Introduction Shellfish play an important role in ecological restoration and as carbon (C) sinks, but studies on their ecological carrying capacity (ECC) and C sequestration potential are sparse. Methods In this study, we selected a 57-hectare artificial oyster reef in a typical marine ranching in Bohai Bay, China, to evaluate the ECC and their C sequestration potential of bivalve shellfish, and projecting their impact on funct...

A significant drying tendency over the southern slope of the Tibetan Plateau (SSTP) in summer (especially in July–September) during 1980–2018 is identified in this study. Moisture budget analysis reveals that the drying tendency is dominated by a decreased vertical moisture advection due to weakened upward motion, which is mainly resulted from an anticyclonic trend appeared over the northeastern TP. This anomalous anticyclone...

Surface air temperatures (SATs) derived from the European Centre for Medium‐Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) ERA‐Interim and CERA‐20C reanalysis data sets are compared with data from 43 observation stations in Sichuan for 1979–2010. The results show (a) the temperatures from the ERA‐Interim and CERA‐20C data sets are strongly correlated with those from the observation stations, although significant cold biases are seen on both...