A5100374521- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
- Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
- Planetary Science and Exploration
- Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
- Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
- earthquake and tectonic studies
- Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
- Climate variability and models
- Geological and Geochemical Analysis
- Natural Language Processing Techniques
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology
- Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
- Topic Modeling
- Earthquake Detection and Analysis
- Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques
- Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Tree-ring climate responses
- Evolution and Paleontology Studies
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
- Geological formations and processes
- Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
- Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
- Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis
University of Wollongong
2016-2025
Baotou Research Institute of Rare Earths
2010-2024
Australian Research Council
2018-2024
Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou)
2022-2024
South China Sea Institute Of Oceanology
2022-2024
Institute of Oceanology
2022-2024
Northwest Institute of Nuclear Technology
2018-2024
Sinopec (China)
2019-2024
Chengdu University of Information Technology
2024
Guangzhou Marine Geological Survey
2022-2024
Although a rich record of Pleistocene human-associated archaeological assemblages exists, the scarcity hominin fossils often impedes understanding which hominins occupied site. Using targeted enrichment mitochondrial DNA, we show that cave sediments represent source ancient mammalian DNA includes traces even at sites and in layers where no remains have been discovered. By automation-assisted screening numerous sediment samples, detected Neandertal eight from four caves Eurasia. In Denisova...
A timeline of cave dwellers in sediment Two archaic lineages overlapped with modern humans outside Africa: the well-studied Neanderthals and their more mysterious cousins, Denisovans. Denisovan remains are rare, being limited to Cave Siberia a putative, undated jaw from Tibet. However, there is evidence for multiple introgressions Denisovans into modern-day humans, especially Australasian populations. By examining Baishiya Karst located on high plateau Tibet, Zhang et al. identified ancient...
Fengyun-4A (FY-4A), the first of Chinese next-generation geostationary meteorological satellites, launched in 2016, offers several advances over FY-2: more spectral bands, faster imaging, and infrared hyperspectral measurements. To support major objective developing prototypes FY-4 science algorithms, two product algorithm testbeds for imagers sounders have been developed by scientists Algorithm Working Group (AWG). Both testbeds, written FORTRAN C programming languages Linux or UNIX...
The value of dirty DNA Environmental can identify the presence species, even from distant past. Surveying three cave sites in western Europe and southern Siberia, Vernot et al. identified nuclear confirmed that it is close relatives anatomically modern humans—Neanderthal Denisovan individuals. A phylogenetic analysis modeling show sediment samples several layers corresponds to previously studied skeletal remains. These results demonstrate environmental data be applied study population...
ConspectusThe global water scarcity and deteriorating environment call for the development of environmentally friendly treatment technologies. Solar-driven evaporation, well-known as a critical step cycles, provides natural inspiration purification with minimized carbon footprint. The emergence interfacial solar vapor generation enabled through carefully tailored materials design in recent years offers an effective approach to enhance unique thermodynamic kinetic advantages....
Denisova Cave in southern Siberia is the type locality of Denisovans, an archaic hominin group who were related to Neanderthals1-4. The dozen remains recovered from deposits also include Neanderthals5,6 and child a Neanderthal Denisovan7, which suggests that was contact zone between these hominins. However, uncertainties persist about order groups appeared at site, timing environmental context occupation, association particular with archaeological assemblages5,8-11. Here we report analysis...
Quartz has been the main mineral used for optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating of sediments over last decade. The quartz OSL signal, however, shown to saturate at relatively low doses ∼200–400 Gy, making it difficult be beyond about 200 thou-sand years (ka), unless environmental dose rate is low. infrared (IRSL) from feldspars continue grow higher levels than OSL. application IRSL feldspars, long hampered by anomalous fading effect. Recent progress in understanding signals...
Understanding the dynamics of climate change in its full richness requires knowledge long temperature time series. Although long-term, widely distributed observations are not available, there other forms data, known as proxies, that can have a statistical relationship with temperatures and been used to infer past before direct measurements. We propose Bayesian hierarchical model reconstruct integrates information from different sources, such proxies temporal resolution forcings acting...
Random forests (RFs), an advanced machine learning (ML) method, was used here to develop a robust and rapid quantitative precipitation estimates (QPEs) algorithm for the new-generation geostationary satellite of Himawari-8. In this algorithm, global measurement (GPM) product has been employed train QPE prediction model. The real-time multiband infrared brightness temperature from Himawari-8, combined with spatiotemporally matched numerical weather (NWP) data forecast system, have as...
Nearly one-quarter of all avian species is either threatened or nearly threatened. Of these, 73 are currently being rescued from going extinct in wildlife sanctuaries. One the previously most critically-endangered crested ibis, Nipponia nippon. Once widespread across North-East Asia, by 1981 only seven individuals two breeding pairs remained wild. The recovering ibis populations thus provide an excellent example for conservation genomics since every individual bird has been recruited genomic...
The Environmental Trace Gases Monitoring Instrument (EMI) is the first Chinese satellite-borne UV-Vis spectrometer aiming to measure distribution of atmospheric trace gases on a global scale. EMI instrument onboard GaoFen-5 satellite was launched 9 May 2018. In this paper, we present tropospheric nitrogen dioxide (NO2) vertical column density (VCD) retrieval algorithm dedicated measurement. We report successful NO2 VCD from instrument. Our improved original prototype by modifying settings...
Significance Neanderthals once inhabited Europe and western Asia, spreading as far east the Altai Mountains in southern Siberia, but geographical origin time of arrival populations remain unresolved. Excavations at Chagyrskaya Cave foothills have yielded 90,000 stone artifacts, numerous bone tools, 74 Neanderthal fossils, animal plant remains recovered from 59,000- to 49,000-year-old deposits. The made distinctive tools that closely resemble Micoquian artifacts eastern Europe, whereas other...
Abstract India is located at a critical geographic crossroads for understanding the dispersal of Homo sapiens out Africa and into Asia Oceania. Here we report evidence long-term human occupation, spanning last ~80 thousand years, site Dhaba in Middle Son River Valley Central India. An unchanging stone tool industry found Toba eruption ~74 ka (i.e., Youngest Tuff, YTT) bracketed between ages 79.6 ± 3.2 65.2 3.1 ka, with introduction microlithic technology ~48 ka. The lithic from strongly...