Response of Tibetan Plateau’s lakes to climate changes:trend, pattern, and mechanisms

• Published in: Earth-Science Reviews
• Main Authors: Zhang, Guoqing, Yao, Tandong, Xie, Hongjie, Yang, Kun, Zhu, Liping, Shum, C.K., Bolch, Tobias, Yi, Shuang, Allen, Simon, Jiang, Liguang, Chen, Wenfeng, Ke, Changqing
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Tibetan Plateau; Lake evolution; Remote sensing; Climate change; Hydrological cycle; Alpine Lake; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: https://risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk/portal/en/researchoutput/response-of-tibetan-plateaus-lakes-to-climate-changes(5b2f8c77-3800-42e1-b430-7b4ab6114e3d).html; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2020.103269

The wide distribution of natural lakes over the Tibetan Plateau, the highest and largest plateau on Earth, have received extensive attention due to global warming. In this Review, we examine alpine lake evolution, spatial patterns and driving mechanisms. The changes in lake area, level and volume sh...