With a pace of about twice the observed rate of global warming, the temperature on the
Qinghai‐Tibetan Plateau (Earth's 'third pole') has increased by 0.2° C per decade over the …

The natural environment provides material essentials for human survival and development.
The characteristics, processes, regional differentiation and forcing mechanisms of the …

Historically, the climate of the HKH has experienced significant changes that are closely
related to the rise and fall of regional cultures and civilizations. Studies show well …

Asian summer monsoon (ASM) variability and its long-term ecological and societal impacts
extending back to Neolithic times are poorly understood due to a lack of high-resolution …

Warming trends and increasing temperature extremes have been observed across most of
the Asian region over the past century (high confidence).{24.3} Increasing numbers of warm …

An annually resolved and absolutely dated ring-width chronology spanning 4,500 y has
been constructed using subfossil, archaeological, and living-tree juniper samples from the …

Although many studies have associated the demise of complex societies with deteriorating
climate, few have investigated the connection between an ameliorating environment …

In this paper, we analyzed the long-term changes in temperature and precipitation in the
Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) region based on climate datasets LSAT-V1. 1 and CGP1. 0 …

Birch (Betula) trees and forests are found across much of the temperate and boreal zones of
the Northern Hemisphere. Yet, despite being an ecologically significant genus, it is not well …

Tree mortality is a key driver of forest dynamics and its occurrence is projected to increase in
the future due to climate change. Despite recent advances in our understanding of the …