Growth in fundamental drivers—energy use, economic productivity and population—can
provide quantitative indications of the proposed boundary between the Holocene Epoch and …

ABSTRACT The Tibetan Plateau and its surroundings are known as the Third Pole (TP).
This region is noted for its high rates of glacier melt and the associated hydrological shifts …

Mountain lakes are often situated in protected natural areas, a feature that leads to their role
as sentinels of global environmental change. Despite variations in latitude, mountain lakes …

Mountains are an essential component of the global life-support system. They are
characterized by a rugged, heterogenous landscape with rapidly changing environmental …

Climate change brings about significant changes in the physical environment in the Arctic.
Increasing temperatures, sea ice retreat, slum** permafrost, changing sea ice regimes …

Sediments are sources and sinks of contaminants and play an important role in mediating
pollutants across environmental compartments of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. In …

Although the fate of PAHs in the three polar regions (Antarctic, Arctic, and Tibetan Plateau)
has been investigated, the occurrence and contamination profiles of PAH derivatives such …

Little is known about the sources and environmental behavior of organophosphate esters
(OPEs) in the Arctic, especially their transformation products. The present study …

In recent years, the climate change impact on the concentrations of persistent organic
pollutants (POPs) has become a topic of notable concern. Changes in environmental …

This review provides a detailed synthesis of the effects of glacier retreat and permafrost thaw
on stream ecosystems in the European Alps. As a working framework, we present a …