The impacts of climate change and human activities on biogeochemical cycles on the <scp>Q</scp>inghai‐<scp>T</scp>ibetan <scp>P</scp>lateau

Chen, Huai; Zhu, Qiuan; Peng, Changhui; Wu, Ning; Wang, Yanfen; Fang, Xiuqing; Gao, Yongheng; Zhu, Dan; Yang, Gang; Tian, Jianqing; Kang, Xiaoming; Piao, Shilong; Ouyang, Hua; Xiang, Wenhua; Luo, Zhibin; Jiang, Hong; Song, Xingzhang; Zhang, Yao; Yu, Guirui; Zhao, Xinquan; Gong, Peng; Yao, Tandong; Wu, Jianghua

doi:10.1111/gcb.12277

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The impacts of climate change and human activities on biogeochemical cycles on the Qinghai‐Tibetan Plateau

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Authors:

Huai Chen

Qiuan Zhu

Changhui Peng

Abstract

Abstract With a pace of about twice the observed rate of global warming, the temperature on the Qinghai‐Tibetan Plateau (Earth's ‘third pole’) has increased by 0.2 °C per decade over the past 50 years, which results in significant permafrost thawing and glacier retreat. Our review suggested that war...

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