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Pretreatments of wheat straw for possibility use in maintenance-free compressed green roof substrates
Green roofs are a key measure used to alleviate the urban heat island effect and reduce stagnant water from urban runoff. However, the expensive substrate material and high construction cost restrict the large...
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Impact of utility-scale solar photovoltaic array on the aeolian sediment transport in Hobq Desert, China
Deserts are ideal places to develop ground-mounted large-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) power station. Unfortunately, solar energy production, operation, and maintenance are affected by geomorphological changes...
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Interactive effects of wind speed, vegetation coverage and soil moisture in controlling wind erosion in a temperate desert steppe, Inner Mongolia of China
The rapid desertification of grasslands in Inner Mongolia of China poses a significant ecological threaten to northern China. The combined effects of anthropogenic disturbances (e.g., overgrazing) and biophysi...
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Effects of wind guide plates on wind velocity acceleration and dune leveling: a case study in Ulan Buh Desert, China
The areas used to be covered by shifting sand dunes have been reclaimed rapidly in recent years. However, it is a challenge to reclaim high sand dunes because it is rather costly to level the high dunes to gen...
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Persistence of four dominant psammophyte species in central Inner Mongolia of China under continual drought
Clarifying the persistence time of seedlings of dominant species under continual drought will help us understand responses of ecosystems to global climate change and improve revegetation efforts. Drought toler...
