Riverine transport and water-sediment exchange of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) along the middle-lower Yangtze River, China

Z Zhao, X Gong, L Zhang, M Jin, Y Cai… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
We examined the riverine transport of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) based on
their spatial-temporal distributions in water and sediments from the mainstream along the …

Spatially explicit assessment of ecosystem services in China's Loess Plateau: Patterns, interactions, drivers, and implications

C Jiang, H Zhang, Z Zhang - Global and Planetary Change, 2018 - Elsevier
Human demands for natural resources have significantly changed the natural landscape
and induced ecological degradation and associated ecosystem services. An understanding …

Does China's poverty alleviation policy improve the quality of the ecological environment in poverty-stricken areas?

R Ran, Z Ni, L Hua, T Li - Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Poverty eradication and environmental protection as the two global goals of sustainable
development. China's poverty alleviation policy attempts to achieve green development in …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Runoff and sediment yield in relation to precipitation, temperature and glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau

F Zhang, C Zeng, G Wang, L Wang, X Shi - International Soil and Water …, 2022 - Elsevier
The riverine sediment is an essential carrier for nutrients and pollutants delivery and is
considered as an important indicator of land degradation and environmental changes. With …

Monthly and annual temperature extremes and their changes on the Tibetan Plateau and its surroundings during 1963–2015

J Ding, L Cuo, Y Zhang, F Zhu - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
In this study, the spatiotemporal distributions of monthly and annual temperature minima
(Tmin) and maxima (Tmax), extreme Tmin and Tmax, the highest (lowest) Tmin (Tmax), frost …

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 …

Ecological restoration is not sufficient for reconciling the trade-off between soil retention and water yield: A contrasting study from catchment governance perspective

C Jiang, H Guo, Y Wei, Z Yang, X Wang, M Wen… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Ecological restoration program (ERP) is widely recognized as an effective measure to
combat land degradation and improve environmental quality. However, inappropriate ERPs …

Effects of climate change and human activities on runoff in the Beichuan River Basin in the northeastern Tibetan Plateau, China

X Wang, K He, Z Dong - Catena, 2019 - Elsevier
Climate change and human activities are considered to be the main drivers of runoff
changes. Assessing their contributions is important for maintaining the integrity of the water …

Mineral composition and particle size distribution of river sediment and loess in the middle and lower Yellow River

S Tian, Z Li, Z Wang, E Jiang, W Wang… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Hyperconcentrated flows often occur in the middle and lower Yellow River (MLYR) and its
tributaries, within which the main sediment source originates from the Loess Plateau of …