Dr. Zhangcai Qin is a professor in the School of Atmospheric Sciences at Sun Yat-sen University. His research focuses on global environmental change, with particular emphasis on the energy–food–environment nexus, terrestrial carbon cycling, land-use change, and climate mitigation. His work integrates atmospheric, ecological, and human systems to better understand their interactions and to develop science-based pathways toward regional and global carbon neutrality. Before joining SYSU, Dr. Qin worked as PI and co-I on multiple projects at Argonne National Laboratory. He also served as Deputy Director at Future Earth Global Secretariat Hub China and as a panelist on NSF, NBB, and CRC panel boards, as well as a mentor for the DOE's Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships (SULI) program. He holds editorial roles as a member of the editorial advisory board for Global Change Biology, an Associate Editor for Journal of Plant Ecology, and a referee for over 60 international journals. He also served as Lead Editor of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) monograph Bioenergy and Land Use Change.

    Prospective students and postdocs are welcome to apply. Applicants are encouraged to review the Qin Lab's research areas before contacting Dr. Qin and should include a CV and a brief statement of research interests in their inquiry.

助理: 高飞

博士后/研究员：周尚蓉博士、王大菊博士^*、胡志刚博士、胡祺雯博士^*,**

研究生：卢欣晴^**、夏越^*、邓小鹏^**、苏娟^*、谢涵之^**、付梓旺、傅璇、甘德钊(兰大)^*；王可、刘靖、杨泽宁、刘瀚乾

本科生：张家文^**、刘淑仪、韩晨曦(南林大)^*(毕设、研习)

^*国内联培/交流：北京大学、北京师范大学、南方海洋科学与工程广东省实验室(珠海)、清华大学、中国科学院、中山大学生态学院等

^**国际联培/交流：阿联酋、澳大利亚、奥地利、巴西、丹麦、法国、加拿大、美国、新加坡、印度尼西亚、英国等

2026：胡祺雯^*,**,aa、王艺杰^*,**,b、刘扬^*,**,aa (博士)；王艺璇^a、廖波涛^*,b(硕士)；张家文、刘淑仪 (研习)

2025：郑艺^{*, **, aa}、李施华^{*,**, aa} (博士后)；王大菊^{*, aa}、夏晓圣^*,aa(博士)；苏娟^{*, a}(硕士)；付梓旺^a、马菁蔚^a、姚明璐^b、程嘉仪^a (2021本，学士)；付梓旺、李昱宏、马菁蔚、马泽乐、伍贝贝、周孟瑾 (研习)

2024：敖碧琦；李向前^{*, aa}(博士后)；宋朝清^*,aa、朱娅坤^**,aa、许逸凡^**,aa(博士)；林子祺^*,b、胡启元^*,b、蔡雯琦^*,a(硕士)；黎敬贤^a、林佳信^a、谢涵之^a、赵研^a (2020本，学士)；付梓旺、李昱宏、马菁蔚、马泽乐、伍贝贝、周孟瑾 (研习)

2023：梁玉莲 (访问副教授)；邓希^**,aa(博士后)；邓诗雨^**,a (硕士)；陈国超^a、阮感^c(2019本，学士)；黎敬贤、林佳信、谢涵之 (研习)

2022：王艺杰；张子鸣^c(硕士)；邓小鹏^a、梁志梁^c、胡哲源^a(2018本，学士)；谭婉珊、陈国超 (研习)

2021：廖诗杰；胡祺雯^a、黄兆新^c、林妙贴^c、林子祺^a(福建师范)^* (2017本，学士)；冲美、陈紫晴、邓楚莹、胡哲源、徐雄辉、张维一 (研习)

2020：邹敏秀；邓诗雨^a(兰州大学)^*、吴香源^a、吴树生^a (2016本，学士)；黄景、胡祺雯、陈思哲、梁彩霞 (研习)

2019：钮厚瑞^a、许逸凡^a、张敏雷^c、张子鸣^a (2015本，学士)

-2018：Emelia G. ^a(U. Chicago/ Columbia U.), Michael W. ^c(U. Chicago), Rachel B. ^b(Ithaca, co-advised), Ashley C. ^a(UT Austin, co-advised), Jayne P. ^a(Purdue)

成员去向：^a深造(中山大学、北京大学、复旦大学、清华大学、上海交大、中国科学院、哥伦比亚大学、剑桥大学、伦敦大学学院、南洋理工大学、香港大学、香港中文大学、香港理工大学、新加坡国立大学、芝加哥大学等)、^aa高教/科研(中山大学、东方理工大学、海南大学、兰州大学、南京环境科学研究所、石河子大学、爱荷华州立大学、伯明翰大学等)、^b事业机关(北京、广州、南京、韶关、深圳、西安、武汉、贵阳等)、^c企业/NGO等(安永、网易、中航、TNC、UCS等)

优秀毕业生/毕业论文(院、校级)：王艺杰(2026、博士)、苏娟(2025、硕士)、王大菊(2025、博士)、夏晓圣(2025、博士)、谢涵之(2024、学士)、黎敬贤(2024、学士)、林子祺(2024、硕士)、蔡雯琦(2024、硕士)、朱娅坤(2024、博士)、王艺璇(2023、学士)、胡祺雯(2021、学士)、林子祺(2021、学士)、邓诗雨(2020、学士)、许逸凡(2019、学士)

学生荣誉(部分)：国家奖学金(夏晓圣、付梓旺、王艺杰、张家文、刘淑仪)，校长奖学金(邓小鹏)，冠名奖学金(胡祺雯、卢欣晴、谢涵之)，毕业生奖(姚明璐)，逸仙学术之星(王艺杰)

其他指导  Others

北京大学、福建师范大学、华东师范大学、兰州大学、南京大学、南京信息工程大学、清华大学、四川大学、厦门大学、浙江大学、中国农业大学、中国科学院大气物理研究所、中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所、中国科学院华南植物园、中国科学院生态环境研究中心、中国科学院植物研究所等；

哥伦比亚大学(Columbia，美国)、普渡大学(Purdue，美国)、瓦格宁根大学(WUR，荷兰)、芝加哥大学(UChicago，美国)等

课程主讲 Courses

本科：气候变化解决方案——碳中和之路、气候变化：人类社会的历史责任和义务（核心通识）、大气科学认知论坛；

研究生：海陆气系统生态环境学、气候变化：影响、适应与减缓

论文： Google Scholar | Researchgate (学生/博后，相同贡献^#，通讯作者*)

• Wang Y^#, Zhu Y, Cook-Patton SC, Sun W, Zhang W, Ciais P, Li T, Smith P, Yuan W, Zhu X, Canadell J G, Deng X, Xu Y, Xu H, Yue C, Qin Z*. Land availability and policy commitments limit global climate mitigation from forestation, Science. 2025, 389, 931–934. (🔊Science Highlights, News#1, News#2)

• Zhu Y^#, Xia X^#, Canadell J G, Piao S, Lu X, Mishra U, Wang X, Yuan W*, Qin Z*. China’s carbon sinks from land-use change underestimated, Nature Climate Change. 2025, 15, 428-435. (🔊News) (ESI高被引)

• Xu Y, Smith P, Qin Z*. Unlocking synergies: climate mitigation, clean air, and health benefits of sustainable bioenergy in China. Environmental Science & Technology. 2025, 59(4), 23786–23801.

• Qin Z^*, Zhu Y^#, Canadell J G, Chen M, Li T, Mishra M, Yuan W. Global spatially explicit carbon emissions from land-use change over the past six decades (1961-2020). One Earth. 2024, 7(5), 835-847.  (ESI高被引)

• Xu Y, Wang Y, Ciais P, Smith P, Yuan W, Canadell J, Qin Z*. No hiding behind trees: Navigating the gap between forest carbon removal potential and urgent climate mitigation. Science Bulletin. 2026, 71, 2937–2940.

• 袁文平，魏静，覃章才，王凡，孙庆龄，陈修治，王大菊，邓小鹏，罗晓帆，苏娟. 碳达峰和碳中和的科学基础. 科学出版社. 北京. 2024. (Book)

• Qin Z*, Mishra U, Hastings A. Bioenergy and Land Use Change. American Geophysical Union. John Wiley & Sons, Inc, Hoboken, NJ. 2018. (Book)

• Canter C, Qin Z, Cai H, Dunn J, Wang M, A Scott. Fossil Energy Consumption and reenhouse Gas Emissions, Including Soil Carbon Effects, of Producing Agriculture and Forestry Feedstocks. In: 2016 Billion-Ton Report: Advancing Domestic Resources for a Thriving Bioeconomy, Volume 2: Environmental Sustainability Effects of Select Scenarios from Volume 1 (eds R. A. Efroymson, M. H. Langholtz, K.E. Johnson, and B. J. Stokes). U.S. Department of Energy. ORNL/TM-2016/727. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN. 2017.

• Qin Z*, Zhuang Q. Estimating water use efficiency in bioenergy ecosystems using a process-based model. In: Remote Sensing of the Terrestrial Water Cycle (eds V. Lakshmi, D. Alsdorf, M. Anderson, S. Biancamaria, M. Cosh, J. Entin, G. Huffman, W. Kustas, P. van Oevelen, T. Painter, J. Parajka, M. Rodell and C. Rüdiger). John Wiley & Sons, Inc, Hoboken, NJ. 2014.

• 覃章才, 许逸凡. 一种生物质能源的全生命周期评估方法和系统. 国家授权发明专利. 2024.

• 覃章才, 朱娅坤. 一种土地利用变化的碳排放评估方法和系统. 国家授权发明专利. 2024.

• Wang Y^#, Zhu Y, Cook-Patton SC, Sun W, Zhang W, Ciais P, Li T, Smith P, Yuan W, Zhu X, Canadell J G, Deng X, Xu Y, Xu H, Yue C, Qin Z*. Land availability and policy commitments limit global climate mitigation from forestation, Science. 2025, 389, 931–934. (🔊Science Highlights, News#1, News#2)

• Xu Y, Wang Y, Ciais P, Smith P, Yuan W, Canadell J, Qin Z*. No hiding behind trees: Navigating the gap between forest carbon removal potential and urgent climate mitigation. Science Bulletin. 2026, 71, 2937–2940.

• Xu Y, Xie H, Q Hu, Y Wang, Qin Z*. Mapping biomass availability in China: Bridging theoretical potential to practical utilization through sustainability and cost analysis. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2026, 565, 148554.

• Y Wang, Y Wang, Z Zhang, T Li, F Wang, J Su, X Zhao, X Zhu, Qin Z*. The impact of land use and land cover changes on mangrove carbon sinks and methane fluxes in Qi’ao Island, China. Journal of Plant Ecology. 2026, rtag077.

• Su J, Lin Y, Li P, Qin Z, Xie L, Wang F, Li W, Zhang J. The centennial legacy of disturbances on sedimentation and carbon burial in an estuarine mangrove ecosystem, South China. Journal of Oceanology and Limnology. 2026, 44 (1), 109-124.

• Yao Y, Wang F, Yang Y, Zhang Q, Zan Q, Qin Z. From rapid establishment to recruitment limitation: Successional dynamics of the exotic Sonneratia apetala in the Pearl River Estuary, China. Forest Ecology and Management. 2026, 609, 123611.

• Zhou Z, Li T, Yang X-Q, Chen D, Han G, Fan X, Zhao X, Wei S, He B, Wang G, Qin Z. Supporting blue carbon accounting: A process-based productivity model for global salt marshes. Environmental Science & Technology. 2026, 60, 7079–7091.

• Li M, Jackson R, Saunois M, ..., Qin Z, ... Machine-learning-based estimates of global natural vegetated wetland methane emissions (2000–2025). Earth System Science Data, 2026, 18, 3507–3524.

• Friedlingstein P, O’Sullivan M, Jones M W, ..., Qin Z, ... Global Carbon Budget 2025. Earth System Science Data, 2026, 18, 3211–3288.

• F Huang, Y Zhang, X Lu, W Shangguan, Q Li, Qin Z, Z Wei, H Yuan, L Li, Dai Y. Plant carbon fluxes govern soil organic carbon dynamics under climate change: Machine learning reveals critical GPP thresholds. Ecological Indicators. 2026, 187, 114925.

 

• Xu Y, Smith P, Qin Z*. Unlocking synergies: climate mitigation, clean air, and health benefits of sustainable bioenergy in China. Environmental Science & Technology. 2025, 59(4), 23786–23801.

• Deng X, Qin Z*, Chen M, Dong W, Huang Y, Kim SH, Xie H, Yuan W*. Policy inaction risks breaching the 2°C climate target. Global Change Biology. 2025, 31(11), e70614.

• Wang Y^#, Zhu Y, Cook-Patton SC, Sun W, Zhang W, Ciais P, Li T, Smith P, Yuan W, Zhu X, Canadell J G, Deng X, Xu Y, Xu H, Yue C, Qin Z*. Land availability and policy commitments limit global climate mitigation from forestation, Science. 2025, 389, 931–934. (🔊Science Highlights, News#1, News#2)

• Zhu Y^#, Xia X^#, Canadell J G, Piao S, Lu X, Mishra U, Wang X, Yuan W*, Qin Z*. China’s carbon sinks from land-use change underestimated, Nature Climate Change. 2025, 15, 428-435. (🔊News)

• Lu X, Liang Y, Zhao T, Zhu X, Qin Z*. Decreasing soil erosion in South China with uncertainties driven by NDVI estimates. Ecological Indicators. 2025, 173, 113422.

• Xie H, Li J, Li T, Lu X, Hu Q*, Qin Z*. GloRice, a global rice database (v1.0): I. Gridded paddy rice annual distribution from 1961 to 2021. Scientific Data. 2025, 12, 182.

• Deng S, Mi Z, Ou Y, Xu H, Wei S, Zhao Y, Zhang H,Qin Z, Piao S. Sustainability nexus in China’s forestation initiatives. Nexus. 2025, 2 (4), 100106.

• Jiang W, Lin Z,Qin Z, Lu X, Zhang W, Zhang Q, Ye S, Li H, Ge H, Wang G. Climate-management interactions drive soil organic carbon sequestration potential in China's croplands over 2020-2060. Soil & Environmental Health. 2025, 3, 100159.

• Zhu X,Qin Z, Liu W, Kirwan M, Lu H, Lee S, Dai M. Coastal restoration may not necessarily enhance blue carbon sink.. Geophysical Research Letters. 2025, 52, e2025GL114614.(🔊News by Science)

• Li T, Liu X, Tian J, Yuan W, Wang X, Yang X, Hong S, Wang Y, Zhu Q, Yu L, Xia J, Xiao H, Liang M, Li S, Li Z, Wang Y, Zhang K, Xu M and Qin Z. Methane and nitrous oxide budget for Chinese natural terrestrial ecosystems. National Science Review, 2025, nwaf094.

• Xia J, Xia X, Wang X, Ju W, Lin Z, Qin Z, Sang Y, Yan Y, Yuan W, Yue X, Zhang H, Zhou H and Zhu Q. China Land Carbon Budget (CLCB1.0): A comprehensive estimate of the land carbon budget in China. National Science Review, 2025, nwaf052.

• Yuan W, Liang M, Gao Y, Huang L, Dan L, Duan H, Hong S, Jiang F, Ju W, Li T, Lou Z, Luan S, Lu X, Qin Z, Ran L, Shen L, Teng F, Tian X, Wang Y, Wei J, Xia J, Xia X, Yu L, Yue X, Zhang H, Zhang W, Zhang Y, Zhao X, Zhu Q, Piao S and Wang X.  China's greenhouse gas budget during 2000-2023. National Science Review, 2025, nwaf069.

• Friedlingstein P, O’Sullivan M, Jones M W, ..., Qin Z, ... Global Carbon Budget 2024. Earth System Science Data, 2025, 17, 965–1039.

• 胡启元，覃章才，戚友存等. 陕西汛期5类天气环流降水雨滴谱分布统计特征对比研究. 大气科学. 2025, 49(5), 1341-1354.

• A R, Pan X, Zhu L, Chan K, Qin Z, Guo E, Bao Y, Qin S, Cui T. Human-induced water loss potentially threatens sustainable development of sandy regions in China. Communications Earth & Environment. 2025, 6, 68.

• Li X, Peng Q, Shen R, Xu W, Qin Z, Lin S, Ha S, Kong D, Yuan W. Long-term reconstructed vegetation index dataset in China from fused MODIS and Landsat data, Scientific Data. 2025, 12, 152.

• Zhang Z, Poulter B, Melton J R, Riley W J, Allen G H, Beerling D J, Bousquet P, Canadell J G, Fluet-Chouinard E, Ciais P, Gedney N, Hopcroft P O, Ito A, Jackson R B, Jain A K, Jensen K, Joos F, Kleinen T, Knox S, Li T, Li X, Liu X, McDonald K, McNicol G, Miller P A, Müller J, Patra P K, Peng C, Peng S, Qin Z, Riggs R M, Saunois M, Sun Q, Tian H, Xu X, Yao Y, Yi X, Zhang W, Zhu Q, Zhu Q, and Zhuang Q, Ensemble estimates of global wetland methane emissions over 2000–2020, Biogeoscience. 2025, 22, 305-321.

 

• Qin Z*, Zhu Y^#, Canadell J G, Chen M, Li T, Mishra M, Yuan W. Global spatially explicit carbon emissions from land-use change over the past six decades (1961-2020). One Earth. 2024, 7(5), 835-847.

• Deng X, Xu W, Xu Y, Shao Y, Wu X, Yuan W, Qin Z*. Offshore wind power in China: A potential solution to electricity transformation and carbon neutrality. Fundamental Research. 2024, 4(5), 1206-1215.

• Lin Z, Dai Y, Mishra U, Wang G, Shangguan W, Zhang W, Qin Z*. Global and regional soil organic carbon estimates: Magnitude and uncertainties. Pedosphere. 2024, 34(4), 685-698.

• Xu Y, Smith P, Qin Z*. Sustainable bioenergy contributes to cost-effective climate change mitigation in China. iScience, 2024, 27(7), 110232. 

• Lin Z^#, Lu X^#, Xu Y, Sun W, Yu Y, Zhang W, Mishra U, Kuzyakov Y, Wang G, Qin Z*. Increased straw return promoted soil organic carbon accumulation in China’s croplands over the past 40 years. Science of The Total Environment, 2024, 945, 173903.

• Deng S, Deng X, Chen H, Qin Z*. Estimating fossil CO2 emissions from COVID-19 post-pandemic recovery in G20: A machine learning approach. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2024, 442, 140875.

• Hu Q, Li J, Xie H, Huang Y, Canadell J G, Yuan W, Wang J, Zhang W, Yu L, Li S, Lu X, Li T, Qin Z. Global methane emissions from rice paddies: CH4MOD model development and application. iScience. 2024, 27(11), 111237.

• 苏娟，王凡，王艺杰，廖晓琳，李婷婷，朱旭东，覃章才. 中国红树林生态系统的碳源汇特征及核算. 地球科学进展. 2024, 39, 902-914.

• Wang D, Peng Q, Li X, Zhang W, Xia X, Qin Z, Ren P, Liang S, Yuan W. A long-term high-resolution dataset of grasslands grazing intensity in China. Scientific Data. 2024, 11(1), 1194.

• Zhu Q, Yuan K, Li F, Riley W J, Hoyt A, Jackson R, McNicol G, Chen M, Knox S H, Briner O, Beerling D, Gedney N, Hopcroft P O, Ito A, Jain A. K, Jensen K, Kleinen T, Li T, Liu X, McDonald K C, Melton J R, Miller P A, Muller J, Peng C, Poulter B, Qin Z, Peng S, Tian H, Xu X, Yao Y, Xi Y, Zhang Z, Zhang W, Zhu Q, Zhuang, Q. Critical needs to close monitoring gaps in pan-tropical wetland CH4 emissions. Environmental Research Letters. 2024 19(11), 114046.

• Zhu X, Chen J, Li L, Li M, Li T, Qin Z, Wang F, Zhao X. Asynchronous methane and carbon dioxide fluxes drive temporal variability of mangrove blue carbon sequestration, Geophysical Research Letters, 2024, 51(11), e2023GL107235.

• Ren P, Wang D, Xia X, Chen X, Qin Z, Wei J, Liu S, O'Sullivan M O, Yuan, W. Increased harvested carbon of cropland in China. Environmental Research Letters. 2024, 19, 054036.

• Wang D, Ren P, Xia X, Fan L, Qin Z, Chen X, Yuan W. National forest carbon harvesting and allocation dataset for the period 2003 to 2018. Earth System Science Data. 2024, 16, 2465–2481.

• Xia X, Ren P, Wang X, Liu D, Chen X, Dan L, He B, He H, Ju W, Liang M, Lu X, Peng J, Qin Z, Xia J, Zheng B, Wei J, Yue X, Yu G, Piao S, Yuan W. The carbon budget of China: 1980-2021. Science Bulletin, 2024, 69, 114-124.

• Liao X, Wang Y, Malghani S, Zhu X, Cai W, Qin Z, Wang, F. Methane and nitrous oxide emissions and related microbial communities from mangrove stems on Qi'ao Island, Pearl River Estuary in China. Science of The Total Environment, 2024, 915, 170062.

 

• Deng X, Huang Y, Yuan W, Zhang W, Ciais P, Dong W, Smith P, Qin Z*. Building soil to reduce climate change impacts on global crop yield. Science of The Total Environment. 2023, 903, 166711.

• Deng S, Deng X, Griscom B, Li T, Yuan W, Qin Z*. Can nature help limit warming below 1.5° C?. Global Change Biology. 2023, 29(2), 289-291. (Cover highlight)

• Wang D, Li Y, Xia J, Liu C, Chen H, Teng F, He B, Shi W, Qin Z*, Yuan W*. How large is the mitigation potential of natural climate solutions in China?. Environmental Research Letters. 2023, 18, 015001.

• Tang Y, Li T, Yang X, Chao Q, Wang C, Lai D, Liu J, Zhu X, Zhao X, Fan X, Zhang Y, Hu Q, Qin Z. Mango-GPP: A process-based model for simulating gross primary productivity of mangrove ecosystems. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 2023, 15, e2023MS003714.

• Ito A, Li T, Qin Z, Melton J, Tian H, Kleinen T, Wang W , Zhang Z, Joos F, Ciais P, Hopcroft PO, Beerling DJ, Liu X, Zhuang Q, Zhu Q, Peng C, Cheng K-Y, Fluet-Chouinard E, McNicol G, Patra P, Poulter B, Sitch S, Riley W, Zhu, Q. Cold-season methane fluxes simulated by GCP-CH4 models. Geophysical Research Letters. 2023, 50, e2023GL103037.

• Xia X, Xia J, Chen X, Fan L, Liu S, Qin Y, Qin Z, Xiao X, Xu W, Yue C, Yuan W. Reconstructing long‐term forest cover in China by fusing national forest inventory and 20 land use and land cover data sets. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. 2023, 128(4): e2022JG007101.

• 张子鸣，王艺杰，王莹，邓希，郝珖存，王凡，覃章才. 珠江口红树林湿地土壤碳的分布特征和影响因素研究. 环境科学学报. 2023, 43 (1): 297-306.

 

• Zhu Y^#, Wang D^#, Smith P, Ciais P, Piao S, Yuan W*, Qin Z*. What can the Glasgow Declaration on forests bring to global emission reduction? The Innovation. 2022, 3(6), 100307.

• Zhu Y, Xu Y, Deng X, Kwon H, Qin Z*. Peatland loss in Southeast Asia contributing to U.S. biofuel’s greenhouse gas emissions. Environmental Science & Technology. 2022, 56 (18), 13284–13293.

• Lin Z, Dai Y, Mishra U, Wang G, Shangguan W, Zhang W, Qin Z*. On the magnitude and uncertainties of global and regional soil organic carbon: A comparative analysis using multiple estimates. Earth System Science Data Discussions. 2022, 25:1-24.

• Li T, Canadell JG, Yang X, Zhai P, Chao Q, Lu Y, Huang D, Sun W*, Qin Z*. Methane emissions from wetlands in China and their climate feedbacks in the 21st century. Environmental Science & Technology. 2022, 56 (17), 12024–12035.

• Zhang Z, Wang Y, Zhu Y, He K, Li T, Mishra U, Peng Y, Wang F, Yu L, Zhao X, Zhu L, Zhu X, Qin Z*. Carbon sequestration in soil and biomass under native and non-native mangrove ecosystems, Plant and Soil. 2022. 479, 61-76. 

• Zheng L, Qi Y*, Wang Y, Peng J, Qin Z*. Calibration and validation of phenological models for Biome-BGCMuSo in the grasslands of Tibetan Plateau using remote sensing data. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 2022, 322, 109001. 

• Hu Q, Li T*, Deng X, Wu T, Zhai P, Huang D, Fan X, Zhu Y, Lin Y, Xiao X, Chen X, Zhao X, Wang L, Qin Z*. Intercomparison of global terrestrial carbon fluxes estimated by MODIS and Earth system models. Science of The Total Environment. 2022, 810:152231. 

• Smith P, Qin Z, Lovelock CE, Joly CA, Kalantari Z, Destouni G, Duguma L. Decarbonizing through nature. One Earth, 2022, 5(5), 449-451. 

• Wang Y, Zhang Z, He K, Qin Z, Xie L, Liu Y, Lin Y, Wei J, Wang F. Differed adaptive strategies to nutrient status between native and exotic mangrove species. Forests, 2022, 13(5), 804.

• Lu H, Qin Z, Lin S, Chen X, Chen B, He B, Wei J, Yuan W. Large influence of atmospheric vapor pressure deficit on ecosystem production efficiency. Nature communications. 2022, 13(1):1-4.

• Huang Y, Sun W, Qin Z, Zhang W, Yu Y, Li T, Zhang Q, Wang G, Yu L, Wang Y, Ding F. The role of China's terrestrial carbon sequestration 2010–2060 in offsetting energy-related CO2 emissions. National Science Review. 2022,9(8), nwac057.

• Zhang Y, Qin Z, Li T, Zhu X. Carbon dioxide uptake overrides methane emission at the air-water interface of algae-shellfish mariculture ponds: Evidence from eddy covariance observations. Science of The Total Environment. 2022, 815:152867. 

 

• Qin Z*, Griscom B, Huang Y, Yuan W, Chen X, Dong W, Li T, Sanderman J, Smith P, Wang F, Yang S. Delayed impact of natural climate solutions. Global Change Biology. 2021, 27(2): 215-217. (Cover highlight)

• Qin Z*, Deng X, Griscom B, Huang Y, Li T, Smith P, Yuan W, Zhang W. Natural climate solutions for China: The last mile to carbon neutrality. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences. 2021, 38: 889-895. (Cover highlight; News)

• Qin Z*, Deng S, Dunn JB, Smith P, Sun W*. Animal waste use and implications to agricultural greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. Environmental Research Letters. 2021, 16: 064079. 

• Zheng L, Qi Y*, Qin Z*, Xu X, Dong J. Assessing albedo dynamics and its environmental controls of grasslands over the Tibetan Plateau. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 2021, 307, 108479.  

• Li H, Li T, Sun W, Zhang W, Zhang Q, Yu L, Qin Z, Guo B, Liu J, Zha X. Degradation of wetlands on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau causing a loss in soil organic carbon in 1966–2016. Plant and Soil. 2021, 467(1):253-65. 

• Zhao X, Wang C, Li T, Zhang C, Fan X, Zhang Q, Zhang Q, Chen X, Zou X, Shen C, Tang Y, Qin Z. Net CO2 and CH4 emissions from restored mangrove wetland: New insights based on a case study in estuary of the Pearl River, China. Science of The Total Environment. 2021,12:151619. 

• Zhu X, Qin Z, Song L. How Land‐Sea Interaction of Tidal and Sea Breeze Activity Affect Mangrove Net Ecosystem Exchange?. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 2021, 126(8):e2020JD034047. 

• Zhu X, Sun C, Qin Z. Drought‐Induced Salinity Enhancement Weakens Mangrove Greenhouse Gas Cycling. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. 2021, 126(8):e2021JG006416. 

 

• Deng X, Huang Y, Qin Z. Soil indigenous nutrients increase the resilience of maize yield to climatic warming in China. Environmental Research Letters. 2020, 15(9):094047. 

• Li T, Lu Y, Yu L, Sun W, Zhang Q, Zhang W, Wang G, Qin Z, Yu L, Li H, Zhang R. Evaluation of CH4MOD wetland and Terrestrial Ecosystem Model (TEM) used to estimate global CH4 emissions from natural wetlands. Geoscientific Model Development. 2020, 13(8):3769-88. 

• Ledo A, Smith P, Zerihun A, Whitaker J, Vicente‐Vicente JL, Qin Z, McNamara NP, Zinn YL, Llorente M, Liebig M, Kuhnert M, Dondini M, Don A, Diaz-Pines E, Datta A, Bakka H, Aguilera E, Hillier J. Changes in soil organic carbon under perennial crops. Global Change Biology. 2020, 26(7): 4158-4168. 

• Field JL, Richard TL, Smithwick EA, Cai H, Laser MS, LeBauer DS, Long SP, Paustian K, Qin Z, Sheehan JJ, Smith P, Wang M, Lee RL. Robust paths to net greenhouse gas mitigation and negative emissions via advanced biofuels. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2020, 117(36):21968-77.

• Yuan W, Zheng Y, Piao S, Ciais P, Lombardozzi D, Wang Y, Ryu Y, Chen G, Dong W, Hu Z, Jain AK, Jiang C, Kato E, Li S, Lieneert S, Liu S, Nabel J, Qin Z, Quine T, Sitch S, Smit WK, Wang F, Wu C, Xiao Z, Yang S. Increased atmospheric vapor pressure deficit reduces global vegetation growth. Science advances. 2019, 5(8):eaax1396.

• Ledo A, Hillier J, Smith P, Aguilera E, Blagodatskiy S, Brearley FQ, Datta A, Diaz-Pines E, Don A, Dondini M, Dunn J, Feliciana DM, Liebig MA, Lang R. Llorente M, Zinn YL, Mcnamara N, Ogle S, Qin Z, Rovira P, Rowe R, Vincente-Vincente JL, Whitaker J, Yue Q, Zerihun A. A global, empirical, harmonised dataset of soil organic carbon changes under perennial crops. Scientific data. 2019, 6(1):1-7.

• Xu H, Sieverding H, Kwon H, Clay D, Stewart C, Johnson JM, Qin Z, Karlen DL, Wang M. A global meta‐analysis of soil organic carbon response to corn stover removal. GCB Bioenergy. 2019, 11(10):1215-33.

• Qin Z*, Zhuang Q*, Cai X, He Y, Huang Y, Jiang D, Lin E, Liu Y, Tang Y, Wang M. Biomass and biofuels in China: Toward bioenergy resource potentials and their impacts on the environment. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 2018, 82(3): 2387-2400.  (ESI 1%)

• Qin Z*, Canter C, Dunn JB, Mueller S, Kwon H, Han J, Wander M, Wang M. Land management change greatly impacts biofuels’ greenhouse gas emissions. GCB Bioenergy. 2018, 10: 370-381.   (Most downloaded 2018; most cited 2019)

• Qin Z*, Li J, Dunn J, Wang M. Life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions of corn kernel fiber ethanol. Biofuels, Bioproducts & Biorefining. 2018, 12:1013–1022.

• Chen R, Qin Z, Han J, Wang M, Taheripour F, Tyner W, O’Connor D, Duffield J. Life cycle energy and greenhouse gas emission effects of biodiesel in the United States with induced land use change impacts. Bioresource Technology. 2018, 251: 249-258.

• Qin Z*, Mishra U, Hastings A. Bioenergy and Land Use Change. American Geophysical Union. John Wiley & Sons, Inc, Hoboken, NJ. 2018. (Book)

• Qin Z*, Canter C, Cai H. Towards life cycle analysis on land use change and climate impacts from bioenergy production. In: Bioenergy and Land Use Change (eds Qin Z, Mishra U, Hastings A). American Geophysical Union. John Wiley & Sons, Inc, Hoboken, NJ. 2018. 

• Emery I, Mueller S, Qin Z, Dunn J. Estimating the potential of marginal land for cellulosic feedstock production and carbon sequestration in the United States. Environmental Science & Technology. 2017, 51(1): 733-741. 

• Cai H, Wang J, Feng Y, Wang M, Qin Z, Dunn J. Consideration of land use change-induced surface albedo effects in life-cycle analysis of biofuels. Energy & Environmental Science. 2016, 9(9): 2855-2867. 

• Qin Z*, Dunn J*, Kwon H, Mueller S, Wander M. Soil carbon sequestration and land use change associated with biofuel production: Empirical evidence. GCB Bioenergy. 2016, 8: 66-80.  (Cover highlight; most cited 2019)

• Qin Z*, Dunn J*, Kwon H, Mueller S, Wander M. Influence of spatially‐dependent, modeled soil carbon emission factors on life‐cycle greenhouse gas emissions of corn and cellulosic ethanol. Global Change Biology Bioenergy. 2016, 8: 1136–1149. (Cover highlight)

• Qin Z*, Zhuang Q, Cai X. Bioenergy crop productivity and potential climate change mitigation from marginal lands in the United States: An ecosystem modeling perspective. Global Change Biology Bioenergy. 2015, 7: 1211-1221.

• Qin Z*, Zhuang Q, Zhu X. Carbon and nitrogen dynamics in bioenergy ecosystems: 2. Potential greenhouse gas emissions and global warming intensity in the conterminous United States. Global Change Biology Bioenergy. 2015, 7: 25-39. (Cover highlight)

• Qin Z*, Zhuang Q, Zhu X. Carbon and nitrogen dynamics in bioenergy ecosystems: 1. Model development, validation and sensitivity analysis. Global Change Biology Bioenergy. 2014, 6: 740-755. (Cover highlight)

• Qin Z, Huang Y, Zhuang Q. Soil organic carbon sequestration potential of cropland in China. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 2013, 27 (3): 711-722.   

• Zhu X, Zhuang Q, Qin Z, Glagolev M, Song L. Estimating wetland methane emissions from the Northern high latitudes from 1990 to 2009 using artificial neural networks. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 2013, 27 (2): 592-604.

• Zhuang Q*, Qin Z*, Chen M. Biofuel, land and water: maize, switchgrass or Miscanthus? Environmental Research Letters. 2013, 8: 015020.  

• Qin Z*, Zhuang Q, Chen M. Impacts of land use change due to biofuel crops on carbon balance, bioenergy production, and agricultural yield, in the conterminous United States. Global Change Biology Bioenergy. 2012, 4(3): 277-288.        

• Qin Z*, Zhuang Q, Zhu X, Cai X, Zhang X. Carbon consequences and agricultural implications of growing biofuel crops on marginal agricultural lands in China. Environmental Science & Technology. 2011, 45 (24): 10765-10772.

• Qin Z, Huang Y. Quantification of soil organic carbon sequestration potential in cropland: A model approach. Science China Life Science. 2010, 53 (7): 868-884.

• Qiu S, Ju X, Ingwersen J, Qin Z, Li L, Streck T, Christie P, Zhang F. Changes in soil carbon and nitrogen pools after shifting from conventional cereal to greenhouse vegetable production. Soil & Tillage Research, 2010, 107(2): 80-87.

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