Publications by authors named "Menxin Wu"
China is the main producer and consumer of rice in the world, and rice is a major staple food grain for more than half of the world's population. Reduced rice yields caused by climate factors not only affect the food security of China, but also has global repercussions. Thus, it is vital to assess the potential impact of climate warming on rice production.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF[Temporal and spatial variations of soil moisture in North China].
Ying Yong Sheng Tai Xue Bao
December 2021
Article Synopsis
- Soil moisture is critical for understanding the water cycle and climate change, and a study used data from 374 automatic monitoring stations in North China from 2013 to 2019 to investigate this.
- The analysis revealed a general decrease in soil moisture in the 10-100 cm layer, especially at 100 cm, with spatial distribution showing higher moisture in the southeast and lower in the northwest.
- Soil moisture levels vary seasonally, peaking in summer and dropping in spring, with a strong correlation to precipitation and temperature, although this correlation weakens at greater soil depths.
Similar to chromium contamination, the environmental contamination caused by uranium in radioactive coal bottom ash (CBA) is primarily dependent on the chemical speciation of uranium. However, the relationship between uranium speciation and environmental contamination has not been adequately studied. To determine the relationship between uranium speciation and environmental contamination, X-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS) and X-ray photoelectron spectra (XPS) analyses were performed to determine the uranium speciation in CBA exposed to different chemical environments and simulated natural environments.
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