A5021278698- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
- Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
- Tree-ring climate responses
- Geological formations and processes
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology
- Climate variability and models
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
- Aeolian processes and effects
- Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
- Cryospheric studies and observations
- Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies
- Landslides and related hazards
- Remote Sensing and Land Use
- Marine and environmental studies
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
- Climate change and permafrost
- Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Plant Ecology and Soil Science
- Geological and Geochemical Analysis
- earthquake and tectonic studies
- Environmental Changes in China
- Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research
2013-2025
Chinese Academy of Sciences
2016-2025
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
2007-2025
Shanghai University
2025
Lanzhou University
2015-2024
Center for Excellence in Tibetan Plateau Earth Sciences
2016-2024
State Administration of Cultural Heritage
2024
ExxonMobil (Germany)
2024
Hohai University
2023
Nantong University
2023
A record from Wanxiang Cave, China, characterizes Asian Monsoon (AM) history over the past 1810 years. The summer monsoon correlates with solar variability, Northern Hemisphere and Chinese temperature, Alpine glacial retreat, cultural changes. It was generally strong during Europe's Medieval Warm Period weak Little Ice Age, as well final decades of Tang, Yuan, Ming Dynasties, all times that were characterized by popular unrest. first several Song Dynasty, a period increased rice cultivation...
Abstract The Third Pole (TP) is experiencing rapid warming and currently in its warmest period the past 2,000 years. This paper reviews latest development multidisciplinary TP research associated with this warming. facilitates intense broad glacier melt over most of TP, although some glaciers northwest are advancing. By heating atmosphere reducing snow/ice albedo, aerosols also contribute to melting. Glacier accompanied by lake expansion intensification water cycle TP. Precipitation has...
Abstract The lack of a precisely-dated, unequivocal climate proxy from northern China, where precipitation variability is traditionally considered as an East Asian summer monsoon (EASM) indicator, impedes our understanding the behaviour and dynamics EASM. Here we present well-dated, pollen-based, ~20-yr-resolution quantitative reconstruction (derived using transfer function) alpine lake in North which provides for first time direct record EASM evolution since 14.7 ka (ka = thousands years...
Abstract Drylands are home to more than 38% of the world's population and one most sensitive areas climate change human activities. This review describes recent progress in dryland research. Recent findings indicate that long‐term trend aridity index (AI) is mainly attributable increased greenhouse gas emissions, while anthropogenic aerosols exert small effects but alter its attributions. Atmosphere‐land interactions determine intensity regional response. The largest warming during last 100...
Colonizing the roof of world Humans only settled permanently on Tibetan plateau about 3600 years ago. Chen et al. examined archaeological crop remains unearthed in northeastern Tibet, which elucidate timing agricultural settlement. Although much earlier traces humans Tibet have been dated to 20,000 ago, year-round presence at highest altitudes appears impossible until advent suitable crops, such as barley. Surprisingly, these prehistoric farming communities expanded onto same time climate...
Stable isotope biochemistry (δ 13 C and δ 15 N) radiocarbon dating of ancient human animal bone document 2 distinct phases plant domestication at the Dadiwan site in northwest China. The first was brief nonintensive: various times between 7900 7200 calendar years before present (calBP) people harvested stored enough broomcorn millet ( Panicum miliaceum ) to provision themselves their hunting dogs Canis sp.) throughout year. second, much more intensive phase place by 5900 calBP: during this...
This study summarizes the Assessment Report on Environmental Changes over Tibetan Plateau.In that report, a set of indicators under six categories-climate, bodies water, ecosystem, land surface environment, effect human activities, and hazard risk-is used to depict past changes, present status, future scenarios Plateau environment.Similar other assessments, exercise deals with evaluating existing scientific evidence (typically published in peer-reviewed journals) concerning policy and/or...
Kondo insulators (KIs) are strongly correlated materials in which the interactions between 4f and conduction electrons lead to a hybridization gap opening at low temperature 1-2. SmB6 is typical KI, but its resistivity does not diverge temperatures, was attributed some in-gap states 3-10. However after several decades of research, nature origin remain unclear. Recent band calculation transport measurements suggest that could actually be ascribed topological surface states. thus might first...
ABSTRACT We present a pollen‐based precipitation reconstruction and multi‐proxy records from 485‐cm‐long sequence sediment core Xingyun Lake, Yunnan Plateau, south‐west China, which depicts the evolution of Indian Summer Monsoon (ISM) during last 8500 years. Pollen other palaeoenvironmental document several stages vegetation history climate change. The warmest wettest in Lake catchment occurred before 5500 cal BP, subsequently became gradually drier. After 2000 BP regional environmental...
A timeline of cave dwellers in sediment Two archaic lineages overlapped with modern humans outside Africa: the well-studied Neanderthals and their more mysterious cousins, Denisovans. Denisovan remains are rare, being limited to Cave Siberia a putative, undated jaw from Tibet. However, there is evidence for multiple introgressions Denisovans into modern-day humans, especially Australasian populations. By examining Baishiya Karst located on high plateau Tibet, Zhang et al. identified ancient...