Heihe River News Today

The response of runoff from inland river basins is becoming increasingly complex due to climate change and intensification of human activities, as well as underlying surface impacts. The annual distribution pattern of runoff shows spatio-temporal heterogeneity, which affects hydropower generation, irrigation, ecological-cultural value of river runoff, and puts pressure on water resource management projects.

The Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei region in China is experiencing a serious ecological water scarcity problem in the context of climate warming and drying. There is an urgent need for practical adaptation measures to cope with the adverse impacts of climate change and provide a scientific basis for urban water supply planning, water resource management, and policy formulation. Urban ecological water can maintain the structure and function of urban ecosystems, both as an environmental element...

According to the natural condition of water resources and the economic, social, and ecological environment status of Zhangye City, the water resources carrying capacity of Zhangye City is evaluated by using the water resources carrying capacity Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to an Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) model with combination assignment. The results show that: (1) From 2010 to 2020, the water resources carrying capacity of Zhangye City was generally stable at the macro level, rank...

Beijing, China (SPX) Jul 12, 2023 - This study is led by Dr. Taihua Wang and Dr. Dawen Yang (Tsinghua University), together with experts in the field of both permafrost and glacier including Dr. Tandong Yao, Dr. Xin Li (Institute of T

Facing Russia, just across the Amur River, the Chinese border city of Heihe has complicated ties with its neighbor, revealing the scars of history and a shifting power dynamic between Moscow and Beijing.

China will accelerate legislation on compensation for ecological damage, as the mechanism continues to prove its role in helping restore damaged environments across the country, according to the Ministry of Ecology and Environment.

A joint research team has newly proposed an integrated framework that reveals the dominating factors of sustainability in endorheic regions.

Chinese authorities unveiled an ambitious action plan on conserving the Yellow River, vowing to restore 700,000 hectares of degraded natural forest and treat almost 1.4 million hectares of land suffering from desertification in its basin by 2025.

Water demand management through price and market mechanisms is crucial for agricultural water management. However, how to set an appropriate agricultural water price remains unclear due to the uncertainty regarding the response of water demand to price changes and the complexity of the hydro-economic system. Thus, this study developed a water-economic model to examine both issues in the Heihe River Basin. The empirical results revealed that the basin’s agricultural water is currently p...

Water withdrawals around the world have increased almost twice as fast as the population during the last century. Higher than expected water demand is leading to water scarcity and causing rapid depletion of water tables around the world. One reason behind the higher than expected demand is the inefficient use of water. Inefficient use of water affects the well-being of society, the economic stability of countries, and environmental health. Indeed, water use efficiency (WUE) is one of the pillar...