Past, present, and future geo-biosphere interactions on the Tibetan Plateau and implications for permafrost
Interactions between the atmosphere, biosphere, cryosphere, hydrosphere, and geosphere are most active in the critical zone, a region extending from the tops of trees to the top of unweathered bedrock. Changes in one or more of these spheres can result in a cascade of changes throughout the system i...
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ftuglasgow:oai:eprints.gla.ac.uk:309836 2023-12-24T10:24:09+01:00 Past, present, and future geo-biosphere interactions on the Tibetan Plateau and implications for permafrost Ehlers, Todd A. Chen, Deliang Appel, Erwin Bolch, Tobias Chen, Fahu Diekmann, Bernhard Dippold, Michaela A. Giese, Markus Guggenberger, Georg Lai, Hui-Wen Li, Xin Liu, Junguo Liu, Yongqin Ma, Yaoming Miehe, Georg Mosbrugger, Volker Mulch, Andreas Piao, Shilong Schwalb, Antje Thompson, Lonnie G. Su, Zhongbo Sun, Hang Yao, Tandong Yang, Xiaoxin Yang, Kun Zhu, Liping 2022-11 text https://eprints.gla.ac.uk/309836/ https://eprints.gla.ac.uk/309836/1/309836.pdf en eng Elsevier https://eprints.gla.ac.uk/309836/1/309836.pdf Ehlers, T. A. et al. (2022) Past, present, and future geo-biosphere interactions on the Tibetan Plateau and implications for permafrost. Earth Science Reviews <https://eprints.gla.ac.uk/view/journal_volume/Earth_Science_Reviews.html>, 234, 104197. (doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2022.104197 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2022.104197>) cc_by_4 Articles PeerReviewed 2022 ftuglasgow https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2022.104197 2023-11-30T23:09:25Z Interactions between the atmosphere, biosphere, cryosphere, hydrosphere, and geosphere are most active in the critical zone, a region extending from the tops of trees to the top of unweathered bedrock. Changes in one or more of these spheres can result in a cascade of changes throughout the system in ways that are often poorly understood. Here we investigate how past and present climate change have impacted permafrost, hydrology, and ecosystems on the Tibetan Plateau. We do this by compiling existing climate, hydrologic, cryosphere, biosphere, and geologic studies documenting change over decadal to glacial-interglacial timescales and longer. Our emphasis is on showing present-day trends in environmental change and how plateau ecosystems have largely flourished under warmer and wetter periods in the geologic past. We identify two future pathways that could lead to either a favorable greening or unfavorable degradation and desiccation of plateau ecosystems. Both paths are plausible given the available evidence. We contend that the key to which pathway future generations experience lies in what, if any, human intervention measures are implemented. We conclude with suggested management strategies that can be implemented to facilitate a future greening of the Tibetan Plateau. Article in Journal/Newspaper permafrost University of Glasgow: Enlighten - Publications Earth-Science Reviews 234 104197 |
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Interactions between the atmosphere, biosphere, cryosphere, hydrosphere, and geosphere are most active in the critical zone, a region extending from the tops of trees to the top of unweathered bedrock. Changes in one or more of these spheres can result in a cascade of changes throughout the system in ways that are often poorly understood. Here we investigate how past and present climate change have impacted permafrost, hydrology, and ecosystems on the Tibetan Plateau. We do this by compiling existing climate, hydrologic, cryosphere, biosphere, and geologic studies documenting change over decadal to glacial-interglacial timescales and longer. Our emphasis is on showing present-day trends in environmental change and how plateau ecosystems have largely flourished under warmer and wetter periods in the geologic past. We identify two future pathways that could lead to either a favorable greening or unfavorable degradation and desiccation of plateau ecosystems. Both paths are plausible given the available evidence. We contend that the key to which pathway future generations experience lies in what, if any, human intervention measures are implemented. We conclude with suggested management strategies that can be implemented to facilitate a future greening of the Tibetan Plateau. |
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Ehlers, Todd A. Chen, Deliang Appel, Erwin Bolch, Tobias Chen, Fahu Diekmann, Bernhard Dippold, Michaela A. Giese, Markus Guggenberger, Georg Lai, Hui-Wen Li, Xin Liu, Junguo Liu, Yongqin Ma, Yaoming Miehe, Georg Mosbrugger, Volker Mulch, Andreas Piao, Shilong Schwalb, Antje Thompson, Lonnie G. Su, Zhongbo Sun, Hang Yao, Tandong Yang, Xiaoxin Yang, Kun Zhu, Liping |
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Ehlers, Todd A. Chen, Deliang Appel, Erwin Bolch, Tobias Chen, Fahu Diekmann, Bernhard Dippold, Michaela A. Giese, Markus Guggenberger, Georg Lai, Hui-Wen Li, Xin Liu, Junguo Liu, Yongqin Ma, Yaoming Miehe, Georg Mosbrugger, Volker Mulch, Andreas Piao, Shilong Schwalb, Antje Thompson, Lonnie G. Su, Zhongbo Sun, Hang Yao, Tandong Yang, Xiaoxin Yang, Kun Zhu, Liping Past, present, and future geo-biosphere interactions on the Tibetan Plateau and implications for permafrost |
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Ehlers, Todd A. Chen, Deliang Appel, Erwin Bolch, Tobias Chen, Fahu Diekmann, Bernhard Dippold, Michaela A. Giese, Markus Guggenberger, Georg Lai, Hui-Wen Li, Xin Liu, Junguo Liu, Yongqin Ma, Yaoming Miehe, Georg Mosbrugger, Volker Mulch, Andreas Piao, Shilong Schwalb, Antje Thompson, Lonnie G. Su, Zhongbo Sun, Hang Yao, Tandong Yang, Xiaoxin Yang, Kun Zhu, Liping |
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Past, present, and future geo-biosphere interactions on the Tibetan Plateau and implications for permafrost |
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Past, present, and future geo-biosphere interactions on the Tibetan Plateau and implications for permafrost |
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Past, present, and future geo-biosphere interactions on the Tibetan Plateau and implications for permafrost |
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Past, present, and future geo-biosphere interactions on the Tibetan Plateau and implications for permafrost |
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past, present, and future geo-biosphere interactions on the tibetan plateau and implications for permafrost |
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https://eprints.gla.ac.uk/309836/1/309836.pdf Ehlers, T. A. et al. (2022) Past, present, and future geo-biosphere interactions on the Tibetan Plateau and implications for permafrost. Earth Science Reviews <https://eprints.gla.ac.uk/view/journal_volume/Earth_Science_Reviews.html>, 234, 104197. (doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2022.104197 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2022.104197>) |
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