Accelerated climate change and its potential impact on Yak herding livelihoods in the eastern Tibetan plateau
The Tibetan Plateau has experienced rapid warming like most other alpine regions. Regional assessments show rates of warming comparable with the arctic region and decreasing Asian summer monsoons. We used meteorological station daily precipitation and daily maximum and minimum temperature data from...
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ftrepec:oai:RePEc:spr:climat:v:123:y:2014:i:2:p:147-160 2023-05-15T15:06:35+02:00 Accelerated climate change and its potential impact on Yak herding livelihoods in the eastern Tibetan plateau Michelle Haynes King-Jau Kung Jodi Brandt Yang Yongping Donald Waller http://hdl.handle.net/10.1007/s10584-013-1043-6 unknown http://hdl.handle.net/10.1007/s10584-013-1043-6 article ftrepec 2020-12-04T13:33:09Z The Tibetan Plateau has experienced rapid warming like most other alpine regions. Regional assessments show rates of warming comparable with the arctic region and decreasing Asian summer monsoons. We used meteorological station daily precipitation and daily maximum and minimum temperature data from 80 stations in the eastern Tibetan Plateau of southwest China to calculate local variation in the rates and seasonality of change over the last half century (1960–2008). Daily low temperatures during the growing season have increased greatly over the last 24 years (1984–2008). In sites of markedly increased warming (e.g., Deqin, Yunnan and Mangya, Qinghai), daily and growing season daily high temperatures have increased at a rate above 5 °C/100 years. In Deqin, precipitation prior to the 1980s fell as snow whereas in recent decades it has shifted to rain during March and April. These shifts to early spring rains are likely to affect plant communities. Animals like yaks adapted to cold climates are also expected to show impacts with these rising temperatures. This region deserves further investigation to determine how these shifts in climate are affecting local biodiversity and livelihoods. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014 Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Climate change RePEc (Research Papers in Economics) Arctic |
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The Tibetan Plateau has experienced rapid warming like most other alpine regions. Regional assessments show rates of warming comparable with the arctic region and decreasing Asian summer monsoons. We used meteorological station daily precipitation and daily maximum and minimum temperature data from 80 stations in the eastern Tibetan Plateau of southwest China to calculate local variation in the rates and seasonality of change over the last half century (1960–2008). Daily low temperatures during the growing season have increased greatly over the last 24 years (1984–2008). In sites of markedly increased warming (e.g., Deqin, Yunnan and Mangya, Qinghai), daily and growing season daily high temperatures have increased at a rate above 5 °C/100 years. In Deqin, precipitation prior to the 1980s fell as snow whereas in recent decades it has shifted to rain during March and April. These shifts to early spring rains are likely to affect plant communities. Animals like yaks adapted to cold climates are also expected to show impacts with these rising temperatures. This region deserves further investigation to determine how these shifts in climate are affecting local biodiversity and livelihoods. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014 |
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Michelle Haynes King-Jau Kung Jodi Brandt Yang Yongping Donald Waller |
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Michelle Haynes King-Jau Kung Jodi Brandt Yang Yongping Donald Waller Accelerated climate change and its potential impact on Yak herding livelihoods in the eastern Tibetan plateau |
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Michelle Haynes King-Jau Kung Jodi Brandt Yang Yongping Donald Waller |
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Accelerated climate change and its potential impact on Yak herding livelihoods in the eastern Tibetan plateau |
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Accelerated climate change and its potential impact on Yak herding livelihoods in the eastern Tibetan plateau |
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Accelerated climate change and its potential impact on Yak herding livelihoods in the eastern Tibetan plateau |
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