Southern University of Science and TechnologyEarth System & Global Change LAB
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Research

We investigate Earth system processes and global change to provide scientific evidence for climate mitigation, adaptation, and sustainable development.

Orbital Earth system hero visual with atmospheric clouds and sunrise

Research directions

Aerial rainforest canopy with low clouds and morning light

Biosphere-Atmosphere Interactions

How vegetation dynamics influence and respond to climate through biogeophysical and biogeochemical feedbacks.

BiosphereAtmosphereClimate feedbacks
Climate monitoring workspace with satellite storm imagery on large screens

AI for Climate

Machine learning, deep learning, and explainable AI for climate data reconstruction, risk detection, attribution, and prediction.

Machine learningClimate riskPrediction
Orbital Earth view with clouds, coastline, ocean and sunrise

Global Change & Earth System

Satellite remote sensing, ground observations, and Earth system models for global environmental change.

Earth systemGlobal changeObservation networks
Dry wetland and river landscape near a distant city under changing light

Climate Change Impacts

Quantifying climate impacts on terrestrial ecosystems, hydrology, and human systems.

Climate impactsHydrologyHuman systems
Solar panels and wind turbines integrated with wetland vegetation at sunset

Mitigation & Adaptation

Forestation, wetland restoration, forest management, and renewable energy pathways.

MitigationAdaptationRenewable energy
Aerial river, farmland, forest and city landscape observed from above

Remote Sensing of Land Use Change

Multi-source satellite imagery for forests, urbanization, agricultural expansion, and environmental consequences.

Remote sensingLand useSatellite imagery
CoursesCourses connect the group's Earth system and climate-impact research with graduate teaching at Southern University of Science and Technology.
  • 2020-2025TeacherSouthern University of Science and Technology

    Global Climate Change

    A source-supported course listed in the PI's teaching and advising experience.

  • 2020-2025TeacherSouthern University of Science and Technology

    Ecological Climatology

    A source-supported course listed in the PI's teaching and advising experience.

DatasetsDatasets make source-backed global water, climate, and wind-speed records available for research on climate impacts and AI-assisted geoscience.
  • 1982-2009Open dataset

    Global evapotranspiration (WB-MTE)

    A global monthly evapotranspiration dataset at 0.5 degree resolution from 1982 to 2009, built by coupling a water balance model with machine learning.

    Dataset
  • 1973-2021Open dataset and code

    GGWS-PCNN global wind speed

    A global gridded monthly wind speed dataset using partial convolutional neural networks, HadISD observations, and 34 climate models for 1973-2021.

    GitHub
Software / ToolsSoftware resources share code for greenhouse-gas assessment, wind reconstruction, and renewable-energy applications linked to the group's research directions.
  • Code resource

    Multi-greenhouse-gas assessments

    Code resources for multi-greenhouse-gas assessments in wetland restoration and greenhouse gas mitigation studies.

    GitHub
  • Code resource

    Floating solar power

    Code resources for assessing energy production and water savings from floating solar photovoltaics on global reservoirs.

    GitHub