Accelerated glacier mass loss in the southeastern Tibetan Plateau since the 1970s
June 2023
The southeastern Tibetan Plateau (SETP) is a region in High Mountain Asia with the most serious glacier mass loss. However, long-term and large regional-scale studies that estimate glacier mass balance...
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How did high temperature extremes in southern Xinjiang, China induce the repaid rise in jujube futures prices in the summer of 2021?
June 2023
In the summer of 2021, southern Xinjiang, China, experienced a temporary period of high temperature extremes. Because of this weather event, jujube futures prices rose by more than 50% in a short time....
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Desertification dynamics in China's drylands under climate change
June 2023
Much of drylands has been hit by land degradation during the recent decades. But whether and how desertification is related to climate change is poorly understood. Here, using the Normalized Difference...
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Health risks from non-optimal temperatures in different populations and regions in China: Tailored intervention strategies are needed
June 2023
Identifying temperature-sensitive diseases, vulnerable populations and attributable disease burden is crucial for the development and implementation of tailored climate change adaptation strategies...
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Potential impacts of climate change on the spatial distribution of Chinese ski resorts
June 2023
Chinese skiing tourism is rapidly developing, but it will be potentially affected by snow resources and climate conditions. This study systematically analysed the spatial characteristics of snow resources,...
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Technology portfolio assessment for near-zero emission iron and steel industry in China
June 2023
China aims to peak CO2 emissions before 2030 and to achieve carbon neutrality before 2060; hence, industrial sectors in China are keen to figure out appropriate pathways to support the national target...
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Flood cascading on critical infrastructure with climate change: A spatial analysis of the extreme weather event in Xinxiang, China
June 2023
Floods caused by extreme weather events and climate change have increased in occurrence and severity all over the world, resulting in devastation and disruption of activities. Researchers and policy...
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Intercomparison measurements from commonly used precipitation gauges in the Qilian Mountains
June 2023
Precipitation data is vital fundamental data for climate change. However, obtaining precise gauge-measured precipitation in high-altitude mountains is challenging, and the precipitation obtained from...
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Numerical optimization on differential adjusting measures for asymmetrical degenerated warm permafrost railway embankment
June 2023
Affected by climate warming and shady–sunny slope effect, the permafrost foundation under the railway is undergoing a significant asymmetric degradation process; research on the corresponding regulating...
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Air–sea coupling over the Tasman Sea intensifies the ENSO-related South Pacific atmospheric teleconnection
June 2023
The ENSO-induced Pacific–South America (PSA) pattern is an important atmospheric bridge in linking the Antarctic climate to the tropical Pacific. The AGCM simulated PSA-like responses to ENSO are evidently...
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Adding the impacts of biological crusts on sand and dust storm emission in Asia
June 2023
Although biological crusts (biocrusts) grant stability to dust source areas by inhibiting dust emission, only a few models have explicitly considered their inhibitory effect. In this study, we used...
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Arctic warming trends and their uncertainties based on surface temperature reconstruction under different sea ice extent scenarios
June 2023
IPCC AR6 states that the neglect of recent rapid warming in the Arctic generally leads to an underestimate of global warming trends. In this study, by reconstructing the surface temperature (ST) datasets...
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Comparison of the carbon cycle and climate response to artificial ocean alkalinization and solar radiation modification
April 2023
Carbon dioxide removal and solar radiation modification (SRM) are two classes of proposed climate intervention methods. A thorough understanding of climate system response to these methods calls for...
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Changes in hydrological processes in the headwater area of Yellow River, China during 1956–2019 under the influences of climate change, permafrost thaw and dam
April 2023
Discharge characteristics are crucial for detecting changes in hydrological processes. Recently, the river hydrology) in the Headwater Area of the Yellow River (HAYR) has exhibited erratic regimes (e.g.,...
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South drying and north wetting over the Tibetan Plateau modulated by a zonal temperature dipole across timescales
April 2023
Precipitation over the Tibetan Plateau and surrounding highlands is a crucial process in the hydrological cycle and is very important for local and downstream ecology, and previous research mainly focused...
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Non-climate environmental factors matter to Holocene dynamics of soil organic carbon and nitrogen in an alpine permafrost wetland, Qinghai‒Tibet Plateau
April 2023
Studies on the responses of soil organic carbon (SOC) and nitrogen dynamics to Holocene climate and environment in permafrost peatlands and/or wetlands might serve as analogues for future scenarios,...
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Decadal expansion and contraction of permafrost in the Three-River Source Region, Qinghai–Tibet Plateau (1901–2020)
April 2023
Permafrost and its spatiotemporal variation considerably influence the surface and sub-surface hydrological processes, biogeochemical cycles, fauna and flora growth and cold region engineering projects...
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Permafrost degradation along the Qinghai–Tibet Highway from 1995 to 2020
April 2023
Permafrost degradation significantly affects engineering infrastructure, hydrologic processes, landscape and geomorphic processes, ecosystems and carbon cycling in cold regions. The permafrost degradation...
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Evaluation and prediction of engineering construction suitability in the China–Mongolia–Russia economic corridor
April 2023
It is proposed to build a high-speed railway through the China‒Mongolia‒Russia economic corridor (CMREC) which runs from Beijing to Moscow via Mongolia. However, the frozen ground in this corridor has...
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Thermal and mechanical characteristics of a thermal pile in permafrost regions
April 2023
Cast-in-place pile foundations are widely used in permafrost regions to support buildings. The stability of cast-in-place pile foundations is highly sensitive to permafrost thermal regime changes. Permafrost...
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Detecting surface freeze/thaw states in Northeast China with passive microwave data using an improved standard deviation method
April 2023
Passive microwave remote sensing datasets are widely used to observe surface freeze/thaw (F/T) states. However, current algorithms are highly affected by snow cover and complex land cover types, compromising...
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