Oceanic climate changes threaten the sustainability of Asia’s water tower

Water resources sustainability in High Mountain Asia (HMA) surrounding the Tibetan Plateau (TP)—known as Asia’s water tower—has triggered widespread concerns because HMA protects millions of people against water stress 1 , 2 . However, the mechanisms behind the heterogeneous trends observed in terre...

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Published in:	Nature (London) Vol. 615; no. 7950; pp. 87 - 93
Main Authors:	Zhang, Qiang, Shen, Zexi, Pokhrel, Yadu, Farinotti, Daniel, Singh, Vijay P., Xu, Chong-Yu, Wu, Wenhuan, Wang, Gang
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London Nature Publishing Group UK 02.03.2023 Nature Publishing Group
Subjects:	704/106/242 704/106/35/823 704/106/694/2739 704/106/694/2786 704/242 Altitude Analysis of covariance Asia Atlantic Ocean Climate change Climate Change - statistics & numerical data Conservation of Water Resources Depletion Desiccation Emissions Evaporation Forecasting Freezing Glacier melting Glaciers Humanities and Social Sciences Humans Ice Cover Mountains multidisciplinary Particle dispersion Precipitation Propagation Rain Regions Satellite Imagery Satellite observation Science Science (multidisciplinary) Snow Sustainability Tibet Water resources Water storage Water stress Water Supply - statistics & numerical data Water towers Westerlies Tibet Asia Atlantic Ocean Indian Ocean Eurasia
ISSN:	0028-0836, 1476-4687, 1476-4687
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