Changes in the global cryosphere and their impacts:A review and new perspective
Liu Shiyin2; Wu Tonghua5; Wang Xin1; Wu Xiaodong5; Yao Xiaojun3; Liu Qiao4; Zhang Yong1; Wei Junfeng1; Zhu Xiaofan5
刊名Sciences in Cold and Arid Regions
2020
卷号12期号:6页码:343-354
关键词cryospheric change sea-level rise water resources climate change
ISSN号1674-3822
英文摘要As one of the five components of Earth's climatic system,the cryosphere has been undergoing rapid shrinking due to global warming.Studies on the formation,evolution,distribution and dynamics of cryospheric components and their interactions with the human system are of increasing importance to society.In recent decades,the mass loss of glaciers,including the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets,has accelerated.The extent of sea ice and snow cover has been shrinking,and permafrost has been degrading.The main sustainable development goals in cryospheric regions have been impacted.The shrinking of the cryosphere results in sea-level rise,which is currently affecting,or is soon expected to affect,17 coastal megacities and some small island countries.In East Asia,South Asia and North America,climate anomalies are closely related to the extent of Arctic sea ice and snow cover in the Northern Hemisphere.Increasing freshwater melting from the ice sheets and sea ice may be one reason for the slowdown in Atlantic meridional overturning circulation in the Arctic and Southern Oceans.The foundations of ports and infrastructure in the circum-Arctic permafrost regions suffer from the consequences of permafrost degradation.In high plateaus and mountainous regions,the cryosphere's shrinking has led to fluctuations in river runoff,caused water shortages and increased flooding risks in certain areas.These changes in cryospheric components have shown significant heterogeneity at different temporal and spatial scales.Our results suggest that the quantitative evaluation of future changes in the cryosphere still needs to be improved by enhancing existing observations and model simulations.Theoretical and methodological innovations are required to strengthen social economies' resilience to the impact of cryospheric change.
语种英语
CSCD记录号CSCD:6883205
内容类型期刊论文
源URL[http://ir.imde.ac.cn/handle/131551/55877]  
专题成都山地灾害与环境研究所_山地表生过程与生态调控重点实验室
作者单位1.湖南科技大学
2.云南大学
3.西北师范大学
4.中国科学院成都山地灾害与环境研究所
5.中国科学院
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Liu Shiyin,Wu Tonghua,Wang Xin,et al. Changes in the global cryosphere and their impacts:A review and new perspective[J]. Sciences in Cold and Arid Regions,2020,12(6):343-354.
APA Liu Shiyin.,Wu Tonghua.,Wang Xin.,Wu Xiaodong.,Yao Xiaojun.,...&Zhu Xiaofan.(2020).Changes in the global cryosphere and their impacts:A review and new perspective.Sciences in Cold and Arid Regions,12(6),343-354.
MLA Liu Shiyin,et al."Changes in the global cryosphere and their impacts:A review and new perspective".Sciences in Cold and Arid Regions 12.6(2020):343-354.
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