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DOI	10.3390/app12031406
	Opportunities and Challenges Arising from Rapid Cryospheric Changes in the Southern Altai Mountains, China
	Zhang, Wei; Shen, Yongping; Chen, An'an; Wu, Xuejiao
通讯作者	Zhang, W (corresponding author)，Chinese Acad Sci, Northwest Inst Ecoenvironm & Resources, State Key Lab Cryospher Sci, Koktokay Snow Stn, Lanzhou 730000, Peoples R China.
来源期刊	APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
EISSN	2076-3417
出版年	2022
卷号	12 期号:3
英文摘要	Optimizing the functions and services provided by the mountain cryosphere will maximize its benefits and minimize the negative impacts experienced by the populations that live and work in the cryosphere-fed regions. The high sensitivity of the mountain cryosphere to climate change highlights the importance of evaluating cryospheric changes and any cascading effects if we are to achieve regional sustainable development goals (SDGs). The southern Altai Mountains (SAM), which are located in the arid to semi-arid region of central Asia, are vulnerable to ecological and environmental changes as well as to developing economic activities in northern Xinjiang, China. Furthermore, cryospheric melting in the SAM serves as a major water resource for northeastern Kazakhstan. Here, we systematically investigate historical cryospheric changes and possible trends in the SAM and also discover the opportunities and challenges on regional water resources management arising from these changes. The warming climate and increased solid precipitation have led to inconsistent trends in the mountain cryosphere. For example, mountain glaciers, seasonally frozen ground (SFG), and river ice have followed significant shrinkage trends as evidenced by the accelerated glacier melt, shallowed freezing depth of SFG, and thinned river ice with shorter durations, respectively. In contrast, snow accumulation has increased during the cold season, but the duration of snow cover has remained stable because of the earlier onset of spring melting. The consequently earlier melt has changed the timing of surface runoff and water availability. Greater interannual fluctuations in snow cover have led to more frequent transitions between snow cover hazards (snowstorm and snowmelt flooding) and snow droughts, which pose challenges to hydropower, agriculture, aquatic life, the tail-end lake environment, fisheries, and transboundary water resource management. Increasing the reservoir capacity to regulate interannual water availability and decrease the risk associated with hydrological hazards related to extreme snowmelt may be an important supplement to the regulation and supply of cryospheric functions in a warmer climate.
英文关键词	cryospheric changes water resource management cryospheric hazards sustainable development southern Altai Mountains
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	gold
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000755978900001
WOS关键词	CLIMATE-CHANGE ; RIVER-BASIN ; SPATIOTEMPORAL VARIABILITY ; TIBETAN PLATEAU ; SNOW COVER ; NORTH-WEST ; FLOOD RISK ; FUTURE ; IMPACTS ; GLACIERS
WOS类目	Chemistry, Multidisciplinary ; Engineering, Multidisciplinary ; Materials Science, Multidisciplinary ; Physics, Applied
WOS研究方向	Chemistry ; Engineering ; Materials Science ; Physics
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/376444
作者单位	[Zhang, Wei; Shen, Yongping; Wu, Xuejiao] Chinese Acad Sci, Northwest Inst Ecoenvironm & Resources, State Key Lab Cryospher Sci, Koktokay Snow Stn, Lanzhou 730000, Peoples R China; [Chen, An'an] Northwest Univ, Coll Urban & Environm Sci, Xian 710127, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Zhang, Wei,Shen, Yongping,Chen, An'an,et al. Opportunities and Challenges Arising from Rapid Cryospheric Changes in the Southern Altai Mountains, China[J],2022,12(3).
APA	Zhang, Wei,Shen, Yongping,Chen, An'an,&Wu, Xuejiao.(2022).Opportunities and Challenges Arising from Rapid Cryospheric Changes in the Southern Altai Mountains, China.APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL,12(3).
MLA	Zhang, Wei,et al."Opportunities and Challenges Arising from Rapid Cryospheric Changes in the Southern Altai Mountains, China".APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL 12.3(2022).