[PDF][PDF] Ecological restoration for sustainable development in China

B Fu, Y Liu, ME Meadows - National Science Review, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Facing the need for transdisciplinary research to promote ecological restoration that
achieves both social and ecological benefits, research on past restoration efforts that have …

Achieving the Kunming–Montreal global biodiversity targets for blue carbon ecosystems

C Fu, A Steckbauer, H Mann, CM Duarte - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract The Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KM-GBF) provides a major
impetus for the restoration and conservation of blue carbon ecosystems to address the …

High-resolution mapping of losses and gains of Earth's tidal wetlands

NJ Murray, TA Worthington, P Bunting, S Duce… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Tidal wetlands are expected to respond dynamically to global environmental change, but the
extent to which wetland losses have been offset by gains remains poorly understood. We …

Detection and characterization of coastal tidal wetland change in the northeastern US using Landsat time series

X Yang, Z Zhu, S Qiu, KD Kroeger, Z Zhu… - Remote Sensing of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Coastal tidal wetlands are highly altered ecosystems exposed to substantial risk due to
widespread and frequent land-use change coupled with sea-level rise, leading to disrupted …

GWL_FCS30: global 30 m wetland map with fine classification system using multi-sourced and time-series remote sensing imagery in 2020

X Zhang, L Liu, T Zhao, X Chen, S Lin… - Earth System …, 2022 - essd.copernicus.org
Wetlands, often called the “kidneys of the earth”, play an important role in maintaining
ecological balance, conserving water resources, replenishing groundwater, and controlling …

Tide-triggered production of reactive oxygen species in coastal soils

G Zhao, B Wu, X Zheng, B Chen… - … Science & Technology, 2022 - ACS Publications
We report an unrecognized, tidal source of reactive oxygen species (ROS). Using a newly
developed ROS-trapping gel film, we observed hot spots for ROS generation within∼ 2.5 …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of occupation of natural habitat by urban expansion and its impact on crucial ecosystem services in China's coastal zone

C Liu, D Liu, P Li, X Li, Z Liu, Y Zhao - Ecological Indicators, 2023 - Elsevier
Urban zones across the world have experienced a massive expansion in recent decades,
affecting food production, carbon storage, and biodiversity, and further threatening the …

High-resolution global maps of tidal flat ecosystems from 1984 to 2019

NJ Murray, SP Phinn, RA Fuller, M DeWitt, R Ferrari… - Scientific Data, 2022 - nature.com
Assessments of the status of tidal flats, one of the most extensive coastal ecosystems, have
been hampered by a lack of data on their global distribution and change. Here we present …

[HTML][HTML] Landscape pattern changes and its drivers inferred from salt marsh plant variations in the coastal wetlands of the Liao River Estuary, China

X Chen, M Zhang, W Zhang - Ecological Indicators, 2022 - Elsevier
Coastal wetlands are important ecosystems that connect land to open sea, and their service
functions are important in estuaries globally. Using long time series of remotely sensed …

Soil carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus stoichiometry and fractions in blue carbon ecosystems: implications for carbon accumulation in allochthonous-dominated …

Y Li, C Fu, J Hu, L Zeng, C Tu… - Environmental Science & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Blue carbon ecosystems (BCEs) including mangroves, saltmarshes, and seagrasses are
highly efficient for organic carbon (OC) accumulation due to their unique ability to trap high …