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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Yanfen Wang, Kai Xue, Ronghai Hu, Boyang Ding, Hong Zeng, Ruijin Li, Bin Xu, Zhe Pang, Xiaoning Song, Congjia Li, Jianqing Du, Xiuchun Yang, Zelin Zhang, Yanbin Hao, Xiaoyong Cui, Ke Guo, Qingzhu Gao, Yangjian Zhang, Juntao Zhu, Jian Sun, Yaoming Li, Lili Jiang, Huakun Zhou, Caiyun Luo, Zhenhua Zhang, Qingbo Gao, Shilong Chen, Baoming Ji, Xingliang Xu, Huai Chen, Qi Li, Liang Zhao, Shixiao Xu, Yali Liu, Linyong Hu, Jianshuang Wu, Qien Yang, Shikui Dong, Jinsheng He, Xinquan Zhao, Shiping Wang, Shilong Piao, Guirui Yu, Bojie Fu
Summary: This study utilized multivariate data fusion and deep learning to analyze the structural changes in plant communities in alpine grasslands on the Tibetan Plateau. The results revealed an increase in the proportion of alpine meadows, a strengthening of dominant vegetation types, and variations in the driving factors depending on the vegetation type.
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Environmental Sciences
Xin Mao, Hong-Li Ren, Ge Liu
Summary: This study investigates the interannual variation of vegetation on the Tibetan Plateau and its relationship with local climatic factors using satellite remote sensing data. The results show two primary patterns of vegetation cover, uniform and dipole, which are influenced by different climatic factors.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Elke Zeller, Axel Timmermann, Kyung-Sook Yun, Pasquale Raia, Karl Stein, Jiaoyang Ruan
Summary: By simulating the evolution of the earth system-biome and analyzing extensive hominin fossil and archaeological data, we examine the impact of vegetation and ecosystem diversity on hominin adaptation and migration. The findings indicate that early African hominins primarily inhabited open environments such as grasslands and dry shrublands. As they migrated to Eurasia, hominins gradually adapted to a wider range of biomes. Furthermore, our ancestors actively selected spatially diverse environments, as evidenced by the correlation between the location and age of hominin sites and simulated regional biomes. In light of the quantitative results, a new diversity hypothesis is proposed, suggesting that Homo species, particularly Homo sapiens, possessed special abilities to adapt to landscape mosaics.
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Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Wenfeng Chen, Tandong Yao, Guoqing Zhang, R. Iestyn Woolway, Wei Yang, Fenglin Xu, Tao Zhou
Summary: During the extreme warming period, surface temperatures in glacial regions of the Tibetan Plateau have increased faster than non-glacial areas, and the duration and intensity of glacier surface heatwaves have significantly increased. These changes may pose potential threats to the sustainability of glacier water resources and increase the risk of glacier related hazards.
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2023)
Article
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Yi Shi, Anning Huang, Weiqiang Ma, Lijuan Wen, La Zhu, Xianyu Yang, Yang Wu, Chunlei Gu
Summary: This study investigates the long-term trend and interdecadal variation of lake surface water temperature (LSWT) in Lake Nam Co on the Tibetan Plateau. The results show that the warming rate of LNC is smaller than that of ambient air, and the contributions of various atmospheric factors to the LSWT trend are quantified.
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Huw S. Groucutt, Tom S. White, Eleanor M. L. Scerri, Eric Andrieux, Richard Clark-Wilson, Paul S. Breeze, Simon J. Armitage, Mathew Stewart, Nick Drake, Julien Louys, Gilbert J. Price, Mathieu Duval, Ash Parton, Ian Candy, W. Christopher Carleton, Ceri Shipton, Richard P. Jennings, Muhammad Zahir, James Blinkhorn, Simon Blockley, Abdulaziz Al-Omari, Abdullah M. Alsharekh, Michael D. Petraglia
Summary: The research reveals distinct biological and cultural shifts between different hominin groups in Southwest Asia, with limited records from the vast arid region. Through studying sedimentary sequences, stone tools, and vertebrate fossils in the Nefud Desert, it is discovered that there were at least five early human expansions into the Arabian interior, coinciding with periods of reduced aridity. This suggests that ancient humans were sensitive to climate change and potentially migrated during times of decreased aridity.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Hongfen Teng, Zhongkui Luo, Jinfeng Chang, Zhou Shi, Songchao Chen, Yin Zhou, Philippe Ciais, Hanqin Tian
Summary: The study found that most vegetated areas in the Tibetan Plateau are showing a greening trend, with climate change explaining only a portion of the observed greening. The combination of terrain, baseline climate, and soil properties also play a significant role in regulating this greening phenomenon, highlighting the importance of mountainous effects in response to climate change.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2021)
Article
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Hou-Liang Lu, Fang-Fang Li, Tong-Liang Gong, Yan-Hong Gao, Jian-Feng Li, Guang-Qian Wang, Jun Qiu
Summary: This study examines the temporal variability of precipitation on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and its surrounding areas over the past 40 years. The results show that precipitation variability has different spatial patterns on different time scales. Changes in light precipitation days can have ecological and disaster implications.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Geography, Physical
Zhen Li, Yongbo Wang, Ulrike Herzschuh, Xianyong Cao, Jian Ni, Yan Zhao
Summary: This paper reconstructs the composition and changes of vegetation in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP) over the past 15,000 years using pollen assemblages. The study identifies six forest biomes mainly in the southeastern plateau, which gradually expanded along the eastern margin during the early to mid-Holocene. The alpine meadow biome also expanded westward towards lower latitudes and higher altitudes during the early Holocene. The study also found migration patterns for the alpine steppe biome, which moved eastward during the late Holocene. The dominant biome, temperate steppe, was widely distributed on the QTP with minor migration patterns. The desert biome was mainly found in the northwestern plateau and the Qaidam Basin. The study highlights the importance of monsoonal precipitation in the development of alpine ecosystems and the influence of regional moisture brought by the mid-latitude Westerlies on desert vegetation. Temperature changes played a relatively minor role in alpine vegetation variations but had more significant impacts on forest biomes.
PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Chen-Peng Wang, Meng-Tian Huang, Pan-Mao Zhai
Summary: This study found that precipitation has increased in most parts of the Tibetan Plateau, resulting in relief of drought conditions and improvement of vegetation primarily due to lessened drought. However, vegetation degradation was observed in some parts of the southern Tibetan Plateau, mainly due to exacerbated drought conditions.
ADVANCES IN CLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Soo-Hyun Seok, Kyong-Hwan Seo
Summary: Recent studies show that the position of the Tibetan Plateau plays a crucial role in determining the precipitation of the East Asian summer monsoon. The strength of monsoon aspects is entirely determined by the location of the plateau, with north-south displacement affecting precipitation intensity significantly.
JOURNAL OF CLIMATE
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Eelco J. Rohling, Jimin Yu, David Heslop, Gavin L. Foster, Bradley Opdyke, Andrew P. Roberts
Summary: Sea level and deep-sea temperature variations are crucial indicators of global climate changes. Recent studies have shown distinct nonlinearity between sea level and delta(w) changes over the past 40 million years, indicating complex dynamical behavior in Earth's climate system.
Article
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Shuai Hu, Tianjun Zhou, Bo Wu
Summary: The study reveals that ENSO significantly influences summer rainfall over the southwestern Tibetan Plateau by impacting both vertical motion and moisture deficit. Additionally, the strengthening of the India-Burma monsoon trough during El Nino developing summer contributes to the deficit of rainfall in the southwestern region.
JOURNAL OF CLIMATE
(2021)
Article
Plant Sciences
Chaoyi Xu, Dan Liu, Xiaoyi Wang, Tao Wang
Summary: This study investigated the changes in the date of peak vegetation growth and its climatic controls over the alpine grasslands of the Tibetan Plateau (TP). The results showed that the date of peak vegetation growth advanced by 0.81 days decade-1 during 2001-2020, with the most significant shift occurring in the semi-humid eastern TP. The advancing peak growth in this region was mainly influenced by the timing of peak precipitation and shifted towards the timing of peak temperature. The study also highlighted the importance of water availability in vegetation growth over the TP and suggested a transition from thermal-constrained to water-constrained ecosystem under the rapid warming climate.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Chao Zhang, Xiaojing Jia, Zhiping Wen
Summary: This study found that the increased spring snow-cover extent over the western Tibetan Plateau after the 1990s has a significant impact on the mei-yu rainfall in the Yangtze River valley. The correlation between the two factors has changed over time, leading to different weather patterns and ultimately affecting the precipitation in the MRYRV.
JOURNAL OF CLIMATE
(2021)
Article
Geography, Physical
Zhilin He, Zhongshi Zhang, Zhengtang Guo, Christopher Robert Scotese, Chenglong Deng
Summary: The mechanisms of the Asian monsoon system in the late Oligocene-early Miocene are not fully understood. A reliable paleogeographic reconstruction for the early Miocene is essential for understanding past climatic change and for early Miocene climate modelling studies. This study presents a new reconstruction of global paleogeography for the early Miocene and provides updated geological data for key regions and features that control climate change.
PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Xinbo Gao, Qingzhen Hao, Chunsheng Jin, Chenglong Deng, Shuzhen Peng, Long Han, Yu Fu, Xuechao Wu
Summary: The upper sandy loess unit L9 on the Chinese Loess Plateau represents aeolian deposition under conditions of extreme aridification, but the forcing mechanism is still controversial. Paleomagnetic studies show that in the eastern CLP, the coarsest part of L9 is remagnetized and has a normal geomagnetic polarity, while in the western CLP, it records a primary reverse polarity. This spatially inconsistent magnetization pattern is mainly due to different magnetic carriers in the two regions (hematite in the west and magnetite in the east), suggesting different dust provenance. This spatial contrast is attributed to the episodic uplift of the northeastern Tibetan Plateau, which also caused extreme aridification of the East Asian interior at approximately 900 ka.
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2023)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Guangzheng Jiang, Yuntao Tian, Qingtian Lv, Mike Sandiford, Yizuo Shi, Changchun Zou, Feng Ma, Chenglong Deng, Lijuan He, Shengbiao Hu
Summary: This study investigates the inversion of past ground surface temperature changes using borehole temperature measurements. The results show that there has been a rise of approximately 2K since 0.1-0.6 thousand years before present (BP) and a rise of approximately 10K since 20 thousand years BP. The findings emphasize the importance of borehole heat-flow profiles as a record of climate changes and the need for climate correction in heat-flow determinations.
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2023)
Review
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Liang Zhao, Zhengtang Guo, Huaiyu Yuan, Xinxin Wang, Hao Shen, Jianfeng Yang, Baolu Sun, Ning Tan, Hui Zhang, Yonggang Liu, Yang Li, Jiamin Wang, Weiqiang Ji, Rixiang Zhu
Summary: Plate tectonics play a vital role in regulating atmospheric CO2 concentration over geological timescales. Current research on tectonic CO2 dynamics requires the development of models that include four modules: simulating carbon processes, calculating CO2 fluxes, reconstructing carbon cycling within tectonic scenarios, and comparing with atmospheric CO2 history data. The primary technical challenge lies in simulating the complex carbon dynamics across different scales in time and space.
SCIENCE CHINA-EARTH SCIENCES
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Zhengquan Yao, Xuefa Shi, Zhengtang Guo, Xinzhou Li, B. Nagender Nath, Christian Betzler, Hui Zhang, Sebastian Lindhorst, Pavan Miriyala
Summary: We present a 12-Myr long South Asian summer monsoon (SASM) record based on the strontium and neodymium isotopic composition of detrital components at IODP Exp. 359 Site U1467. Provenance analysis shows that dust enriched in eNd from northeastern Africa and the Arabian Peninsula was transported to the study site by monsoonal and Shamal winds during the summer monsoon season. We propose a two-step weakening of the SASM wind since approximately 12 million years ago based on the eNd record. Climate modeling results support this observation, indicating that the SASM evolution was mainly controlled by changes in the gradient between the Mascarene High and the Indian Low, caused by growth of interhemispheric ice sheets since the Middle Miocene.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Hao Shen, Liang Zhao, Zhengtang Guo, Huaiyu Yuan, Jianfeng Yang, Xinxin Wang, Zhengfu Guo, Chenglong Deng, Fuyuan Wu
Summary: Volcanic arc degassing plays a significant role in atmospheric CO2 levels and paleoclimate changes. The Neo-Tethyan decarbonation subduction is believed to have influenced Cenozoic climate changes, and this study provides further evidence by analyzing subduction scenarios and paleoclimate parameters. The findings suggest a causal link between subduction processes, carbon-rich sediments subducting, and global warming.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Liang Yi, Martin Medina-Elizalde, Liangcheng Tan, David B. Kemp, Yanzhen Li, Gunther Kletetschka, Qiang Xie, Huiqiang Yao, Huaiyu He, Chenglong Deng, James G. Ogg
Summary: We derived a record of abyssal ventilation spanning 4.7 million years and evaluated its linkage to Antarctic bottom water (AABW) formation by analyzing marine ferromanganese nodules from the eastern Pacific. Our findings showed a relative weakness in abyssal ventilation during the early Pliocene, with a persistent intensification from 3.4 million years ago. We identified seven episodes of AABW formation collapse since the late Pliocene, coinciding with key stages of Northern Hemisphere glaciation, indicating a possible link between the collapse events and global glaciation.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Xiaoguang Qin, Xin Ren, Xu Wang, Jianjun Liu, Haibin Wu, Xingguo Zeng, Yong Sun, Zhaopeng Chen, Shihao Zhang, Yizhong Zhang, Wangli Chen, Bin Liu, Dawei Liu, Lin Guo, Kangkang Li, Xiangzhao Zeng, Hai Huang, Qing Zhang, Songzheng Yu, Chunlai Li, Zhengtang Guo
Summary: Landforms on the Martian surface provide valuable insights into past surface processes, but the modern hydroclimatic conditions on Mars are still not well understood. This study reports the discovery of various surface features on salt-rich dunes in southern Utopia Planitia, suggesting the involvement of saline water from thawed frost/snow as the most likely cause. The findings shed light on the more humid conditions of the modern Martian climate and have important implications for future exploration missions searching for signs of extant life.
Article
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Chenxi Xu, S. -Y. Simon Wang, Krishna Borhara, Brendan Buckley, Ning Tan, Yaru Zhao, Wenling An, Masaki Sano, Takeshi Nakatsuka, Zhengtang Guo
Summary: This study reconstructed annual precipitation of the Asian summer monsoon (ASM) and Australian summer monsoon (AusSM) from 1588 to 2013 (1588 to 1999) to examine the relationship between ENSO and monsoon and how it has changed. The results showed that the ENSO-monsoon relationship has become stronger since 1850, indicating the influence of anthropogenic climate warming. Climate model projections further suggested that global warming can strengthen the ENSO-monsoon association and synchronize ASM and AusSM variations.
NPJ CLIMATE AND ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Geochemistry & Geophysics
Zhiqiang Yu, Haibing Wang, Chi Zhang, Liping Dong, Magdalena H. Huyskens, Zexian Cui, Paige Cary, Yankun Di, Yuri Amelin, Gang Li, Qiuli Li, Xiao-Ping Xia, Chenglong Deng, Yuanqing Wang, Huaiyu He, Qing-Zhu Yin
Summary: Establishing the temporal sequence of the Middle-Late Jurassic Yanliao Biota is crucial for understanding vertebrate evolution, but the lack of reliable and precise age data hinders progress. In this study, the authors propose a temporal sequence for the Yanliao Biota with precise age constraints, showing that the major vertebrate-bearing strata span from 164 Ma to 157 Ma in age. Incorporating this updated temporal framework into mammaliaform phylogeny reveals new insights into mammal evolution.
EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS
(2023)
Article
Geochemistry & Geophysics
Jianguo Xiong, Yuezhi Zhong, Caicai Liu, Qingri Liu, Huiping Zhang, Chenglong Deng, Youli Li
Summary: This study conducted environmental magnetic analyses on the Minle loess section and found that the magnetic susceptibilities of palaeosols in this region are mainly influenced by superparamagnetic and single-domain maghemite and/or magnetite. The section is divided into four substages, providing a complete record of Holocene climatic evolutions. The differences in climatic records across the Chinese loess are attributed to precipitation, effective humidity, and aeolian geomorphological processes.
GEOPHYSICAL JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL
(2023)
Article
Geography, Physical
Chenglong Deng, Ross N. Mitchell, Weitao Wang
Summary: Continental evolution and sedimentary basin formation in central-southern Asia, particularly in the Tibetan Plateau and its surrounding areas, have been significantly influenced by the India-Asia convergence during the late Mesozoic to Cenozoic. This special issue focuses on the tectono-sedimentary, tectono-geomorphologic, and paleoclimatic/paleoenvironmental processes during the late Cretaceous to Neogene in the Tibetan Plateau and its environs. The issue consists of ten papers that examine the significance of Continental Evolution and Sedimentary Basins of the Tibetan Plateau and its Environs since the middle Cretaceous.
GLOBAL AND PLANETARY CHANGE
(2023)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Yifei Hou, Pan Zhao, Wenxing Hao, Min Zhang, Zhenhua Jia, Huafeng Qin, Chenglong Deng, Rixiang Zhu
Summary: The Yanshanian Orogeny during the Early Cretaceous phase B involved compression and extension, and the mechanism of tectonic transition is still contentious. The Tuchengzi Formation below the angular unconformity might provide insight into this transition. Anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility and U-Pb geochronological studies on the Tuchengzi Formation reveal N-S compression in the western and middle segments and NW-SE compression in the eastern part during its deposition.
JOURNAL OF ASIAN EARTH SCIENCES
(2023)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
David A. Hodell, Simon J. Crowhurst, Lucas Lourens, Vasiliki Margari, John Nicolson, James E. Rolfe, Luke C. Skinner, Nicola C. Thomas, Polychronis C. Tzedakis, Maryline J. Mleneck-Vautravers, Eric W. Wolff
Summary: Climate during the last glacial period was characterized by abrupt and millennial-scale variations in temperature, especially in Greenland (Daansgard-Oeschger events) and Antarctica (AIM events). This study presents a continuous record of stable isotopes from planktic and benthic foraminifera at a site in the southwestern Iberian margin, providing insights into millennial climate variability (MCV) during the past 1.5 million years. The results demonstrate that MCV was a persistent feature of glacial climate, with modulation by orbital forcing and a strong correlation with North Atlantic surface temperature and deep-water circulation. Rating: 7/10
CLIMATE OF THE PAST
(2023)
