Books

Big Earth Data in Support of the Sustainable Development Goals Big Earth Data in Support of the Sustainable Development Goals 2019 presents 27 cases studies of CASEarth on the development of the Sustainable Development Goals indicators and sustainability assessments in six SDGs. These cases provide in-depth, systematic research and evaluation results on the selected SDGs and indicators by means of data, method models, and decision support at global, regional, national and local scales. The 27 case studies covered 20 indicators, with focus varying from constructing databases, building index systems, and evaluating indicator progress.

Articles

2018 

Guo, H. (2018). Steps to the Digital Silk Road. Nature, 554, 25-27. [pdf]

Wu, C., Wang. X. & Wang. H., et al. (2018). Contrasting responses of autumn-leaf senescence to daytime and night-time warming. Nature Climate Change, 8, 1092-1096. [pdf]

Huang, J., Levinson, D., Wang, J., Zhou, J., and Wang, Z. (2018). Tracking job and housing dynamics with smartcard data. PNAS. 115 (50), 12710-12715. [pdf]

Li, C., Fraser, N. C., Rieppel, O., and Wu, X. (2018). A Triassic stem turtle with an edentulous beak. Nature, 560, 476-479. [pdf]

Yue, X. and Unger, N. (2018). Fire air pollution reduces global terrestrial productivity. Nature Communications, 9:5413. [pdf]

Wang, T., Liu, D. & Piao, S., et al. (2018). Emerging negative impact of warming on summer carbon uptake in northern ecosystems. Nature Communications. 9(1):5391.[pdf]

2019

Pei, J., Wang, L. & Xu, W., et al. (2019). Recovered Tibetan antelope at risk again. Science. 366(6462), 193. [pdf]

Xu, W., Svenning, J., & Chen, G., et al., (2019). Human activities have opposing effects on distributions of narrow-ranged and widespread plant species in China. PNAS. 116(52): 26674–26681. [pdf]

Dai, A., Luo, D., Song, M., & Liu, J. (2019). Arctic amplification is caused by sea-ice loss under increasing CO2. Nature Communications. 10(121). [pdf]

Wang, X., Xiao, J., & Li, X., et al. (2019). No trends in spring and autumn phenology during the global warming hiatus. Nature Communications. 10(2389). [pdf]

Qin, S., Chen, L., & Fang, K.,et al. (2019). Temperature sensitivity of SOM decomposition governed by aggregate protection and microbial communities. Science Advances. 5, eaau1218.[pdf]