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 …

[HTML][HTML] Global, regional, and national burden of mortality associated with non-optimal ambient temperatures from 2000 to 2019: a three-stage modelling study

Q Zhao, Y Guo, T Ye, A Gasparrini, S Tong… - The Lancet Planetary …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Exposure to cold or hot temperatures is associated with premature deaths. We
aimed to evaluate the global, regional, and national mortality burden associated with non …

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 …

Security implications of climate change: A decade of scientific progress

N Von Uexkull, H Buhaug - Journal of Peace Research, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
The study of security implications of climate change has developed rapidly from a nascent
area of academic inquiry into an important and thriving research field that traverses …

Microplastics in glaciers of the Tibetan Plateau: Evidence for the long-range transport of microplastics

Y Zhang, T Gao, S Kang, S Allen, X Luo… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Microplastics are globally prevalent on a large scale in various marine and terrestrial
environments, including Arctic snow and precipitation in protected areas of the United Sates …

Uncertainty analysis in multi‐sector systems: Considerations for risk analysis, projection, and planning for complex systems

V Srikrishnan, DC Lafferty, TE Wong… - Earth's …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Simulation models of multi‐sector systems are increasingly used to understand societal
resilience to climate and economic shocks and change. However, multi‐sector systems are …

Gridded global datasets for gross domestic product and Human Development Index over 1990–2015

M Kummu, M Taka, JHA Guillaume - Scientific data, 2018 - nature.com
An increasing amount of high-resolution global spatial data are available, and used for
various assessments. However, key economic and human development indicators are still …

Projected changes in socioeconomic exposure to heatwaves in South Asia under changing climate

I Ullah, F Saleem, V Iyakaremye, J Yin, X Ma… - Earth's …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The risk of heatwave events and their persistence has intensified in recent past and is
expected to increase faster in future. However, the anticipated changes in socioeconomic …

A scoping review of research funding for small-scale farmers in water scarce regions

V Ricciardi, A Wane, BS Sidhu, C Godde… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Water scarcity is a global issue that disproportionately affects small-scale farmers in low-and
middle-income countries (LMICs). Through geospatial analysis, we estimated that less than …

[HTML][HTML] Global heat stress on health, wildfires, and agricultural crops under different levels of climate warming

Q Sun, C Miao, M Hanel, AGL Borthwick, Q Duan… - Environment …, 2019 - Elsevier
The effects of heat stress are spatially heterogeneous owing to local variations in climate
response, population density, and social conditions. Using global climate and impact …