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This work was supported by the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. XDB0490000 to S.C., Y.W., C.W., E.L. and Y.Y.), the National Key Research and ...

Wind energy expansion is crucial for decarbonization but faces community resistance due to health concerns about turbine noise and infrasound. We combine US wind turbine data (2011–2023) with ...

Nitrogen cycling regulates ecosystem productivity and carbon storage, yet its global responses, mechanisms, and future trajectories under climate warming remain poorly understood. By integrating 7,941 ...

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of P. R. China (22273030 and 22403035). We thank BioRender.com for providing the tools to create scientific figures. J.Z. and X.X.H.

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