Variation Characteristics of Groundwater Level and Influencing Factors in Manas River Basin by WANG Shuhong, WANG Jiwei, YANG Guang, LI Xiaolong, QIAO Changlu, LIU Bing, WU Yage, WANG Wenzan

“…Groundwater plays an important role in the water cycle,and the change in its supply,runoff,and discharge under changing environments affects the water safety and the maintenance of the terrestrial ecosystem in arid areas.Taking the Manas River Basin,a typical inland river in Northwest China,as the study area,this paper uses the variance analysis of contrast coefficient to analyze the spatial distribution and variation characteristic of groundwater level and determines the main influencing factors in Manas River Basin.The results show the following:① From 2012 to 2019,the groundwater level falls first and then goes up,followed by gradually downward fluctuation,and the declining trend becomes gentle.② The groundwater level fluctuates downward from March or April to August or September and then rises to next March or April with the variation range of 0.29~19.05 m.③ The anthropogenic factor has a significant impact on groundwater level,mainly manifested in the change of land use and water consumption in the basin.The research results can provide a scientific basis for the rational development and management of groundwater resources in the Manas River Basin.…”
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Forest Ecological Diversity Change Prediction Discrete Dynamic Model by Jingxia Li, Aijun Zhou, Yongfeng Liao, Zixin Zhao, Xiaoli Mao, Shuoxin Zhang

“…Forest ecosystem is the most important terrestrial ecosystem type of species diversity in the world. …”
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Evaluation of CORDEX ERA5-forced NARCliM2.0 regional climate models over Australia using the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model version 4.1.2 by G. Di Virgilio, G. Di Virgilio, F. Ji, F. Ji, E. Tam, J. P. Evans, J. P. Evans, J. Kala, J. Andrys, C. Thomas, D. Choudhury, C. Rocha, Y. Li, M. L. Riley

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Study on the Construction Plan of Countryside Type Ecological Belt Based on Ecological Orientation:Taking the Ecological Restoration of Ecological Belt of Chunzi River in Longgang... by TANG Yawen, LIU Xuepeng, HUANG Yilong, YU Yuanyan, LUO yao

“…Ecological belt,is the innovative practice of ecological civilization in Guangdong province,the idea and interpretation of happy rivers and lakes,and the product of water management to a certain stage.In order to explore the methods and approaches of ecological restoration in the construction of ecological belt,taking the ecological belt of Chunzi River in Longgang District,Shenzhen as an example,this paper investigates and monitors the water environment and water ecology of Chunzi River in detail by means of field investigation and experimental analysis,and proposes systematically the water ecological restoration scheme in ecological belt construction according to the theory of focal species.The results indicate that:①Through analyzing the structure and diversity indices of aquatic organisms,the water bodies are in a moderate to heavy pollution state,and higher aquatic organisms are dominated by exotic fishes.The aquatic ecosystem is severely damaged;while the terrestrial ecosystem is less disturbed.②The sewage treatment plant (with effluent water quality reaching the ready class III) — integrated constructed wetland-reservoir water quality purification system,the habitat improvement system of optimized forest structure in mountain-waterfront-shallow,and the symbiotic stable ecosystem of “submerged plants-floating-leaved plants-emergent plants-zooplankton-fish” are put forward,and a water ecology pattern of conservation-recreation-protection is built.③In the future,combined with the implementation of the project,continuous monitoring of water environment and water ecology will be carried out,and restoration scheme will be optimized and improved,so as to provide Shenzhen sample for the construction of ecological belt in Guangdong Province.…”
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The upper Neretva River discontinuum: gradients of taxonomic and functional diversity of benthic invertebrates in a wild Balkan river by Edurne Estévez, Davina Dietrich, Simone Sahler, Fabian Vassanelli, Sara Widera, Jan Martini, Wolfgang Wanek, Gabriel Singer

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Study on the spatial and temporal evolution of ecosystem service value based on land use change in Xi’an City by Lei Han, Yan Li, Zhemin Ge, Fang Fang, Lan Gao, Jin Zhang, Zhen Du, Liping Cui

“…This allowed us to adjust the equivalent factor for China’s terrestrial ecosystem on a geographic scale. Based on these corrections, we analyzed changes in land use and the evolution of ecosystem service value over the past two decades in Xi’an, China. …”
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Exploring the toxicology, socio-ecological impacts and biodegradation of microplastics in Africa: Potentials for resource conservation by Gloria Ifeoma Ujuagu, Onome Ejeromedoghene, Victor Enwemiwe, Chiamaka Linda Mgbechidinma, Ahmed Olalekan Omoniyi, Abiodun Oladipo, Jintu Gu

“…The presence of additives impedes the quality of plastic recyclates and the persistence of microplastics as shredded resultants remain a threat to the aquatic and terrestrial ecosystem and its biodiversity. Despite the increasing global research on microplastics, the success of plastic and microplastic waste management in Africa is yet to be fully attained. …”
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Soil microbiome composition is highly responsive to precipitation and plant composition manipulations in a field biodiversity experiment by Haley M. Burrill, Haley M. Burrill, Susan M. Magnoli, James D. Bever

“…IntroductionClimate change and plant biodiversity loss have large impacts on terrestrial ecosystem function, with the soil microbiome being primary mediators of these effects. …”
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Greening of Svalbard in the twentieth century driven by sea ice loss and glaciers retreat by Gianmarco Ingrosso, Chiara Ceccarelli, Federico Giglio, Patrizia Giordano, Jens Hefter, Leonardo Langone, Stefano Miserocchi, Gesine Mollenhauer, Alessio Nogarotto, Mathia Sabino, Tommaso Tesi

“…Abstract The greening of previously barren landscapes in the Arctic is one of the most relevant responses of terrestrial ecosystem to climate change. Analyses of satellite data (available since ~1980) have revealed a widespread tundra advance consistent with recent global warming, but the length is insufficient to resolve the long-term variability and the precise timing of the greening onset. …”
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The Variations of Satellite-Based Ecosystem Water Use and Carbon Use Efficiency and Their Linkages with Climate and Human Drivers in the Songnen Plain, China by Bo Li, Fang Huang, Shuai Chang, Ning Sun

“…WUE and CUE showed a downward trend in most areas of the SNP, indicating that the carbon sequestration capacity of the terrestrial ecosystem became weaker in the past 15 years. …”
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Dryland fungi are spatially heterogeneous and resistant to global change drivers by Andrea Lopez, Mark Anthony, Jovani Catalan‐Dibene, Scott Ferrenberg, Samuel E. Jordan, Brooke Osborne, Sasha Reed, Adriana L. Romero‐Olivares

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Forest restoration efficiency: A comparative analysis of collectively vs. individually managed forests in Nepal by Sony Baral, Saurav Lamichhane, Bir B. Khanal Chhetri, Bikash Adhikari, Kalyan Gauli, Rebecca M Ford

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Narrow band based and broadband derived vegetation indices using Sentinel-2 Imagery to estimate vegetation biomass by A.B. Imran, K. Khan, N. Ali, N. Ahmad, A. Ali, K. Shah

“…Forest’s ecosystem is one of the most important carbon sink of the terrestrial ecosystem. Remote sensing technology provides robust techniques to estimate biomass and solve challenges in forest resource assessment. …”
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Experimental study of thaw settlement and internal structural changes in frozen soil during the thawing process by Chunguang Xu, Ze Zhang, Yaojun Zhao, Doudou Jin, Qihao Yu, Xiangxi Meng

“…This erosion can contribute to the degradation of water and soil resources and threaten the stability of the terrestrial ecosystem of the cryosphere, which can also contribute to geological tectonic changes in cold regions. …”
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Carbon Storage Response to Land Use/Land Cover Changes and SSP‐RCP Scenarios Simulation: A Case Study in Yunnan Province, China by Jing Liu, Kun Yang, Shaohua Zhang, Wenxia Zeng, Xiaofang Yang, Yan Rao, Yan Ma, Changyou Bi

“…ABSTRACT Changes in terrestrial ecosystem carbon storage (CS) affect the global carbon cycle, thereby influencing global climate change. …”
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Optimized Gross Primary Productivity Over the Croplands Within the BEPS Particle Filtering Data Assimilation System (BEPS_PF v1.0) by Xiuli Xing, Mousong Wu, Huajie Zhu, Wenzhuo Duan, Weimin Ju, Xiaorong Wang, Youhua Ran, Yongguang Zhang, Fei Jiang

“…Abstract Agricultural ecosystems play an important role in modulating the global carbon balance by taking up atmospheric carbon dioxide, while large differences and uncertainties exist in the estimated crop gross primary productivity (GPP) by terrestrial ecosystem models (TEMs). With the aim of reducing the parameter uncertainty in TEMs for crop GPP simulation, we developed a particle filtering data assimilation (DA) system based on the ecosystem model BEPS (Biosphere Exchange Process Simulator), that is, the BEPS_PF (v1.0). …”
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Assessing recovery time of ecosystems in China: insights into flash drought impacts on gross primary productivity by M. Lu, M. Lu, H. Sun, H. Sun, H. Sun, Y. Yang, J. Xue, H. Ling, H. Zhang, W. Zhang

“…In this study, we investigate the recovery time patterns in a terrestrial ecosystem in China based on GPP using a random forest regression model and the SHapley Additive exPlanations (SHAP) method. …”
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Comparative thoracic radiography in healthy and tuberculosis-positive sun bears (Helarctos malayanus) by Kirsty Officer, Kirsty Officer, Natalie Webster, Alana J. Rosenblatt, Phorn Sorphea, Kris Warren, Kris Warren, Bethany Jackson, Bethany Jackson

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Wildfire danger under changing climates in the southern Great Plains throughout the 21st century by Shanmin Fang, Jia Yang, Chris B. Zou, Erik S. Krueger, Tyson E. Ochsner, Quan Zhang

“…The southern Great Plains (SGP) has recently experienced wildfires with unprecedented severity and frequency, which significantly threatened human life and property and altered terrestrial ecosystem functions. While it is expected that future climate change will affect wildfire danger levels by altering fire weather and fuel conditions, there remains a significant gap in understanding how these changes will manifest in the SGP. …”
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Effect of Biogas Slurry on the Nutrient Cycling and Micro-organisms Community in Two Types of Soil by Pengcheng Li, Dongqi Jiang, Shuqiang Wang, Xianying Zhang, Yulan Zhang, Yonghuan Wang, Zhenhua Chen, Nan Jiang

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