Under a persistent warming climate and increasing human activities, permafrost in the
Source Area of the Yellow River (SAYR) has been degrading regionally, resulting in many …

Climate change will likely increase the total streamflow in most headwaters on the Tibetan
Plateau in the next decades, yet the response of runoff components to climate change and …

Abstract Changes in population dynamics or climate often results in encroachment on
wetlands by vulnerable communities in search of grazing or fertile farming land. This has …

Wetland ecosystems play one of the most crucial roles in the world. Wetlands have the
functions of ecological water storage, water supply, and climate regulation, which plays an …

Livestock production is the major livelihood for a growing local population on the Tibetan
plateau. However, government policy is to reduce the number of livestock due to the large …

Yellow River Delta wetlands are essential for the migration of endangered birds and
breeding. The wetlands, however, have been severely damaged during recent decades …

Human activity together with climatic changes have resulted in the substantial loss of
wetlands in the Tumen River Basin of China in the past five decades. In this study, the …

Wetland is an important carbon pool, and the degradation of wetlands causes the loss of
organic carbon and total nitrogen. This study aims to explore how wetland degradation …

Clarifying the response of wetland changes to climate change can improve the scientific
conservation and utilization capabilities of wetland ecosystems, which is vital for their …

The sustainability of wetlands, as an ecological system, is a key indicator of its system
stability. The sustainability evaluation of wetlands is the basis of management and research …