Exceptional increases in fluvial sediment fluxes in a warmer and wetter High Mountain Asia

D Li, X Lu, I Overeem, DE Walling, J Syvitski, AJ Kettner… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Rivers originating in High Mountain Asia are crucial lifelines for one-third of the world's
population. These fragile headwaters are now experiencing amplified climate change …

Rapid changes to global river suspended sediment flux by humans

EN Dethier, CE Renshaw, FJ Magilligan - Science, 2022 - science.org
Rivers support indispensable ecological functions and human health and infrastructure. Yet
limited river sampling hinders our understanding of consequential changes to river systems …

Global trends in water and sediment fluxes of the world's large rivers

L Li, J Ni, F Chang, Y Yue, N Frolova, D Magritsky… - Science Bulletin, 2020 - Elsevier
Water and sediment transport from rivers to oceans is of primary importance in global
geochemical cycle. Against the background of global change, this study examines the …

Substantial increases in the water and sediment fluxes in the headwater region of the Tibetan Plateau in response to global warming

D Li, Z Li, Y Zhou, X Lu - Geophysical Research Letters, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The long‐term effects of increased temperatures on sediment fluxes in cold regions remain
poorly investigated. Here, we examined the multidecadal changes in runoff and sediment …

Rising river flows throughout the twenty-first century in two Himalayan glacierized watersheds

WW Immerzeel, F Pellicciotti, MFP Bierkens - Nature geoscience, 2013 - nature.com
Greater Himalayan glaciers are retreating and losing mass at rates comparable to glaciers in
other regions of the world,,,,. Assessments of future changes and their associated …

Non-monotonic changes in Asian Water Towers' streamflow at increasing warming levels

T Cui, Y Li, L Yang, Y Nan, K Li, M Tudaji, H Hu… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Previous projections show consistent increases in river flows of Asian Water Towers under
future climate change. Here we find non-monotonic changes in river flows for seven major …

Variable 21st century climate change response for rivers in High Mountain Asia at seasonal to decadal time scales

S Khanal, AF Lutz, PDA Kraaijenbrink… - Water Resources …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The hydrological response to climate change in mountainous basins manifests itself at
varying spatial and temporal scales, ranging from catchment to large river basin scale and …

Climate change will affect the Asian water towers

WW Immerzeel, LPH Van Beek, MFP Bierkens - science, 2010 - science.org
More than 1.4 billion people depend on water from the Indus, Ganges, Brahmaputra,
Yangtze, and Yellow rivers. Upstream snow and ice reserves of these basins, important in …

Recent stepwise sediment flux increase with climate change in the Tuotuo River in the central Tibetan Plateau

F Zhang, X Shi, C Zeng, L Wang, X Xiao, G Wang… - Science Bulletin, 2020 - Elsevier
The riverine sediment flux (SF) is an essential pathway for nutrients and pollutants delivery
and considered as an important indicator of land degradation and environment changes …

Hotspots of riverine greenhouse gas (CH4, CO2, N2O) emissions from Qinghai Lake Basin on the northeast Tibetan Plateau

P Lin, Z Du, L Wang, J Liu, Q Xu, J Du… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Evasion of greenhouse gases (GHG) from fluvial systems is now recognized as a significant
component of the global carbon cycle. However, the magnitudes of GHG fluxes remain …