Differentiable modelling to unify machine learning and physical models for geosciences

C Shen, AP Appling, P Gentine, T Bandai… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2023 - nature.com
Process-based modelling offers interpretability and physical consistency in many domains of
geosciences but struggles to leverage large datasets efficiently. Machine-learning methods …

Glacial change and hydrological implications in the Himalaya and Karakoram

Y Nie, HD Pritchard, Q Liu, T Hennig, W Wang… - Nature reviews earth & …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Glaciers in the Himalaya–Karakoram mountain ranges harbour approximately half
of the ice volume in High-mountain Asia and modulate the flow of freshwater to almost 869 …

Climate change threatens terrestrial water storage over the Tibetan Plateau

X Li, D Long, BR Scanlon, ME Mann, X Li, F Tian… - Nature Climate …, 2022 - nature.com
Terrestrial water storage (TWS) over the Tibetan Plateau, a major global water tower, is
crucial in determining water transport and availability to a large downstream Asian …

Projected land ice contributions to twenty-first-century sea level rise

TL Edwards, S Nowicki, B Marzeion, R Hock, H Goelzer… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
The land ice contribution to global mean sea level rise has not yet been predicted 1 using
ice sheet and glacier models for the latest set of socio-economic scenarios, nor using …

Importance and vulnerability of the world's water towers

WW Immerzeel, AF Lutz, M Andrade, A Bahl… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Mountains are the water towers of the world, supplying a substantial part of both natural and
anthropogenic water demands,. They are highly sensitive and prone to climate change,, yet …

High mountain areas

R Hock, G Rasul, C Adler, B Cáceres, S Gruber… - IPCC special report on …, 2019 - iris.unito.it
The cryosphere (including, snow, glaciers, permafrost, lake and river ice) is an integral
element of high mountain regions, which are home to roughly 10% of the global population …

Adapting agriculture to climate change via sustainable irrigation: biophysical potentials and feedbacks

L Rosa - Environmental Research Letters, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Irrigated agriculture accounts for∼ 90% of anthropogenic freshwater consumption, is
deployed on 22% of cultivated land, and provides 40% of global food production. Expanding …

Health and sustainability of glaciers in High Mountain Asia

E Miles, M McCarthy, A Dehecq, M Kneib… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Glaciers in High Mountain Asia generate meltwater that supports the water needs of
250 million people, but current knowledge of annual accumulation and ablation is limited to …

Glaciohydrology of the himalaya-karakoram

MF Azam, JS Kargel, JM Shea, S Nepal, UK Haritashya… - Science, 2021 - science.org
BACKGROUND The Himalayan-Karakoram (HK) region in south Asia is one of the most
heavily glacierized and vulnerable mountainous regions on Earth. The Indus, Ganges, and …

[HTML][HTML] Oceanic climate changes threaten the sustainability of Asia's water tower

Q Zhang, Z Shen, Y Pokhrel, D Farinotti, VP Singh… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Water resources sustainability in High Mountain Asia (HMA) surrounding the Tibetan
Plateau (TP)—known as Asia's water tower—has triggered widespread concerns because …