Linking atmospheric pollution to cryospheric change in the Third Pole region: current progress and future prospects

S Kang, Q Zhang, Y Qian, Z Ji, C Li… - National Science …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
ABSTRACT The Tibetan Plateau and its surroundings are known as the Third Pole (TP).
This region is noted for its high rates of glacier melt and the associated hydrological shifts …

Warming and thawing in the Mt. Everest region: A review of climate and environmental changes

S Kang, Q Zhang, Y Zhang, W Guo, Z Ji, M Shen… - Earth-science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Mt. Everest (Qomolangma or Sagarmatha), the highest mount on Earth and located
in the central Himalayas between China and Nepal, is characterized by highly concentrated …

High mountain areas

R Hock, G Rasul, C Adler, B Cáceres, S Gruber… - IPCC special report on …, 2019 - iris.unito.it
The cryosphere (including, snow, glaciers, permafrost, lake and river ice) is an integral
element of high mountain regions, which are home to roughly 10% of the global population …

Water quality in the Tibetan Plateau: Major ions and trace elements in rivers of the “Water Tower of Asia”

B Qu, Y Zhang, S Kang, M Sillanpää - Science of the Total Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract As the “Water Tower of Asia”, rivers originating from the Tibetan Plateau provide
water resources for more than one billion residents in both its local and surrounding areas …

Climate and vegetation as primary drivers for global mercury storage in surface soil

X Wang, W Yuan, CJ Lin, L Zhang… - … Science & Technology, 2019 - ACS Publications
Soil is the largest Hg reservoir globally. Data of Hg concentration in surface soil are
fundamental to understanding environmental Hg cycling. However, present knowledge on …

Atmospheric mercury depositional chronology reconstructed from lake sediments and ice core in the Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau

S Kang, J Huang, F Wang, Q Zhang… - … science & technology, 2016 - ACS Publications
Alpine lake sediments and glacier ice cores retrieved from high mountain regions can
provide long-term records of atmospheric deposition of anthropogenic contaminants such as …

[图书][B] Introduction to cryospheric science

D Qin, T Yao, Y Ding, J Ren - 2021 - books.google.com
This book introduces systematically the cryospheric science, covering the formation,
development, evolution, and research methods of each component of the cryosphere, the …

Tracing the transboundary transport of mercury to the Tibetan Plateau using atmospheric mercury isotopes

B Yu, L Yang, H Liu, C Xiao, D Bu… - Environmental …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Deposition of atmospheric mercury (Hg) is the most important Hg source on the high-altitude
Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau. Herein, total gaseous Hg (TGM) at an urban and a forest …

[HTML][HTML] Black carbon and organic carbon dataset over the Third Pole

S Kang, Y Zhang, P Chen, J Guo… - Earth System …, 2022 - essd.copernicus.org
Abstract The Tibetan Plateau and its surroundings, also known as the Third Pole, play an
important role in the global and regional climate and hydrological cycle. Carbonaceous …

Global warming accelerates uptake of atmospheric mercury in regions experiencing glacier retreat

X Wang, J Luo, W Yuan, CJ Lin… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
As global climate continues to warm, melting of glaciers releases a large quantity of mercury
(Hg) originally locked in ice into the atmosphere and downstream ecosystems. Here, we …