Abstract: Due to over-exploitation by humans and global climate change, desertification has become an increasingly severe issue, seriously threatening the stability of ecosystems and the sustainable ...

Pre-training Graph Model Phase. In the pre-training phase, we employ link prediction as the self-supervised task for pre-training the graph model. Producer Phase. In the Producer phase, we employ LLM ...

Biological soil crusts (BSC) are commonly found in soils in the drylands regions, which can influence stabilization, water retention, nutrient cycling (particularly carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) ...

Abstract: Existing landcover products depicting degraded land do not accurately show the extent of desertification of traditional cultivation systems. These products rely on recent NDVI (Normalised ...

When sandstorms drive most people indoors, researchers like Zeng Fanjiang step out to record vital data for desert control. At the Cele Desert Research Station in China's Xinjiang, he has spent ...

INNER MONGOLIA: At first glance, the Engebei Ecological Demonstration Zone looks out of place. Banana trees, papayas and dragon fruit thrive under the winter sun inside greenhouses on the edge of the ...