Characteristics of life-cycle carbon dioxide emissions of arterial highway maintenance and the influencing factors
Available online 22 July 2024
With the focus of highway development transitioning from construction to maintenance, a comprehensive understanding of the characteristics and influencing factors of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from...
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The historical to future linkage of Arctic amplification on extreme precipitation over the Northern Hemisphere using CMIP5 and CMIP6 models
Available online 20 July 2024
Arctic warming played a dominant role in recent occurrences of extreme events over the Northern Hemisphere, but climate models cannot accurately simulate the relationship. Here a significant positive...
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Critical environmental factors affecting mountain geohazards in a warming climate in Southwest China
Available online 14 July 2024
Environmental factors are essential input variables for susceptibility assessment models of mountain geohazards. However, the existing literature provides a limited understanding of the relative contribution...
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Projected near-surface wind speed and wind energy over Central Asia using dynamical downscaling with bias-corrected global climate models
Available online 14 July 2024
Wind energy development in Central Asia can help alleviate drought and fragile ecosystems. Nevertheless, current studies mainly used the global climate models (GCMs) to project wind speed and energy....
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Comparison of bulk snow density measurements using different methods
Available online 10 July 2024
Snow density is one of the basic properties used to describe snow cover characteristics, and it is critical for remote sensing retrieval, water resources assessment and modeling inputs. There are many...
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Changes of the trace metals in ice core during the past century in coastal eastern Antarctica
Available online 10 July 2024
Antarctic trace metal records provide important information for grasping the influence of human activities on the environment over the last centuries. The CA2016-75 ice core is located along the East...
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Profound loss of microbial necromass carbon in permafrost thaw-subsidence in the central Tibetan Plateau
Available online 6 July 2024
Climate warming is causing rapid permafrost degradation, including thaw-induced subsidence, potentially resulting in heightened carbon release. Nevertheless, our understanding of the levels and variations...
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Association between heat and upper urinary tract stones morbidity and medical costs: A study in the subtropical humid climate zone
Available online 6 July 2024
Urolithiasis is a heat-specific disease. Exploring heat-related urolithiasis susceptibility subtypes, economic burden, and modifying factors could assist governments in targeting interventions to reduce...
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Intensified warming suppressed the snowmelt in the Tibetan Plateau
June 2024
Understanding how hydrological factors interrelate is crucial when examining the impact of climate warming on snowmelt. However, these connections are often overlooked, leading to an unclear relationship...
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Sea-level change in coastal areas of China: Status in 2021
June 2024
The sea level in coastal areas of China reached the second highest in 2021, just after that recorded in 2022. External force and dynamic analyses based on tide gauges, satellite observations, reanalysis...
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Disaster effects of climate change in High Mountain Asia: State of art and scientific challenges
June 2024
High Mountain Asia (HMA) shows a remarkable warming tendency and divergent trend of regional precipitation with enhanced meteorological extremes. The rapid thawing of the HMA cryosphere may alter the...
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Snowpack variations and their hazardous effects under climate warming in the central Tianshan Mountains
June 2024
Climate change alters snowpack evolution, which in turn influences the likelihood of snow avalanches and flood risks. The lack of systemic observational data on key snow characteristics in high mountains...
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Extreme precipitation detection ability of four high-resolution precipitation product datasets in hilly area: a case study in Nepal
June 2024
Given Nepal's vulnerability to extreme precipitation (EP), it is imperative to conduct a comprehensive analysis to comprehend the historical trends of such events. However, acquiring precise precipitation...
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Will the 2022 compound heatwave–drought extreme over the Yangtze River Basin become Grey Rhino in the future?
June 2024
The increasingly frequent and severe regional-scale compound heatwave‒drought extreme events (CHDEs), driven by global warming, present formidable challenges to ecosystems, residential livelihoods,...
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Variations and future projections of glacial discharge of Urumqi River Headwaters, eastern Tien Shan (1980s–2017)
June 2024
To address data scarcity on long-term glacial discharge and inadequacies in simulating and predicting hydrological processes in the Tien Shan, this study analysed the observed discharge at multiple...
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Could the EU carbon border adjustment mechanism promote climate mitigation? An economy-wide analysis
June 2024
Due to concerns about carbon leakage and sectoral competitiveness, the European Union (EU) proposed implementing the carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM). The effectiveness and potential negative...
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Using Copula functions to predict climatic change impacts on floods in river source regions
June 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
June 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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Dynamics of the spatiotemporal velocity of glaciers on the eastern slope of Mount Gongga, China, under climate change
June 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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Frequency and size change of ice–snow avalanches in the central Himalaya: A case from the Annapurna II glacier
June 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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Enhanced detection of freeze‒thaw induced landslides in Zhidoi county (Tibetan Plateau, China) with Google Earth Engine and image fusion
June 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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Increased glacier melt enhances future extreme floods in the southern Tibetan Plateau
June 2024
Mountainous areas are of special hydrological concern because topography and atmospheric conditions can result in large and sudden floods, posing serious risks to water-related safety in neighbouring...
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Process-driven susceptibility assessment of glacial lake outburst debris flow in the Himalayas under climate change
June 2024
Global warming is causing glaciers to retreat and glacial lakes to expand in the Himalayas, which amplifies the risk of glacial lake outburst debris flows (GLODFs) and poses a significant threat to...
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Antecedent snowmelt and orographic precipitation contributions to water supply of Pakistan disastrous floods, 2022
June 2024
In 2022, the Pakistan witnessed the hottest spring and wettest summer in history. And devastating floods inundated a large portion of Pakistan and caused enormous damages. However, the primary water...
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