China is the world's most populous country and a major emitter of greenhouse gases.
Consequently, much research has focused on China's influence on climate change but …

Understanding and quantifying the global methane (CH 4) budget is important for assessing
realistic pathways to mitigate climate change. Atmospheric emissions and concentrations of …

The T helper lymphocyte is responsible for orchestrating the appropriate immune response
to a wide variety of pathogens. The recognition of the polarized T helper cell subsets Th1 …

A newly described coronavirus named severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2), which is the causative agent of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), has …

Background There is a rapidly increasing amount of de novo genome assembly using next-
generation sequencing (NGS) short reads; however, several big challenges remain to be …

The impact of projected global warming on crop yields has been evaluated by indirect
methods using simulation models. Direct studies on the effects of observed climate change …

The initial desertification in the Asian interior is thought to be one of the most prominent
climate changes in the Northern Hemisphere during the Cenozoic era,,,. But the dating of …

Wheat, rice, maize, and soybean provide two-thirds of human caloric intake. Assessing the
impact of global temperature increase on production of these crops is therefore critical to …

The Wharton's jelly of the umbilical cord contains mucoid connective tissue and fibroblast‐
like cells. Using flow cytometric analysis, we found that mesenchymal cells isolated from the …

Global environmental change is rapidly altering the dynamics of terrestrial vegetation, with
consequences for the functioning of the Earth system and provision of ecosystem services 1 …