Climate change during the Holocene in South Asia: A review study of Pakistan

SA Hussain, L Tan, G Kathayat, A Hussain… - Quaternary Science …, 2025 - Elsevier
The climatic challenges faced by Pakistan, such as heat waves, glacier melting, and
increased frequency of catastrophic floods, underscore the urgency of addressing climate …

The Western Himalayan fir tree ring record of soil moisture in Pakistan since 1855

Z Rauf, N Zarif, A Khan, S Siddiqui, S Fatima… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Data on historical soil moisture is crucial for assessing and responding to droughts that
commonly occur in climate change-affected countries. The Himalayan temperate forests in …

Tree-ring maximum latewood density reveals unprecedented warming and long-term summer temperature in the upper Indus Basin, northern Pakistan

A Khan, F Chen, S Saleem, Y Chen, H Zhang… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Understanding long-term temperature variability in the Upper Indus Basin (UIB), northern
Pakistan, and its driving mechanisms is challenging due to the scarcity of long observational …

Tree ring derived summer temperature variability over the past millennium in the western Himalayas of northern Pakistan

F Asad, H Zhu, T Yaseen, R Huang, MP Rao - Frontiers of Earth Science, 2023 - Springer
Long-term high resolution climate proxies are essential for understanding climate variability
particularly, in regions such as the western Himalayas of northern Pakistan, where few long …

A warm-season drought reconstruction in central-northern Pakistan inferred from tree rings since 1670 CE and its possible climatic mechanism

A Khan, F Chen, H Zhang, S Saleem, HE Ali, W Yue… - Climatic Change, 2024 - Springer
Understanding past warm-season drought variability and its underlying climatic mechanisms
is crucial for effective drought management and climate adaptation strategies. In this study …

Temperature variability over Dokriani glacier region, western Himalaya, India

T Rastogi, J Singh, N Singh, P Chauhan… - Quaternary …, 2023 - Elsevier
Long-term climate records which help decipher past climate variability and its impact are
scarce in the tough terrain of the Himalayan region. Therefore, in order to fill the climate data …

Tree-ring based summer temperature variability since 1790 CE in the Hindu Kush region of northern Pakistan

F Asad, M Adil, S Shahid, N Khan, R Huang… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract The Hindu Kush high-altitude regions of Pakistan are currently experiencing severe
consequences as a result of global warming. In this sense, increasing soil erosion and the …

[HTML][HTML] A tree ring-based spring temperature reconstruction for the Hindu Kush region in northern Pakistan

F Asad, M Adil, H Zhu, U Büntgen, M Hamayun… - Trees, Forests and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Annually resolved and absolutely dated proxy archives are necessary for contextualizing the
rate and amplitude of anthropogenic climate change. High-resolution climate …

Reconstruction of July-September standardized precipitation-evapotranspiration index (SPEI) for the Hindu Kush region of Northern Pakistan

F Asad, M Adil, N Khan, MP Rao… - Environmental …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
The prolonged drought resulting from global warming is considered an important factor
affecting West Asia's socioeconomic growth, with a significant impact on the dynamic …

Summer temperature variability in the Hindu Kush region of northern Pakistan: Insights from tree rings of Pinus wallichiana AB Jacks since 1790 CE

F Asad, M Adil, S Shaid, N Khan, H Zhu, R Huang - 2023 - researchsquare.com
Abstract The Hindu Kush high-altitude regions of Pakistan are currently experiencing severe
consequences as a result of global warming. In this sense, increasing soil erosion and the …