Knowledge of the difference between soil and air temperatures (Δ T ) is helpful to improve our understanding on the land‐atmosphere thermal interactions and temperature‐dependent soil processes. Based on 272 stations across China, this study investigated the spatiotemporal variations of the annual and seasonal Δ T (difference between soil temperature at a depth of 0.4 m and air temperature) from 1981 to 2014, and quantified th...

Kidney disease is manifested in a wide variety of phenotypes, many of which have an important hereditary component. To delineate the genotypic and phenotypic spectrum of pediatric nephropathy, a multicenter registration system is being implemented based on the Chinese Children Genetic Kidney Disease Database (CCGKDD). In this study, all the patients with kidney and urological diseases were recruited from 2014 to 2020. Genetic...

Under climate change, soil temperature change remarkably influences regional landscapes, ecosystems, hydrological processes, and other parameters. Based on daily soil temperature data from 56 stations from 1965 to 2014, the spatiotemporal variations in shallow soil temperature (0, 5, 10, 15, and 20 cm) on the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau (QTP) were investigated. The mean shallow soil temperature decreased obviously with altitude bo...

Changes in soil temperature will exert an important influence on the management and utilization of vegetation and agricultural production, whereas the spatiotemporal variations in soil temperature under different vegetation regions across China remain largely unknown. The shallow soil temperatures (0–20 cm) during the growing season (May–September) from 1965 to 2014 across China were analysed, and the findings showed that the...