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Hai Xu is affiliated with Tianjin University in China and has contributed extensively to the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their research encompasses a broad range of subfields, including Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Paleontology, and Health, Toxicology, and Mutagenesis.

Xu's work notably focuses on several main topics such as Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics, Archaeology and ancient environmental studies, Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Tree-ring climate responses, and Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies.

The scientist has published regularly in key academic venues, with frequent publications in:

  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • PubMed
  • Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Journal of Lake Sciences

Collaborations have been a significant aspect of Xu's research, working often with coauthors such as Jianghu Lan, Liangcheng Tan, Kang'en Zhou, Yunping Song, and Mengyuan Zhu.

X's recent papers illustrate areas of study and findings in environmental variation, climate dynamics, and ecosystem responses. Selected works include:

  • "Megadrought and cultural exchange along the proto-silk road" (2020, Science Bulletin)
  • "Dramatic weakening of the East Asian summer monsoon in northern China during the transition from the Medieval Warm Period to the Little Ice Age" (2020, Geology)
  • "Time marker of 137Cs fallout maximum in lake sediments of Northwest China" (2020, Quaternary Science Reviews)
  • "Late Holocene hydroclimatic variation in central Asia and its response to mid-latitude Westerlies and solar irradiance" (2020, Quaternary Science Reviews)
  • "Warming favors subtropical lake cyanobacterial biomass increasing" (2020, The Science of The Total Environment)

These publications demonstrate Xu's engagement with long-term climate variability, monsoon behavior, sediment analysis, hydroclimatic patterns, and ecological responses to warming.

Best Publications

  • Nitrogen and phosphorus inputs control phytoplankton growth in eutrophic Lake Taihu, China.

    Hai Xu;Hans W. Paerl;Boqiang Qin;Guangwei Zhu

  • Interplay between the Westerlies and Asian monsoon recorded in Lake Qinghai sediments since 32 ka

    Zhisheng An;Zhisheng An;Steven M. Colman;Weijian Zhou;Xiaoqiang Li

  • Glacial-Interglacial Indian Summer Monsoon Dynamics

    An Zhisheng;An Zhisheng;Steven C. Clemens;Ji Shen;Xiaoke Qiang

  • Correlation between Indian Ocean summer monsoon and North Atlantic climate during the Holocene

    Y.T. Hong;B. Hong;Q.H. Lin;Y.X. Zhu

  • Lake eutrophication and its ecosystem response

    BoQiang Qin;Guang Gao;GuangWei Zhu;YunLin Zhang

  • Northward extent of East Asian monsoon covaries with intensity on orbital and millennial timescales.

    Yonaton Goldsmith;Wallace S. Broecker;Hai Xu;Pratigya J. Polissar

  • Long-term remote monitoring of total suspended matter concentration in Lake Taihu using 250 m MODIS-Aqua data

    Kun Shi;Yunlin Zhang;Guangwei Zhu;Xiaohan Liu

  • Stable isotopes in bulk carbonates and organic matter in recent sediments of Lake Qinghai and their climatic implications

    Hai Xu;Li Ai;Liangcheng Tan;Zhisheng An

  • Nutrient limitation dynamics examined on a multi-annual scale in Lake Taihu, China: implications for controlling eutrophication and harmful algal blooms

    Hans W. Paerl;Hai Xu;Nathan S. Hall;Karen L. Rossignol

  • Long-term nutrient trends and harmful cyanobacterial bloom potential in hypertrophic Lake Taihu, China

    Hai Xu;Hans W. Paerl;Guangwei Zhu;Boqiang Qin

  • Environmental factors controlling colony formation in blooms of the cyanobacteria Microcystis spp. in Lake Taihu, China.

    Jianrong Ma;Justin D. Brookes;Boqiang Qin;Hans W. Paerl

  • Centennial- to decadal-scale monsoon precipitation variations in the upper Hanjiang River region, China over the past 6650 years

    Liangcheng Tan;Liangcheng Tan;Yanjun Cai;Yanjun Cai;Hai Cheng;Hai Cheng;Lawrence R. Edwards

  • Arid Central Asia saw mid-Holocene drought

    Hai Xu;Hai Xu;Kang’en Zhou;Jianghu Lan;Guilin Zhang

  • Major ion chemistry of waters in Lake Qinghai catchments, NE Qinghai-Tibet plateau, China

    Hai Xu;Zhaohua Hou;Zhisheng An;Xiaoyan Liu

  • Controlling Cyanobacterial Blooms in Hypertrophic Lake Taihu, China: Will Nitrogen Reductions Cause Replacement of non-N2 Fixing by N2 Fixing Taxa?

    Hans W. Paerl;Hai Xu;Nathan S. Hall;Guangwei Zhu

  • Spatial and temporal variations of Rb/Sr ratios of the bulk surface sediments in Lake Qinghai

    Hai Xu;Bin Liu;Feng Wu

  • Relationships between nutrient, chlorophyll a and Secchi depth in lakes of the Chinese Eastern Plains ecoregion: Implications for eutrophication management.

    Wei Zou;Guangwei Zhu;Yongjiu Cai;Annika Vilmi

  • Nitrification and ammonium dynamics in Taihu Lake, China: seasonal competition for ammonium between nitrifiers and cyanobacteria

    Justyna J. Hampel;Mark J. McCarthy;Mark J. McCarthy;Wayne S. Gardner;Lu Zhang

  • Human impact on the historical change of CO 2 degassing flux in River Changjiang

    FuShun Wang;FuShun Wang;Yuchun Wang;Jing Zhang;Hai Xu

  • Temperature responses to quasi-100-yr solar variability during the past 6000 years based on δ18O of peat cellulose in Hongyuan, eastern Qinghai–Tibet plateau, China

    Hai Xu;Yetang Hong;Qinghua Lin;Yongxuan Zhu

  • Precipitation at Lake Qinghai, NE Qinghai–Tibet Plateau, and its relation to Asian summer monsoons on decadal/interdecadal scales during the past 500 years

    H. Xu;Z.H. Hou;L. Ai;L.C. Tan

Frequent Co-Authors

Liangcheng Tan
Liangcheng Tan Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhisheng An
Zhisheng An Chinese Academy of Sciences
Hai Cheng
Hai Cheng Xi'an Jiaotong University
Weijian Zhou
Weijian Zhou Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yanjun Cai
Yanjun Cai Xi'an Jiaotong University
Guangwei Zhu
Guangwei Zhu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Bin Liu
Bin Liu Shanghai University
Boqiang Qin
Boqiang Qin Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yongsong Huang
Yongsong Huang Brown University
Hans W. Paerl
Hans W. Paerl University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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