Abstract The Hindu Kush–Karakoram–Himalayan system, named the Third Pole because it
is the largest global store of frozen water after the polar regions, provides a reliable water …

The wide distribution of natural lakes over the Tibetan Plateau, the highest and largest
plateau on Earth, have received extensive attention due to global warming. In this Review …

Terrestrial water storage (TWS) over the Tibetan Plateau, a major global water tower, is
crucial in determining water transport and availability to a large downstream Asian …

Lakes are sensitive indicators of anthropogenic climate change and also respond to direct
human activities. Yet, long-term lake inventories and quantitative evaluation of the factors …

Abstract Permafrost on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau (QTP) has undergone degradation as a
result of recent climate change. This may alter the thermo‐hydrological processes and …

Abstract Lakes on the Tibetan Plateau (TP) are an indicator and sentinel of climatic changes
[1]. We extended lake area changes on the TP from 2010 [2] to 2018, and provided a long …

The cryosphere is defined by the presence of frozen water in its many forms: glaciers, ice
caps, ice sheets, snow, permafrost, and river and lake ice. In the extended Hindu Kush …

Air temperature increases thermally degrade permafrost, which has widespread impacts on
engineering design, resource development, and environmental protection in cold regions …

Abstract The Tibetan Plateau (TP), the highest and largest plateau in the world, with complex
and competing cryospheric‐hydrologic‐geodynamic processes, is particularly sensitive to …

Abstract The Inner Tibetan Plateau (ITP; also called the Qiangtang Plateau) appears to have
experienced an overall wetting in summer (June, July, and August) since the mid-1990s …