Progress in Aridification Studies

摘要

A national key project entitled "Predictive study of aridification in northern China in association with life-supporting environment changes" has recently passed the appraisal of a panel organized by the Ministry of Science Technology in Beijing. Under the support of the National Basic Research Program (dubbed 973 Program), the five-year research project was jointly led by Prof. Fu Congbin from the CAS Institute of Atmospheric Physics and Prof. An Zhisheng from the CAS Institute of Earth Environment.