High Mountain Asia hydropower systems threatened by climate-driven landscape instability
Global warming-induced melting and thawing of the cryosphere are severely altering the volume and timing of water supplied from High Mountain Asia, adversely affecting downstream food and energy systems that are relied on by billions of people. The construction of more reservoirs designed to regulat...
Published in: | Nature Geoscience |
---|---|
Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
Published: |
2022
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://serval.unil.ch/notice/serval:BIB_46E3A9BA8C1F https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-022-00953-y https://serval.unil.ch/resource/serval:BIB_46E3A9BA8C1F.P001/REF.pdf http://nbn-resolving.org/urn/resolver.pl?urn=urn:nbn:ch:serval-BIB_46E3A9BA8C1F9 |
id |
ftunivlausanne:oai:serval.unil.ch:BIB_46E3A9BA8C1F |
---|---|
record_format |
openpolar |
spelling |
ftunivlausanne:oai:serval.unil.ch:BIB_46E3A9BA8C1F 2024-02-11T10:04:42+01:00 High Mountain Asia hydropower systems threatened by climate-driven landscape instability Li, Dongfeng Lu, Xixi Walling, Desmond E. Zhang, Ting Steiner, Jakob F. Wasson, Robert J. Harrison, Stephan Nepal, Santosh Nie, Yong Immerzeel, Walter W. Shugar, Dan H. Koppes, Michèle Lane, Stuart Zeng, Zhenzhong Sun, Xiaofei Yegorov, Alexandr Bolch, Tobias 2022-06-23 application/pdf https://serval.unil.ch/notice/serval:BIB_46E3A9BA8C1F https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-022-00953-y https://serval.unil.ch/resource/serval:BIB_46E3A9BA8C1F.P001/REF.pdf http://nbn-resolving.org/urn/resolver.pl?urn=urn:nbn:ch:serval-BIB_46E3A9BA8C1F9 eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1038/s41561-022-00953-y info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/pissn/1752-0894 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/pissn/1752-0908 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/urn/urn:nbn:ch:serval-BIB_46E3A9BA8C1F9 https://serval.unil.ch/notice/serval:BIB_46E3A9BA8C1F doi:10.1038/s41561-022-00953-y https://serval.unil.ch/resource/serval:BIB_46E3A9BA8C1F.P001/REF.pdf http://nbn-resolving.org/urn/resolver.pl?urn=urn:nbn:ch:serval-BIB_46E3A9BA8C1F9 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Copying allowed only for non-profit organizations https://serval.unil.ch/disclaimer Nature Geoscience General Earth and Planetary Sciences info:eu-repo/semantics/article article info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion 2022 ftunivlausanne https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-022-00953-y 2024-01-22T01:11:15Z Global warming-induced melting and thawing of the cryosphere are severely altering the volume and timing of water supplied from High Mountain Asia, adversely affecting downstream food and energy systems that are relied on by billions of people. The construction of more reservoirs designed to regulate streamflow and produce hydropower is a critical part of strategies for adapting to these changes. However, these projects are vulnerable to a complex set of interacting processes that are destabilizing landscapes throughout the region. Ranging in severity and the pace of change, these processes include glacial retreat and detachments, permafrost thaw and associated landslides, rock–ice avalanches, debris flows and outburst floods from glacial lakes and landslide-dammed lakes. The result is large amounts of sediment being mobilized that can fill up reservoirs, cause dam failure and degrade power turbines. Here we recommend forward-looking design and maintenance measures and sustainable sediment management solutions that can help transition towards climate change-resilient dams and reservoirs in High Mountain Asia, in large part based on improved monitoring and prediction of compound and cascading hazards. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ice permafrost Université de Lausanne (UNIL): Serval - Serveur académique lausannois Nature Geoscience 15 7 520 530 |
institution |
Open Polar |
collection |
Université de Lausanne (UNIL): Serval - Serveur académique lausannois |
op_collection_id |
ftunivlausanne |
language |
English |
topic |
General Earth and Planetary Sciences |
spellingShingle |
General Earth and Planetary Sciences Li, Dongfeng Lu, Xixi Walling, Desmond E. Zhang, Ting Steiner, Jakob F. Wasson, Robert J. Harrison, Stephan Nepal, Santosh Nie, Yong Immerzeel, Walter W. Shugar, Dan H. Koppes, Michèle Lane, Stuart Zeng, Zhenzhong Sun, Xiaofei Yegorov, Alexandr Bolch, Tobias High Mountain Asia hydropower systems threatened by climate-driven landscape instability |
topic_facet |
General Earth and Planetary Sciences |
description |
Global warming-induced melting and thawing of the cryosphere are severely altering the volume and timing of water supplied from High Mountain Asia, adversely affecting downstream food and energy systems that are relied on by billions of people. The construction of more reservoirs designed to regulate streamflow and produce hydropower is a critical part of strategies for adapting to these changes. However, these projects are vulnerable to a complex set of interacting processes that are destabilizing landscapes throughout the region. Ranging in severity and the pace of change, these processes include glacial retreat and detachments, permafrost thaw and associated landslides, rock–ice avalanches, debris flows and outburst floods from glacial lakes and landslide-dammed lakes. The result is large amounts of sediment being mobilized that can fill up reservoirs, cause dam failure and degrade power turbines. Here we recommend forward-looking design and maintenance measures and sustainable sediment management solutions that can help transition towards climate change-resilient dams and reservoirs in High Mountain Asia, in large part based on improved monitoring and prediction of compound and cascading hazards. |
format |
Article in Journal/Newspaper |
author |
Li, Dongfeng Lu, Xixi Walling, Desmond E. Zhang, Ting Steiner, Jakob F. Wasson, Robert J. Harrison, Stephan Nepal, Santosh Nie, Yong Immerzeel, Walter W. Shugar, Dan H. Koppes, Michèle Lane, Stuart Zeng, Zhenzhong Sun, Xiaofei Yegorov, Alexandr Bolch, Tobias |
author_facet |
Li, Dongfeng Lu, Xixi Walling, Desmond E. Zhang, Ting Steiner, Jakob F. Wasson, Robert J. Harrison, Stephan Nepal, Santosh Nie, Yong Immerzeel, Walter W. Shugar, Dan H. Koppes, Michèle Lane, Stuart Zeng, Zhenzhong Sun, Xiaofei Yegorov, Alexandr Bolch, Tobias |
author_sort |
Li, Dongfeng |
title |
High Mountain Asia hydropower systems threatened by climate-driven landscape instability |
title_short |
High Mountain Asia hydropower systems threatened by climate-driven landscape instability |
title_full |
High Mountain Asia hydropower systems threatened by climate-driven landscape instability |
title_fullStr |
High Mountain Asia hydropower systems threatened by climate-driven landscape instability |
title_full_unstemmed |
High Mountain Asia hydropower systems threatened by climate-driven landscape instability |
title_sort |
high mountain asia hydropower systems threatened by climate-driven landscape instability |
publishDate |
2022 |
url |
https://serval.unil.ch/notice/serval:BIB_46E3A9BA8C1F https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-022-00953-y https://serval.unil.ch/resource/serval:BIB_46E3A9BA8C1F.P001/REF.pdf http://nbn-resolving.org/urn/resolver.pl?urn=urn:nbn:ch:serval-BIB_46E3A9BA8C1F9 |
genre |
Ice permafrost |
genre_facet |
Ice permafrost |
op_source |
Nature Geoscience |
op_relation |
info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1038/s41561-022-00953-y info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/pissn/1752-0894 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/pissn/1752-0908 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/urn/urn:nbn:ch:serval-BIB_46E3A9BA8C1F9 https://serval.unil.ch/notice/serval:BIB_46E3A9BA8C1F doi:10.1038/s41561-022-00953-y https://serval.unil.ch/resource/serval:BIB_46E3A9BA8C1F.P001/REF.pdf http://nbn-resolving.org/urn/resolver.pl?urn=urn:nbn:ch:serval-BIB_46E3A9BA8C1F9 |
op_rights |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Copying allowed only for non-profit organizations https://serval.unil.ch/disclaimer |
op_doi |
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-022-00953-y |
container_title |
Nature Geoscience |
container_volume |
15 |
container_issue |
7 |
container_start_page |
520 |
op_container_end_page |
530 |
_version_ |
1790601417031942144 |