Surface water is an important factor affecting vegetation change in desert areas. However, little research has been conducted on the effects of surface expansion. In this study, annual spatial distribution range and Daliyabuyi Oasis from 1990 to 2020 was extracted using Landsat time-series images. Based multi-temporal multi-scale remote sensing images, several plots were selected demonstrate pr...

Drylands occupy large portions of the Earth, and are a key terrestrial biome from the socio-ecological point of view. In spite of their extent and importance, the impacts of global environmental change on them remain poorly understood. In this introduction, we review some of the main expected impacts of global change in drylands, quantify research efforts on the topic, and highlight how the art...

Qiuci was one of the great western states China in ancient times, centered present-day Kucha, and at its height had a vast territory, developed economy, continuous flow culture art. The Kizil Grottoes are located territory qiuci Kingdom, an important area along northern route Taklamakan Desert Xinjiang section Silk Road, from which religious art first entered China, unique geographical location...

Nesting-site selection is an important aspect of the breeding process in birds, as it usually determines nesting and successes. Many factors can affect bird nest-site selection, including anthropogenic disturbance. In extreme desert environment, such Taklamakan Desert China, birds’ survival pressure high, especially for rare species Xinjiang Ground-jay (Podoces biddulphi). We studied this from ...

East Asia is the second-largest mineral dust source in world, after Sahara. When dispersed atmosphere, can alter Earth’s radiation budget by changing atmosphere’s absorption and scattering properties. Therefore, mineralogical composition of key to understanding impact on atmosphere. This paper presents new information during Asian events that were obtained from laboratory measurements combined ...

The aerosol optical property products of Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis for Research and Applications, version 2 (MERRA-2) reanalysis dataset have been extensively investigated on a global or regional scale. However, the understanding MERRA-2 component an extensive temporal spatial scale is inadequate. Recently, derived from observations Polarization Directionality Earth’s Reflectances/Polar...

We study the morphodynamics of reversing dunes on gravel deposits alluvial fan Molcha river at border between Tibetan Plateau and Taklamakan Desert. Independent sets wind data show that this area low sand availability is exposed to two prevailing winds from opposite directions different strengths. The predicted resultant transport direction particles westward. Nevertheless, satellite observatio...

Abstract Glacierised river catchments are highly sensitive to climate change, while large populations may depend on their water resources. The irrigation agriculture and the communities along Tarim River, NW China, strongly discharge from glacierised surrounding Taklamakan Desert. While recent increasing has been beneficial for agricultural sector, future runoff under change is uncertain. We as...

Abstract A comprehensive ecohydrological analysis is designed to understand the formation and evolution of lake Lop Nur environmental change over Tarim River basin. Three temporal scales from century-based climatological mean decade-based quasi-steady state annual-scale-based abrupt test are included. Combining Budyko Tomer–Schilling framework, this research first analyzes hydroclimatic resista...