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Global 30m Land-Cover Dynamics Dataset Set to Sharpen Understanding of Climate Change

Understanding how our planet's land cover changes over time is crucial for tackling climate change. However, getting detailed, long-term data has been tough. That's where a land-cover dataset called GLC_FCS30D comes in: the latest released dataset offers an unprecedented glimpse into global land-cover dynamics from 1985 to 2022 at a remarkable 30-meter resolution.

Mar 26, 2024

Study Reveals Impact of Surface Heterogeneity on Satellite Soil Moisture Products

A study conducted by researchers at the State Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing Science, Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), sheds light on the reliability and error tracing of microwave soil moisture products on a global scale.

Mar 25, 2024

Understanding Synergies and Trade-offs in Achieving Sustainable Development Goals: Insights from China

In the pursuit of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, understanding the interconnectedness of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at both national and sub-national levels is crucial. A recent study focusing on China sheds light on the significance of recognizing synergies and trade-offs among these goals, offering valuable insights for policymakers worldwide.

Mar 15, 2024

China Focus: Researchers Uncover Future Variations of Irrigation Water Use in China

BEIJING, March 12 (Xinhua) -- Researchers have developed a new method using machine learning and multiple data sets to estimate irrigation water use (IWU) across China, and also revealed how water use might change in the future based on different climate and economic scenarios.

Mar 13, 2024

Journal of Remote Sensing Included in Engineering Index Compendex Database

The Journal of Remote Sensing, a publication hosted by the Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and co-published in partnership with the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), achieved a milestone on March 4, 2023. It was indexed in the well-respected international database Engineering Index Compendex (Ei Compendex). This marks another achievement for the journal, which has been indexed in the EI, Web of Science (WOS) Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), CAB Abstracts, SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System, Inspec, CNKI (China National Knowledge Infrastructure), and eight other databases.

Mar 13, 2024