reviewonglobalchangestatusanditsimpactsonthetibetanplateauenvironment

	reviewonglobalchangestatusanditsimpactsonthetibetanplateauenvironment
	Latif Aamir 1; Ilyas Sana 2; Zhang Yangjian 1; Xin Yuqin 3; Zhou Lin 4; Zhou Quan 4
刊名	journalofplantecology
	2019
卷号	12 期号:6 页码:917
ISSN号	1752-9921
英文摘要	The Tibetan Plateau (TP) holds fundamental ecological and environmental significances to China and Asia. The TP also lies in the core zone of the belt and road initiative. To protect the TP environment, a comprehensive screening on current ecological research status is entailed. The teased out research gap can also be utilized as guidelines for the recently launched major research programs, i.e. the second TP scientific expedition and silk and belt road research plan. The findings showed that the TP has experienced significant temperature increase at a rate of 0.2°C per decade since 1960s. The most robust warming trend was found in the northern plateau. Precipitation also exhibited an increasing trend but with high spatial heterogeneity. Changing climates have caused a series of environmental consequences, including lake area changes, glacier shrinkage, permafrost degradation and exacerbated desertification. The rising temperature is the main reason behind the glaciers shrinkage, snow melting, permafrost degradation and lake area changes on the TP and neighboring regions. The projected loss of glacial area on the plateau is estimated to be around 43% by 2070 and 75% by the end of the century. Vegetation was responsive to the changed environments, varied climates and intensified human activities by changing phenology and productivity. Future global change study should be more oriented toward integrating various research methods and tools, and synthesizing diverse subjects of water, vegetation, atmosphere and soil.
语种	英语
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.igsnrr.ac.cn/handle/311030/134950]
专题	中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所
作者单位	1.中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所 2.中国科学院大学 3.Sanmenxia Academy of Environmental Sciences 4.Southwest Branch of State Grid Corporation of China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Latif Aamir,Ilyas Sana,Zhang Yangjian,et al. reviewonglobalchangestatusanditsimpactsonthetibetanplateauenvironment[J]. journalofplantecology,2019,12(6):917.
APA	Latif Aamir,Ilyas Sana,Zhang Yangjian,Xin Yuqin,Zhou Lin,&Zhou Quan.(2019).reviewonglobalchangestatusanditsimpactsonthetibetanplateauenvironment.journalofplantecology,12(6),917.
MLA	Latif Aamir,et al."reviewonglobalchangestatusanditsimpactsonthetibetanplateauenvironment".journalofplantecology 12.6(2019):917.