Using copula functions to predict climatic change impacts on floods in river source regions
Available online 16 April 2024
Flood frequency in river source regions is significantly affected by rainfall and snowmelt as part of climatic changes. A traditional univariate flood frequency analysis cannot reflect the complexity...
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Variability and trends of near-surface wind speed over the Tibetan Plateau: The role played by the westerly and Asian monsoon
Available online 14 April 2024
Near-surface wind speed exerts profound impacts on many environmental issues, while the long-term (≥60 years) trend and multidecadal variability in the wind speed and its underlying causes in global...
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Climatic impacts induced by winter wheat irrigation over North China simulated by the nonhydrostatic RegCM4.7
Available online 9 April 2024
Quantification of the impact of winter wheat irrigation on the climate and the occurrence of extreme climatic events over North China is crucial for regional adaptation planning. Previous related studies...
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Dynamics of the spatiotemporal velocity of glaciers on the eastern slope of Mount Gongga, China, under climate change
Available online 9 April 2024
The quantitative assessment of glacier flow velocity dynamics plays a pivotal role in understanding its response mechanisms concerning climate warming. This work provides a systematic quantitative assessment...
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Multiscale spatiotemporal meteorological drought prediction: A deep learning approach
Available online 8 April 2024
Reliable monitoring and thorough spatiotemporal prediction of meteorological drought are crucial for early warning and decision-making regarding drought-related disasters. The utilisation of multiscale...
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Co-influence of the start of thermal growing season and precipitation on vegetation spring green-up on the Tibetan Plateau
Available online 7 April 2024
The climate in the Tibetan Plateau (TP) has undergone significant change in recent decades, mainly in thermal and water conditions, which play a crucial role in phenological changes in vegetation spring...
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How the enhanced East Asian summer monsoon regulates total gross primary production in eastern China
Available online 4 April 2024
Recognizing the relationship between gross primary production (GPP) and precipitation in eastern China, the East Asian Summer Monsoon (EASM) plays a crucial role in shaping GPP. Despite confirmation...
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Degradation of warm permafrost and talik formation on the Qinghai‒Tibet Plateau in 2006–2021
Available online 30 March 2024
Permafrost is degrading globally, particularly those with low thermal stability on the Qinghai‒Tibet Plateau, owing to climate change. However, the inadequacy of direct research on permafrost degradation...
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Projected changes in Köppen‒Trewartha climate zones under 1.5–4 °C global warming targets over mid-high latitudes of Northern Asia using an ensemble of RegCM4 simulations
Available online 29 March 2024
Mid-high latitude Northern Asia is one of the most vulnerable and sensitive areas to global warming, but relatively less studied previously. We used an ensemble of a regional climate model (RegCM4)...
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Changes in global land surface frozen ground and freeze‒thaw processes during 1950–2020 based on ERA5-Land data
Available online 27 March 2024
Frozen ground (FG) plays an important role in global and regional climates and environments through changes in land freeze‒thaw processes, which have been conducted mainly in different regions. However,...
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Frequency and size change of ice–snow avalanches in the central Himalaya: A case from the Annapurna II glacier
Available online 25 March 2024
Glaciers have retreated and shrunk in high-mountain Asia since the mid-20th century because of global warming, leading to glacier instability and hazardous ice‒snow avalanches. However, the complex...
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Human influence on the duration of extreme temperature events in Asia's hotspot regions
Available online 22 March 2024
Observations and models indicate that human activities exert a considerable impact on the frequency and intensity of extreme temperature events, which are associated with global warming. However, changes...
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Spatiotemporal variations in glacier area and surface velocity of the northern Antarctic Peninsula during 2018–2022
Available online 14 March 2024
Ice sheet serves as a crucial indicator for assessing climate change. Mass loss in recent remote sensing-based studies indicated that the Antarctic Peninsula has rapid rates of glacier retreat and speed...
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Enhanced detection of freeze‒thaw induced landslides in Zhidoi county (Tibetan Plateau, China) with Google Earth Engine and image fusion
Available online 11 March 2024
Freeze‒thaw induced landslides (FTILs) in grasslands on the Tibetan Plateau are a geological disaster leading to soil erosion. These landslides reduce biodiversity and intensify landscape fragmentation,...
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Status and trends of carbon emissions research at the county level in China
Available online 11 March 2024
This study provides a comprehensive overview of the challenges to achieving carbon neutrality at the county level in China and offers targeted recommendations, laying the groundwork for future specialized...
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Machine learning-based predictions of current and future susceptibility to retrogressive thaw slumps across the Northern Hemisphere
Available online 7 March 2024
Retrogressive thaw slumps (RTSs) caused by the thawing of ground ice on permafrost slopes have dramatically increased and become a common permafrost hazard across the Northern Hemisphere during previous...
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Spatial distribution of supra-permafrost groundwater in the Qinghai‒Tibet Engineering Corridor using inversion models
February 2024
Supra-permafrost groundwater (SPG) is a key factor that causes damage to highways and railways in the Qinghai‒Tibet Engineering Corridor (QTEC). It is difficult to monitor SPG in the field due to their...
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Thermal stability of permafrost under U-shaped crushed rock embankment of the Qinghai‒Tibet Railway
February 2024
The U-shaped crushed rock embankment (UCRE), of which widely utilized in the permafrost regions along the Qinghai‒Tibet Railway, has the capability to rapidly reduce the ground temperature of the underlying...
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Extraordinary hot extreme in summer 2022 over the Yangtze River basin modulated by the La Niña condition under global warming
February 2024
A widespread and prolonged hot extreme hit the Yangtze River basin in summer 2022, with 300 sites established new temperature records and nearly 96% stations endured more than 40 hot days. From the...
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Climate warming is likely to weaken the performance of two-phase closed thermosyphon on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau
February 2024
Over the years, numerous geotechnical approaches have been implemented to mitigate the adverse effects of climate warming on various infrastructures in the permafrost region of the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau...
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Evaluating the thermal environment of urban land surfaces in Yakutsk, a city located in a region of continuous permafrost
February 2024
Rapid urbanization has led to changes in the urban land surface thermal environment. However, there are still much unknown about the urban land surface thermal conditions in permafrost regions. Permafrost...
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Winter extreme precipitation over the Tibetan Plateau influenced by Arctic sea ice on interdecadal timescale
February 2024
The Tibetan Plateau (TP) and the Arctic are the most sensitive regions to global climate change. However, the interdecadal varibility of winter extreme precipitation over the TP and its linkage with...
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Response of runoff and its components to climate change in the Manas River of the Tian Shan Mountains
February 2024
A warming–wetting climate trend has led to increased runoff in most watersheds in the Tian Shan Mountains over the past few decades. However, it remains unclear how runoff components, that is, rainfall...
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Warming intensified the effects of nitrogen addition on N2O emissions from alpine meadow in the northern Qinghai‒Tibet Plateau
February 2024
Warming and nitrogen (N) addition may impact soil nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions, but the relationship between plant community composition and soil microbial activities remains unclear. For a two-year...
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Amplification effect of intra-seasonal variability of soil moisture on heat extremes over Eurasia
February 2024
Drying soil has been conducive to a high frequency of extreme high-temperature events over many regions worldwide in recent decades. However, changes in the intraseasonal variability of soil moisture...
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