The Chinese Loess Plateau (CLP) is in the central part of northern China and covers the entire middle reaches of the Yellow River. The climate aridity since the mid-20th century has raised concerns ...

Terrestrial mollusks are considered as typical "index animals" due to their sensitivity to climate change. They are widely distributed in the semi-arid to arid region of China, including the Chinese ...

To testify the "iron hypothesis" in the North Greenland Eemian Ice Drilling (NEEM) ice core, Cunde Xiao and his colleagues firstly reconstructed the bioavailable Fe data in this deep ice core from the ...

Pingliang red cattle are raised in renovated cave dwellings. [Photo by Yang Mingze/chinadaily.com.cn] On the Loess Plateau in Northwest China, some cattle are raised in renovated cave dwellings. In ...