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Past, present, and future geo-biosphere interactions on the Tibetan Plateau and implications for permafrost

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Corresponding AuthorEhlers,Todd A.
Publication Years
2022-11-01
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ISSN
0012-8252
Volume234
Abstract

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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Chinese Academy of Sciences[XDA20060402] ; Chinese Academy of Sciences[XDA20100300] ; Chinese Academy of Sciences[XDA20100300]
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GEOSCIENCES
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2-s2.0-85140025665
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Scopus
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Cited Times [WOS]:2
Document TypeJournal Article
Identifierhttp://kc.sustech.edu.cn/handle/2SGJ60CL/406893
DepartmentSchool of Environmental Science and Engineering
Affiliation
1.Department of Geosciences,University of Tübingen,Tübingen,72076,Germany
2.Department of Earth Sciences,University of Gothenburg,Gothenburg,40530,Sweden
3.School of Geography & Sustainable Development,University of St Andrews,St Andrews,Scotland,KY16 9AL,United Kingdom
4.Group of Alpine Paleoecology and Human Adaptation (ALPHA),State Key Laboratory of Tibetan Plateau Earth System,Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing,100101,China
5.Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung,Potsdam,Telegrafenberg A45,D-14473,Germany
6.Leibniz Universität Hannover,Institute of Soil Science,Hannover,Herrenhäuser Str. 2,30419,Germany
7.Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing,China
8.School of Environmental Science and Engineering,Southern University of Science and Technology,Shenzhen,518055,China
9.Center for the Pan-Third Pole Environment,Lanzhou University,Lanzhou,730000,China
10.Land-Atmosphere Interaction and its Climatic Effects Group,State Key Laboratory of Tibetan Plateau Earth System,Resources and Environment (TPESRE),Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing,100101,China
11.College of Earth Science,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing,100049,China
12.College of Atmospheric Science,Lanzhou University,Lanzhou,730000,China
13.Faculty of Geography,Marburg University,Marburg,Deutschhausstrasse 10,D-35032,Germany
14.Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung,Frankfurt/Main,Senckenberganlage 25,60325,Germany
15.Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre,Frankfurt/Main,Senckenberganlage 25,60325,Germany
16.Sino-French Institute for Earth System Science,College of Urban and Environmental Sciences,Peking University,Beijing,100871,China
17.Institute of Geosystems and Bioindication,Technische Universität Braunschweig,Braunschweig,38106,Germany
18.School of Earth Sciences and Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center,The Ohio State University,Columbus,43210,United States
19.Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC),University of Twente,Enschede,Netherlands
20.CAS Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia,Kunming Institute of Botany,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Kunming,650201,China
21.State Key Laboratory of Tibetan Plateau Earth System,Resources and Environment,Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing,100101,China
22.Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing,100101,China
23.Department of Earth System Science,Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Earth System Modeling,Institute for Global Change Studies,Tsinghua University,Beijing,100084,China
24.Goethe University Frankfurt,Institute of Geosciences,Frankfurt/Main,60438,Germany
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Ehlers,Todd A.,Chen,Deliang,Appel,Erwin,et al. Past, present, and future geo-biosphere interactions on the Tibetan Plateau and implications for permafrost[J]. EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS,2022,234.
APA
Ehlers,Todd A..,Chen,Deliang.,Appel,Erwin.,Bolch,Tobias.,Chen,Fahu.,...&Zhu,Liping.(2022).Past, present, and future geo-biosphere interactions on the Tibetan Plateau and implications for permafrost.EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS,234.
MLA
Ehlers,Todd A.,et al."Past, present, and future geo-biosphere interactions on the Tibetan Plateau and implications for permafrost".EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS 234(2022).
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