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  • Shifts in phenology can significantly impact organism fitness, ecosystem function, and the provision of ecosystem goods and services. Through a global meta-analysis, this study shows how shifts in the timing of leaf-out and first flowering due to warming and precipitation changes depend on plant functional group and climate region.

    • Jianping Sun
    • Wangwang Lv
    • Shilong Piao
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Communications
    P: 1-13

  • Scientists share memories of doing doctorates in different decades, disciplines and locations, from the hunt for the structure of DNA to deciphering the human genome.

    • Raymond Gosling
    • Cheryll Tickle
    • Erika Cule
    Comments & Opinion
    Nature
    Volume: 472, P: 283-286

  • The study presents an updated global inventory of glacial lake outburst floods, revealing a sharp rise in event frequency since the 1980s and a strong delayed link to climate warming, highlighting growing risks to downstream communities.

    • Taigang Zhang
    • Weicai Wang
    • Tandong Yao
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Communications
    Volume: 16, P: 1-10

  • Tracking moisture, snow and meltwater across the ‘third pole’ will help communities to plan for climate change, argue Jing Gao and colleagues.

    • Jing Gao
    • Tandong Yao
    • Weicai Wang
    Comments & Opinion
    Nature
    Volume: 565, P: 19-21

  • Over the past 50 years, westerlies-dominated rivers on the Third Pole have seen significant increases in mountain-outlet runoff, while monsoon-dominated rivers have seen insignificant declines, requiring proactive adaptations for regional water security, according to observation-based analysis of regional assessment of mountain runoff changes.

    • Lei Wang
    • Xiuping Li
    • Tao Wang
    ResearchOpen Access
    Communications Earth & Environment
    Volume: 6, P: 1-11

  • Glacial melting in the Tibetan Plateau affects the water resources of millions of people. This study finds that—partly owing to changes in atmospheric circulations and precipitation patterns—the most intensive glacier shrinkage is in the Himalayan region, whereas glacial retreat in the Pamir Plateau region is less apparent.

    • Tandong Yao
    • Lonnie Thompson
    • Daniel Joswiak
    Research
    Nature Climate Change
    Volume: 2, P: 663-667

  • Accounting for subaqueous melting from lake-terminating glaciers increases estimated glacier mass loss across the Himalaya by 7% over the past 20 years, according to analysis of satellite observations and bathymetric measurements.

    • Guoqing Zhang
    • Tobias Bolch
    • Weicai Wang
    Research
    Nature Geoscience
    Volume: 16, P: 333-338

  • Impacts of Tibetan Plateau darkening remain unclear. Here authors show that darkening under the RCP8.5 scenario will increase South Asian monsoon precipitation and the “South Flood-North Drought” pattern over East Asia, while lead to local glacier loss.

    • Shuchang Tang
    • Anouk Vlug
    • Tandong Yao
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Communications
    Volume: 14, P: 1-10

  • Multi-platform satellite observations document six decades of glacier mass balance variability across High Mountain Asia (HMA). Heterogeneous rates of ice loss reflect regional climatic differences, but ice loss is now pervasive across HMA even in regions formerly exhibiting slight mass gains.

    • Atanu Bhattacharya
    • Tobias Bolch
    • Tandong Yao
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Communications
    Volume: 12, P: 1-13

  • High-mountain Asia streamflow is strongly impacted by snow and glacier melt. A regional model, combined with observations and climate projections, shows snowmelt decreased during 1979–2019 and was more dominant than glacier melt, and projections suggest declines that vary by river basin.

    • Philip D. A. Kraaijenbrink
    • Emmy E. Stigter
    • Walter W. Immerzeel
    Research
    Nature Climate Change
    Volume: 11, P: 591-597

  • Tibetan Plateau runoff projections are uncertain due to precipitation change uncertainty in climate models. Historical precipitation–circulation relationships constrain future wet-season precipitation and runoff change, suggesting worsening water scarcity for the Indus and Ganges river basins.

    • Tao Wang
    • Yutong Zhao
    • Tandong Yao
    Research
    Nature Climate Change
    Volume: 11, P: 219-225

  • Water quality of the Asian Water Tower is far less studied than water quantity, but expected increases in upstream riverine chemical fluxes and lowland pollutant release could exacerbate water quality deterioration downstream. Data sharing, integrated modelling, and joint actions are needed to mitigate this problem.

    • Fan Zhang
    • Chen Zeng
    • Tandong Yao
    Comments & Opinion
    Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
    Volume: 3, P: 611-612

  • Third Pole Environment programme was established to characterize Earth System interactions over the broader Tibetan Plateau region. Despite past successes, more insight and actionable knowledge are needed, particularly regarding the Asian Water Tower’s imbalance and associated ecosystem feedbacks and geohazards, and the teleconnections between the Third Pole and other regions.

    • Tandong Yao
    • Lonnie Thompson
    • Shilong Piao
    Comments & Opinion
    Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
    Volume: 3, P: 608-610

  • Atmospheric warming has imbalanced the Hindu Kush–Karakoram–Himalayan system (the Asian water tower (AWT)). Yao et al. review observed changes in atmospheric water and freshwater AWT constituents, focusing on their future consequences for freshwater resources and vulnerable societies across downstream basins.

    • Tandong Yao
    • Tobias Bolch
    • Ping Zhao
    Reviews
    Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
    Volume: 3, P: 618-632