Research

  • 06.05 2024

    Assessing N2 fixation flux and its controlling factors in the (sub)tropical western North Pacific through high-resolution observations

    Xinran Yu, Zuozhu Wen, Ruotong Jiang, Jin-Yu Terence Yang, Zhimian Cao, Haizheng Hong, Yuntao Zhou*, Dalin Shi*Limnology and Oceanography Lettershttps://doi.org/10.1002/lol2.10404Published: 03 May 2024AbstractThe (sub)tropical western North Pacific is potentially an area of intense nitrogen (N2) fixation in the global ocean, despite limited understanding of the flux and controlling factors. We ...

  • 03.28 2024

    Global corporate tax competition challenges climate change mitigation

    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 ...

  • 03.27 2024

    Changes in isotope fractionation during nitrate assimilation by marine eukaryotic and prokaryotic algae under different pH and CO2 conditions

    Chen, Y., Yang, J.-Y.T., Tang, J.-M., Hong, H., Kao, S.-J., Dai, M. and Shi, D.Limnology and Oceanographyhttps://aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/lno.12546Published: 11 March 2024AbstractThe impact of environmental factors on nitrogen (N) and oxygen (O) isotope effects during algal nitrate assimilation causes uncertainty in the field application of sedimentary N isotope records and ...

  • 02.13 2024

    Prioritizing ecological restoration in hydrologically sensitive areas to improve groundwater quality

    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...

  • 02.08 2024

    Ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and archaea exhibit differential nitrogen source preferences

    Wei Qin*, Stephany P. Wei, Yue Zheng, Eunkyung Choi, Xiangpeng Li, Juliet Johnston, Xianhui Wan, Britt Abrahamson, Zachary Flinkstrom, Baozhan Wang, Hanyan Li, Lei Hou, Qing Tao, Wyatt W. Chlouber, Xin Sun, Michael Wells, Long Ngo, Kristopher A. Hunt, Hidetoshi Urakawa, Xuanyu Tao, Dongyu Wang, Xiaoyuan Yan, Dazhi Wang, Chongle Pan, Peter K. Weber, Jiandong Jiang, Jizhong Zhou, Yao Zhang, David...

  • 12.25 2023

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

    Xingwei Xie, Yonglong Lu*, Pei Wang, Haojie Lei, Zian Liang Science 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 mar...

  • 12.25 2023

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

    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...

  • 11.19 2023

    Priority Actions for Enhancing Global Change Program to Provide Global Sustainable Solutions

    YONGLONG LU, BOJIE FU, TANDONG YAO, AND DAHE QINECOSYSTEM HEALTH AND SUSTAINABILITYhttps://spj.science.org/doi/10.34133/ehs.0143Published: 15 November 2023AbstractIn the divided changing world, there is a pressing need for a global science program to promote the delivery of sustainable development goals (SDGs), even though Future Earth is an international science program that was launched to st...

  • 11.06 2023

    RESEARCH SCOPES

    Scope 1: Marine and Coastal Policy and Law (Center of Ocean Policy and Law)Director: Prof. Kuenchen FuCo-Director: Dr. Qinhua FangResearch in this scope aims at providing services for national strategic development, exerting the advantages of Xiamen University on interdisciplines of social science and natural science, developing into the leading center of research on marine and coastal policy a...

  • 06.08 2023

    Nocturnal sap flow as compensation for water deficits: an implicit water-saving strategy used by mangroves in stressful environments

    Sipan Wu , Xiaoxuan Gu , Yanghang Zheng and Luzhen Chen * Frontiers in Plant ScienceDoi: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1118970Published: 5 May 2023AbstractAs part of the plant water-use process, plant nocturnal sap flow (Qn) has been demonstrated to have important ecophysiological significance to compensate for water loss. The purpose of this study was to explore nocturnal water-use strategies to fill the ...