Areas to Enhance Carbon Sequestration by Peiyuan Tao, Ye Lin, Xing Wang, Jiayan Li, Chao Ma, Zhenkun Wang, Xinyue Dong, Peng Yao, Ming Shao

“…Understanding the carbon sequestration efficiency of urban green spaces and its determining factors will help predict future carbon capture trends within urban ecosystems and formulate more targeted sustainable urban planning and management strategies to improve urban carbon sink efficiency and achieve the goal of carbon neutrality. Therefore, to understand the factors affecting the carbon sequestration efficiency of urban green spaces, this paper used an integrated framework that combined the Carnegie–Ames–Stanford approach (CASA) model, landscape pattern index, multiple linear regression, and Markov–FLUS model. …”
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