High mountain areas are experiencing some of the earliest and greatest impacts of climate
change. However, knowledge on how climate change impacts multiple ecosystem services …

Interactions between the atmosphere, biosphere, cryosphere, hydrosphere, and geosphere
are most active in the critical zone, a region extending from the tops of trees to the top of …

South Asia is one of the most densely populated regions in the world. With 5% of the global
agricultural land, South Asian farmers have to feed over 20% of the global population. South …

Mountains are highly sensitive to climate change. Their elevated areas provide essential
ecosystem services both for the surrounding mountainous regions and particularly for …

The alpine meadow in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau has been seriously degraded due to
human activities and climate change in recent decades. Understanding the changes of the …

Approximately half of global grasslands are degraded. Although soil microbes play a key
role in ecosystem functioning, their response to grassland degradation has not been fully …

Land degradation caused by wind erosion seriously threatens the supply of ecosystem
services on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP). Assessing wind erosion variations is critical to …

Biological nitrogen fixation, conducted by soil diazotrophs, is the primary nitrogen source for
natural grasslands. However, the diazotrophs in grassland soils are still far from fully …

Over half of the alpine meadows in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP) are degraded due to
human activities. Soil degradation from overgrazing is the most direct cause of grassland …

The mountain cryosphere provides fresh water and other ecosystem services to half of
humanity. The loss of the mountain cryosphere due to global warming is already evident in …