Increasing landslide activity in the Taxkorgan River Basin (eastern Pamirs Plateau, China) driven by climate change

Y Pei, H Qiu, D Yang, Z Liu, S Ma, J Li, M Cao… - Catena, 2023 - Elsevier
Global warming promotes glacier retreat, snow melting, and permafrost thawing, thereby
increasing landslide activity in alpine mountain regions. However, our understanding of the …

Elevation dependence of landslide activity induced by climate change in the eastern Pamirs

Y Pei, H Qiu, Y Zhu, J Wang, D Yang, B Tang, F Wang… - Landslides, 2023 - Springer
The elevation dependence of climate change is unequivocal. Landslides (slides and debris
flows) are the key mark of climate change acting on the land cryosphere, and they can pose …

Evaluation of potential changes in landslide susceptibility and landslide occurrence frequency in China under climate change

Q Lin, S Steger, M Pittore, J Zhang, L Wang… - Science of the total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Climate change can alter the frequency and intensity of extreme rainfall across the globe,
leading to changes in hazards posed by rainfall-induced landslides. In recent decades …

[HTML][HTML] Shallow landslide susceptibility assessment under future climate and land cover changes: A case study from southwest China

Z Guo, JV Ferrer, M Hürlimann, V Medina… - Geoscience …, 2023 - Elsevier
There is no doubt that land cover and climate changes have consequences on landslide
activity, but it is still an open issue to assess and quantify their impacts. Wanzhou County in …

Changes in extreme precipitation and landslides over High Mountain Asia

D Kirschbaum, SB Kapnick, T Stanley… - Geophysical Research …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract High Mountain Asia is impacted by extreme monsoonal rainfall that triggers
landslides in large proportions relative to global distributions, resulting in substantial human …

Increase in occurrence of large glacier-related landslides in the high mountains of Asia

J Liu, Y Wu, X Gao - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Globally, a large number of glaciers are retreating due to global warming. Along with climate
change, glacial melting has been identified as one of the main triggers of landslide activity in …

Characterizing the distribution pattern and a physically based susceptibility assessment of shallow landslides triggered by the 2019 heavy rainfall event in Longchuan …

S Ma, X Shao, C Xu - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
Rainfall-induced landslides pose a significant threat to the lives and property of residents in
the southeast mountainous and hilly area; hence, characterizing the distribution pattern and …

Assessing the spatiotemporal impact of climate change on event rainfall characteristics influencing landslide occurrences based on multiple GCM projections in China

Q Lin, Y Wang, T Glade, J Zhang, Y Zhang - Climatic Change, 2020 - Springer
Landslides result in a significant number of casualties every year in China. The frequency
and intensity of extreme precipitation are expected to increase due to climate change …

Acceleration of thaw slump during 1997–2017 in the Qilian Mountains of the northern Qinghai-Tibetan plateau

C Mu, J Shang, T Zhang, C Fan, S Wang, X Peng… - Landslides, 2020 - Springer
Climate warming increases thermokarst landscapes and thus leads to land degradation in
the Circum-Arctic regions. Thermokarst landscapes were estimated to cover~ 20% of the …

Tempo-spatial landslide susceptibility assessment from the perspective of human engineering activity

T Zeng, Z Guo, L Wang, B Jin, F Wu, R Guo - Remote Sensing, 2023 - mdpi.com
The expansion of mountainous urban areas and road networks can influence the terrain,
vegetation, and material characteristics, thereby altering the susceptibility of landslides …