News and Progress
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In centraleastern China, regional heavy haze pollution occurs frequently in winter. The relationship between large-scale regional air pollutionurban haze has always been a key concern with respect to China’s air pollution. Dr. LU MiaomiaoAssociate Professor TANG Xiao from Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences analyzed a 30-day fine-particle (PM2.5) pollution process that occurred in Wuhan, a megacity in central China, in a recently published study in Advances in Atmospheric Sciences.
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Terrestrial ecosystemsenvironments are pivotal for human beings. In the past several decades, rapid climate change has resulted in considerable changes to terrestrial ecosystems,these changes in turn significantly affect the climate. At present, dynamic global vegetation models (DGVMs) are the best available tool to represent vegetation dynamics at the global scale.
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EarthLab, an earth system science simulator developed under the lead of CAS Institute of Atmospheric Physics(IAP), makes debut at Hong Kong InnoTech Expo 2017, a showcase of achievements in sciencetechnology of the Chinese mainlandHong Kong. Sponsored by Our Hong Kong Foundation, the Expo will run from 24 sept to 2 Oct. 2017.
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On 21 May 2017, hundreds of children visited the Institute of Atmospheric Physics (IAP), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), to learn how an Earth System Simulator can “CT scan” Earthits atmosphere. The event was part of CAS’ Public Science Day, when all CAS institutes open their doors to the publicengage children with science
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Humans have released carbon dioxideother greenhouse gases,the result is an accumulation of heat in the Earths climate system, commonly referred to as "global warming". "How fast is the Earths warming?" is a key question for decision makers, scientistsgeneral public