Overview of the design of bionic fine hierarchical structures for fog collection

D Zhan, Z Guo - Materials Horizons, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Nature always uses its special wisdom to construct elegant and suitable schemes.
Consequently, organisms in the flora and fauna are endowed with fine hierarchical …

Climate dynamics and the effect of topography on snow cover variation in the Indus-Ganges-Brahmaputra river basins

A Banerjee, S Kang, MFU Moazzam… - Atmospheric Research, 2024 - Elsevier
The river basins of the Indus-Ganges-Brahmaputra (IGB) are characterized by rapid
population growth, increased water demand, and rapid snow/ice melting, all of which …

Satellite map** of red snow on North American glaciers

CB Engstrom, LM Quarmby - Science Advances, 2023 - science.org
Red snow caused by blooms of microalgae darkens the surface of summer snowfields,
increasing snowmelt. To assess the contribution of red snow to supraglacial snowmelt in …

Glacier retreat and lake outburst floods in the central Himalayan region from 2000 to 2022

A Banerjee, S Kang, W Guo, ME Meadows, W Wang… - Natural Hazards, 2024 - Springer
Recent research on the Himalayan cryosphere has increasingly been focused on climate
uncertainty and regional variations, considering features such as glacier recession, lake …

Anthropogenic impact on the severity of compound extreme high temperature and drought/rain events in China

W Li, B Sun, H Wang, B Zhou, H Li, R Xue… - npj Climate and …, 2023 - nature.com
Compared with individual extreme events, compound events have more severe impacts on
humans and the natural environment. This study explores the change in severity of …

Reasons behind seasonal and monthly precipitation variability in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and its surrounding areas during 1979∼ 2017

HL Lu, FF Li, TL Gong, YH Gao, JF Li, J Qiu - Journal of Hydrology, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP) is a hotspot in the study of global climate change
due to its profound impact on the atmospheric water cycle in Asia and even the world …

Two different approaches for source apportionment of ambient black carbon in highly polluted environments

A Kumar, V Goel, M Faisal, U Ali, R Maity… - Atmospheric …, 2024 - Elsevier
The aethalometer model (AM) is widely used for source apportionment (SA) of black carbon
(BC) in regions with mixed BC sources despite being initially developed for a relatively …

Contributions of biomass burning in 2019 and 2020 to Arctic black carbon and its transport pathways

X Chen, S Kang, J Yang, Y Hu - Atmospheric Research, 2023 - Elsevier
The circum-Arctic region experienced serious fires in 2019 and 2020. Biomass burning is
considered a primary source of black carbon (BC) aerosols. BC contributes to Arctic …

Understanding the variability of ground-level ozone and fine particulate matter over the Tibetan plateau with data-driven approach

H Zhong, L Zhen, L Yang, C Lin, Q Yao, Y **ao… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Tibetan Plateau, known as the “Third Pole”, is susceptible to ground-level
ozone (O 3) and fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) pollution due to its unique high-altitude …

Dust dominates glacier darkening across majority of the Tibetan Plateau based on new measurements

F Yan, C Li, S Kang, Z Hu, C Zhang, C Yang… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Rapid retreat and darkening of most glaciers in the Tibetan Plateau (TP) are enhanced by
the deposition of light-absorbing particles (LAPs). Here, we provided new knowledge on the …