Climate changes and their elevational patterns in the mountains of the world

NC Pepin, E Arnone, A Gobiet, K Haslinger… - Reviews of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Quantifying rates of climate change in mountain regions is of considerable interest, not least
because mountains are viewed as climate “hotspots” where change can anticipate or …

[HTML][HTML] Recent third pole's rapid warming accompanies cryospheric melt and water cycle intensification and interactions between monsoon and environment …

T Yao, Y Xue, D Chen, F Chen… - Bulletin of the …, 2019 - journals.ametsoc.org
Abstract The Third Pole (TP) is experiencing rapid warming and is currently in its warmest
period in the past 2,000 years. This paper reviews the latest development in multidisciplinary …

[HTML][HTML] A review of black carbon in snow and ice and its impact on the cryosphere

S Kang, Y Zhang, Y Qian, H Wang - Earth-science reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
Black carbon (BC) has emerged as an important short-lived climate forcer. Due to its light
absorption properties, BC can darken the snow/ice surface, affect the energy balance, and …

Linking atmospheric pollution to cryospheric change in the Third Pole region: current progress and future prospects

S Kang, Q Zhang, Y Qian, Z Ji, C Li… - National Science …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
ABSTRACT The Tibetan Plateau and its surroundings are known as the Third Pole (TP).
This region is noted for its high rates of glacier melt and the associated hydrological shifts …

Aerosol and monsoon climate interactions over Asia

Z Li, WKM Lau, V Ramanathan, G Wu… - Reviews of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The increasing severity of droughts/floods and worsening air quality from increasing
aerosols in Asia monsoon regions are the two gravest threats facing over 60% of the world …

Radiative forcing by light-absorbing particles in snow

SMK Skiles, M Flanner, JM Cook, M Dumont… - Nature Climate …, 2018 - nature.com
As one of the brightest natural surfaces on Earth, the darkening of snow by light-absorbing
particles (LAPs)—dust, black carbon or microbial growth—can trigger albedo feedbacks and …

[HTML][HTML] Particulate matter, air quality and climate: lessons learned and future needs

S Fuzzi, U Baltensperger, K Carslaw… - Atmospheric …, 2015 - acp.copernicus.org
The literature on atmospheric particulate matter (PM), or atmospheric aerosol, has increased
enormously over the last 2 decades and amounts now to some 1500–2000 papers per year …

Bounding the role of black carbon in the climate system: A scientific assessment

TC Bond, SJ Doherty, DW Fahey… - Journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Black carbon aerosol plays a unique and important role in Earth's climate system. Black
carbon is a type of carbonaceous material with a unique combination of physical properties …

Review of snow cover variation over the Tibetan Plateau and its influence on the broad climate system

Q You, T Wu, L Shen, N Pepin, L Zhang, Z Jiang… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Variation in snow cover over the Tibetan Plateau (TP) is a key component of climate change
and variability, and critical for many hydrological and biological processes. This review first …

[HTML][HTML] Status and change of the cryosphere in the extended Hindu Kush Himalaya region

T Bolch, JM Shea, S Liu, FM Azam, Y Gao… - The Hindu Kush …, 2019 - Springer
The cryosphere is defined by the presence of frozen water in its many forms: glaciers, ice
caps, ice sheets, snow, permafrost, and river and lake ice. In the extended Hindu Kush …