Distribution, sources and main controlling factors of nitrate in a typical intensive agricultural region, northwestern China: Vertical profile perspectives

D Wang, P Li, N Yang, C Yang, Y Zhou, J Li - Environmental Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Nitrate (NO 3 − ) pollution of groundwater is a global concern in agricultural areas. To gain a
comprehensive understanding of the sources and destiny of nitrate in soil and groundwater …

Outdoor health risk of atmospheric particulate matter at night in Xi'an, Northwestern China

D Ainur, Q Chen, T Sha, M Zarak, Z Dong… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The deterioration of air quality via anthropogenic activities during the night period has been
deemed a serious concern among the scientific community. Thereby, we explored the …

[HTML][HTML] Impacts of climate change on the wetlands in the arid region of Northwestern China over the past 2 decades

R Wang, J Ding, X Ge, J Wang, S Qin, J Tan, L Han… - Ecological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Climate change has caused inland wetlands shrinkage and exacerbated problems, such as
sustainable development and ecological security, for years. These issues are mainly …

Temperature change and daily urban-rural residential electricity consumption in northwestern China: Responsiveness and inequality

G Zhang, L Shen, B Su - Energy Economics, 2023 - Elsevier
… This paper focused on a province in northwestern China, an area where the average annual
temperature is low and the central heating system is in place for urban areas. As one of the …

Achieving China's 'double carbon goals', an analysis of the potential and cost of carbon capture in the resource-based area: Northwestern China

Z Liu, H Zhu, J Wilson, M Adams, TR Walker, Y Xu… - Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
… Therefore, taking Northwestern China as an example, we … different scenarios in the
Northwestern China. And the potential … than those other provinces in Northwestern China. This …

[HTML][HTML] Enrichment, contamination, ecological and health risks of toxic metals in agricultural soils of an industrial city, northwestern China

Y Han, X Gu - Journal of Trace Elements and Minerals, 2023 - Elsevier
… Agricultural soil samples were obtained from Lanzhou city, a typical industrial city in
northwestern China. The levels of six toxic metals (ie, Cd, Cr, Cu, Pb, Sb, and Zn) were determined …

Exploring the rural transformation of the Loess Plateau from a perspective of community resilience: A case study from the Jiaxian County, northwestern China

W Ye, Y Wang, K Wu, X Yang, Q Yang, Q Liu - Applied Geography, 2023 - Elsevier
Rural decline has become a global issue in the context of rapid urbanization worldwide.
Instability, unsustainability, and vulnerability of rural development are pronounced on the Loess …

Seasonal nitrate variations, risks, and sources in groundwater under different land use types in a thousand-year-cultivated region, northwestern China

D Wang, J Wu, P Li, L Li, J Yang, P Zhang, S He… - Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
The global public health concern of nitrate (NO 3 − ) contamination in groundwater is
particularly pronounced in irrigated agricultural regions. This paper aims to analyze the spatial …

Accelerated restoration of vegetation in Wuwei in the arid region of Northwestern China since 2000 driven by the Interaction between climate and human beings

X Li, L Yang - Remote Sensing, 2023 - mdpi.com
The Wuwei area in the arid region of northwestern China is impacted by the harsh natural
environment and human activities, and the problem of ecological degradation is severe there. …

Yield performance, land and water use, economic profit of irrigated spring wheat/alfalfa intercropping in the inland arid area of northwestern China

L Mu, K Su, T Zhou, H Yang - Field Crops Research, 2023 - Elsevier
… in the inland arid area of northwestern China. The intercropping systems with different …
360 mm irrigation could be extensively used in the inland arid area of northwestern China. …