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Feng Zhou is affiliated with Peking University in China and specializes in Environmental Science, contributing extensively to research in this field with 127 publications. Their work spans several subfields, including Water Science and Technology, Plant Science, Soil Science, Environmental Chemistry, and Global and Planetary Change.

Their research addresses topics such as Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics, Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement, Atmospheric Chemistry and Aerosols, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, and Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture.

Feng Zhou has contributed to a number of recent papers, which include:

  • "A comprehensive quantification of global nitrous oxide sources and sinks" (2020), published in Nature
  • "Genomic basis of geographical adaptation to soil nitrogen in rice" (2021), published in Nature
  • "Can N2O emissions offset the benefits from soil organic carbon storage?" (2020), published in Global Change Biology
  • "Greenhouse gas emissions and mitigation in rice agriculture" (2023), published in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • "Deceleration of China's human water use and its key drivers" (2020), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Feng Zhou include Yan Bo, Wulahati Adalibieke, Philippe Ciais, Xiaoqing Cui, and Hanqin Tian, each having coauthored multiple publications.

Their research is frequently published in venues such as Global Change Biology, Nature Food, Annals of Oncology, Environmental Science & Technology, and Research Square.

Best Publications

  • A comprehensive quantification of global nitrous oxide sources and sinks

    Hanquin Tian;Rongting Xu;Josep G. Canadell;Rona L. Thompson

  • Genomic basis of geographical adaptation to soil nitrogen in rice.

    Yongqiang Liu;Hongru Wang;Zhimin Jiang;Wei Wang

  • Greenhouse gas emissions and mitigation in rice agriculture

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  • Can N2O emissions offset the benefits from soil organic carbon storage

    Bertrand Guenet;Benoit Gabrielle;Claire Chenu;Dominique Arrouays

  • Can N2O emissions offset the benefits from soil organic carbon storage

    Bertrand Guenet;Benoit Gabrielle;Claire Chenu;Dominique Arrouays

  • Application of multivariate statistical methods to water quality assessment of the watercourses in Northwestern New Territories, Hong Kong.

    Feng Zhou;Yong Liu;Huaicheng Guo

  • The contribution of China’s emissions to global climate forcing

    Bengang G. Li;Thomas Gasser;Philippe Ciais;Shilong L. Piao;Shilong L. Piao

  • Deceleration of China's human water use and its key drivers

    Feng Zhou;Yan Bo;Philippe Ciais;Philippe Ciais;Patrice Dumas

  • Spatial distribution of heavy metals in Hong Kong's marine sediments and their human impacts: a GIS-based chemometric approach.

    Feng Zhou;Huaicheng Guo;Zejia Hao

  • The underappreciated role of agricultural soil nitrogen oxide emissions in ozone pollution regulation in North China.

    Xiao Lu;Xingpei Ye;Mi Zhou;Yuanhong Zhao

  • SPATIO-TEMPORAL PATTERNS AND SOURCE APPORTIONMENT OF COASTAL WATER POLLUTION IN EASTERN HONG KONG

    Feng Zhou;Gordon H. Huang;Huaicheng Guo;Wei Zhang

  • Global forest carbon uptake due to nitrogen and phosphorus deposition from 1850 to 2100

    Rong Wang;Rong Wang;Rong Wang;Daniel Goll;Daniel Goll;Yves Balkanski;Yves Balkanski;Didier Hauglustaine;Didier Hauglustaine

  • Global irrigation contribution to wheat and maize yield

    Xuhui Wang;Christoph Müller;Joshua Elliot;Nathaniel D. Mueller

  • Extreme rainfall reduces one-twelfth of China’s rice yield over the last two decades

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  • Chemometrics data analysis of marine water quality and source identification in Southern Hong Kong.

    Feng Zhou;Huaicheng Guo;Yong Liu;Yumei Jiang

  • Analysis of spatial and temporal water pollution patterns in Lake Dianchi using multivariate statistical methods.

    Yong-Hui Yang;Feng Zhou;Huai-Cheng Guo;Hu Sheng

  • Inventory of anthropogenic methane emissions in mainland China from 1980 to 2010

    Shushi Peng;Shilong Piao;Philippe Bousquet;Philippe Ciais;Philippe Ciais

  • Data-driven estimates of global nitrous oxide emissions from croplands.

    Qihui Wang;Feng Zhou;Ziyin Shang;Philippe Ciais;Philippe Ciais

  • Global mapping of crop-specific emission factors highlights hotspots of nitrous oxide mitigation

    Xiaoqing Cui;Feng Zhou;Philippe Ciais;Eric A. Davidson

  • Effects and potential of water-saving irrigation for rice production in China

    Yanhua Zhuang;Liang Zhang;Sisi Li;Hongbin Liu

  • Quantitative identification and source apportionment of anthropogenic heavy metals in marine sediment of Hong Kong

    Feng Zhou;Huaicheng Guo;Lei Liu

  • Improvement of a Global High-Resolution Ammonia Emission Inventory for Combustion and Industrial Sources with New Data from the Residential and Transportation Sectors.

    Wenjun Meng;Qirui Zhong;Xiao Yun;Xi Zhu

  • A worldwide analysis of spatiotemporal changes in water balance‐based evapotranspiration from 1982 to 2009

    Zhenzhong Zeng;Tao Wang;Feng Zhou;Philippe Ciais

Frequent Co-Authors

Daji Huang
Daji Huang Ministry of Natural Resources
Shilong Piao
Shilong Piao Peking University
Huaicheng Guo
Huaicheng Guo Peking University
Wilfried Winiwarter
Wilfried Winiwarter International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Xuhui Wang
Xuhui Wang Peking University
Shu Tao
Shu Tao Peking University
Shushi Peng
Shushi Peng Peking University
Rong Wang
Rong Wang Fudan University
Yong Liu
Yong Liu Peking University
Hanqin Tian
Hanqin Tian Auburn University

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