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Managing ecological risks of renewable energy expansion in arid regions

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    State Key Laboratory of Ecological Safety and Sustainable Development in Arid Lands, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, CAS, Lanzhou 730000, China

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    Department of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Reading, Reading RG6 6DR, UK

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    Sun F., Feng Q., Xiao J., et al. (2026). Managing ecological risks of renewable energy expansion in arid regions. The Innovation Geoscience 4:100234. https://doi.org/10.59717/j.xinn-geo.2026.100234
    Sun F., Feng Q., Xiao J., et al. (2026). Managing ecological risks of renewable energy expansion in arid regions. The Innovation Geoscience 4:100234. https://doi.org/10.59717/j.xinn-geo.2026.100234

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