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Amplification of Warming on the Tibetan Plateau
Advances in Climate Change Research, 2023 The accelerated warming over the Tibetan Plateau relative to global means has attracted considerable attention from the scientific community. Nevertheless, the timescale, seasonality and dominant causes of the Tibetan warming amplification have not been discussed.
Cen Zhang, Da-He Qin, Pan-Mao Zhai
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Why ‘the uplift of the Tibetan Plateau’ is a myth [PDF]
National Science Review, 2020 AbstractThe often-used phrase ‘the uplift of the Tibetan Plateau’ implies a flat-surfaced Tibet rose as a coherent entity, and that uplift was driven entirely by the collision and northward movement of India. Here, we argue that these are misconceptions derived in large part from simplistic geodynamic and climate modeling, as well as proxy ...
Spicer, Robert A +7 more
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The Tibetan Antelope Population Depends on Lakes on the Tibetan Plateau
Animals, 2023 The influence of freshwater ecosystems on terrestrial taxa in high-altitude regions with challenging access, such as the Tibetan Plateau, remains inadequately understood. This knowledge gap is particularly significant due to the fragility of these ecosystems, characterized by low primary productivity.
Li Zhang +3 more
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Ultrasound and infections on the Tibetan Plateau [PDF]
Journal of Ultrasound, 2012 The authors report on an ultrasound (US) outreach program for the nomadic people living in Yushu, a remote area of Qinghai, Tibet, People's Republic of China (PRC) about 4800 m above sea level. The program was carried out in cooperation with ROKPA INTERNATIONAL, a non-profit organization (NGO) that aims at helping the poorest peoples living in remote ...
Giordani Maria Teresa +6 more
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Attribution of the Tibetan Plateau to northern drought [PDF]
National Science Review, 2019 <p>The Tibetan Plateau (TP), which is located in Asia and has an average elevation of over 4000 m, acts as a raised source of heat and an isolated region of humidity in the atmosphere. The TP serves as a &#8220;world water tower&#8221; because it stores large amounts of water as glaciers, lakes, and rivers ...
Jianping Huang +4 more
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The mechanics of the Tibetan Plateau
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Mathematical and Physical Sciences, 1988 Abstract Continental convergence results in compressional deformation over a distance, perpendicular to strike, that is comparable to the length of the convergent boundary. The compressional forces generated by the convergence are resisted, to some extent, by the extensional deviatoric stresses arising from isostatically balanced ...
England, P, Houseman, G
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Legal Complexity on the Tibetan Plateau [PDF]
The Journal of Legal Pluralism and Unofficial Law, 2006 AbstractThe dominating nature of the legal and judicial control exercised by the Chinese government over the Tibetan pastoralists of Amdo masks a host of complex relations by which they maintain order. Rather than analysing the relations between them in terms of domination and resistance, it is suggested that there is both adaptation and resistance ...
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Cortical Thickness of Native Tibetans in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau [PDF]
American Journal of Neuroradiology, 2017 High-altitude environmental factors and genetic variants together could have exerted their effects on the human brain. The present study was designed to investigate the cerebral morphology in high-altitude native Tibetans.T1-weighted brain images were obtained from 77 Tibetan adolescents on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (altitude, 2300-5300 m) and 80 ...
W. Wei +4 more
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The Restoration Potential of the Grasslands on the Tibetan Plateau [PDF]
Remote Sensing, 2021 While the alpine grassland ecosystems on the Tibetan Plateau (TP) have generally improved in recent years, some grasslands still suffer from varying degrees of degradation. Studying the restoration potential (R) of the grasslands on the TP is crucial to the conservation and restoration of its alpine grassland ecosystems.
Wang, Ruijing +3 more
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Enhancing lake identification in Alpine periglacial environments by leveraging the global context of transformers [PDF]
The CryosphereLakes in alpine periglacial environments, as sensitive indicators of cryospheric change, are undergoing rapid expansion under global warming. Investigating their evolving distribution is essential for understanding climate impacts and assessing ...
J. Xu +11 more
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