Tao Bao is an Associate Professor at the Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, with extensive experience in climate and ecosystem research, including China’s 31st Antarctic expedition at Great Wall Station. Since earning his Ph.D. from the University of Science and Technology of China in 2018, he has held positions at the Institute of Atmospheric Physics as a postdoctoral researcher and special research assistant, before advancing to his current role in 2023. His research focuses on greenhouse gas exchange and climate feedbacks in high-latitude wetlands and permafrost, aiming to elucidate the mechanisms and patterns driving these exchanges through the analysis of plant functional groups, ecosystem types, and soil properties.

Research Keywords

High-latitude; Terrestrial ecosystems; Greenhouse gases; Climate feedback effects; Wetlands; Permafrost; Arctic; Antarctica; Carbon cycle

Research Profiles

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2023–Present: Associate Professor, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

2019–2023: Special Research Assistant, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

2018–2019: Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

2014–2015: China’s 31st Antarctic scientific expedition, Great Wall Station, Antarctica

2012–2018: M.S.-Ph.D. joint program, University of Science and Technology of China

• Bao, T., Xu, X., Jia, G., Zhu, X., Riley, W. J., & Yang, Y. (2025). Climate-carbon feedback tradeoff between Arctic and alpine permafrost under warming. Science Advances,11, eadt8366. 
• Bao, T., Jia, G., & Xu, X. (2023). Weakening greenhouse gas sink of pristine wetlands under warming. Nature Climate Change, 13(5), 462-469.
• Bao, T., Jia, G., & Xu, X. (2022). Warming enhances dominance of vascular plants over cryptogams across northern wetlands. Global Change Biology,  28(13), 4097-4109.
• Bao, T., Jia, G., & Xu, X. (2021). Wetland heterogeneity determines methane emissions: a pan-arctic synthesis. Environmental Science & Technology, 55(14), 10152-10163.
• Bao, T., Xu, X., Jia, G., Billesbach, D. P., & Sullivan, R. C. (2021). Much stronger tundra methane emissions during autumn freeze than spring thaw. Global Change Biology, 27(2), 376-387.

Patent Information

• Software Copyright: Rapid Interpolation Software for Net Carbon Exchange in High-Latitude Tundra Based on Random Forest Algorithm, 2021SR1095021, 2021-06-01
• Software Copyright: Methane Flux Interpolation Software for High-Latitude Wetlands in the Northern Hemisphere Based on Random Forest Algorithm, 2021SR0654956, 2021-03-14

Awards

• 2024 Science and Technology Innovation Contribution Award
• 2020-2021 Outstanding Young Scientist Paper Award in Polar Research
• 2016-2017 Outstanding Young Scientist Paper Award in Polar Research