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Ministry of Water Resources: By 2035, the Danjiangkou reservoir area and upstream stock problems will be fully solved. In the nine years since the first phase of the middle line of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project was officially opened, a total of more than 11.9 billion cubic meters of water has been transferred to the north. It has become the main water source for 605 large and medium-sized cities in Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei and Henan.

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The terrestrial, freshwater and marine realms all provide essential ecosystem services in urban environments. However, the services provided by each realm are often considered independently, which ignores the synergies between them and risks underestimating the benefits derived collectively. Greater research collaboration across these realms, and an integrated approach to management decisions can help to support urban developments and restoration projects in maintaining or enhancing ecosystem services. The aim of this paper is to highlight the synergies and trade-offs among ecosystem services ...

Abstract Forest microclimates contrast strongly with the climate outside forests. To fully understand and better predict how forests' biodiversity and functions relate to climate and climate change, microclimates need to be integrated into ecological research. Despite the potentially broad impact of microclimates on the response of forest ecosystems to global change, our understanding of how microclimates within and below tree canopies modulate biotic responses to global change at the species, community and ecosystem level is still limited. Here, we review how spatial and temporal variation i...