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Session Proposal: The Third Pole Environment (TPE) under Global Changes (AGU25)

GC102
The Third Pole Environment (TPE) under Global Changes

Session ID#: 247727

Session Description:
The Tibetan Plateau and surrounding mountain regions, known as the Third Pole, cover an area of > 5 million km2 and are considered to be the water tower of Asia. The Pan Third Pole expands on both the north-south and the east-west directions, going across the Tibetan Plateau, Pamir, Hindu Kush, Iran Plateau, Caucasian and Carpathian, covering an area of about 20 million km2. Like the Arctic and Antarctica, the Pan Third Pole’s environment is extremely sensitive to global climate change. In recent years, scientists from around the globe have increased observational, remote sensing and numerical modeling research related to the Pan Third Pole in an effort to quantify and predict past, current and future scenarios. Co-sponsored by TPE (www.tpe.ac.cn), this session is dedicated to studies of Pan Third Pole atmosphere, cryosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere and their interactions with global change. Related contributions are welcomed.
Index Terms:

1616 Climate variability [GLOBAL CHANGE]
1621 Cryospheric change [GLOBAL CHANGE]
1631 Land/atmosphere interactions [GLOBAL CHANGE]
1655 Water cycles [GLOBAL CHANGE]
Primary Convener:  Shilong Piao, Peking University, Institute of Carbon Neutrality, Sino-French Institute for Earth System Science, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Beijing, China
Conveners:  Lonnie G Thompson, Ohio State University Main Campus, School of Earth Sciences, Columbus, OH, United States, Andreas Mulch, Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (SBiK-F), Frankfurt, Germany and Fan Zhang, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
 
The Chinese Glacier Inventory of Xinjiang in 2020 (CGI-XJ2020): Compilation, Features and Primary results (1845652)
Zhongqin Li, Feiteng Wang, Chunhai Xu and Yufeng Jia, NIEER/Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianshan Glaciological Station, Lanzhou, China
 
Open Data Governance and AI-Powered Digital Twins: Accelerating Earth System Science at the National Tibetan Plateau Data Center (1878360)
Prof. Xiaoduo Pan, Xin Li, Xiaowei Nie, Min Feng and Yanlong Guo, National Tibetan Plateau Data Center (TPDC), State Key Laboratory of Tibetan Plateau Earth System, Environment and Resources (TPESER), Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
 
Tracing Sediment Sources in the Upper Koshi River Using Sr-Nd Isotopic Compositions (1885729)
Kabita Karki, Department of Mines and Geology, Kathmandu, Nepal and Fan Zhang, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
 
Spatial Distribution and Growth of Glacial Lakes in the Tien Shan Mountains: Implications for GLOF Hazards (1887656)
Dr. Dambaru Ballab Kattel, PhD, ITP Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, Mirlan Daiyrov, Central-Asian Institute for Applied Geosciences (CAIAG), Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan and Weicai Wang, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
 
Bridging the Gap: Ground-Based and Airborne Measurements of CO2 and CH4 over the Tibetan Plateau for Satellite Validation (1888724)
Yilong Wang1, Minqiang Zhou2, Minzheng Duan3, Jing Gao4 and Xiangjun Tian4, (1)ITP Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, (2)Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, (3)Laboratory for Middle Atmosphere and Global Environment Observation, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, (4)Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
 
Paleo shifts in the upper range limit of trees across the Tibetan Plateau since the Last Glacial Maximum (1888796)
Xiaoyi Wang1, Jinfeng Xu1, Xianyong Cao1, Eryuan Liang1, Lin Zhang1, Xiangjin Shen2 and Tao Wang3, (1)ITP Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, (2)Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, China, (3)Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
 
Fate of carbon flows to physically delineated carbon pools as key challenges in modelling physical soil carbon fractions (1903991)
Dan Liu, ITP Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China and Yichen Zhang, Peking University, Beijing, China
 
The Tibetan Plateau acts as a net greenhouse gas sink (1904637)
Tao Wang, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China and Xinhui Ji, The Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research (ITP), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beiji, China
 
Trade-off between growing season length and herbaceous growth on the Third Pole (1907626)
Fandong Meng, ITP Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
 
Photodegradation Rivals Microbial Decay in High-Irradiance Ecosystems (1907671)
Jinzhi Ding, ITP Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
 
Characteristics of Dissolved Organic Matter in Tibetan Glaciers and Microbial Influences (1907765)
Bixi Guo, ITP Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
 
How accurately does L band vegetation optical depth predict aboveground biomass? (1912323)
Yuan Zhang1, Philippe Ciais2, Wigneron Jean-Pierre3, Jérome Chave4, Nan Cong5, Xiaojun Li6, Yan Yang7 and Sassan Saatchi7, (1)ITP Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, (2)Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, LSCE/IPSL, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Université Paris Saclay, Gif-Sur-Yvette, France, (3)ISPA, UMR 1391, INRA Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Villenave-d'Ornon, France, (4)CNRS, Laboratoire Evolution et Diversité Biologique, Toulouse, France, (5)Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS, Beijing, China, (6)Inrae, Bordeaux, France, (7)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States
 
Environmental Isotopes and Hydrochemistry to Assess Seawater Intrusion in Groundwater Aquifers of Bhola Island, Bangladesh (1939736)
Aibin Zhao1, Ratan Kumar Majumder2, Md Moniruzzaman2 and Md Quaiyum Bhuiyan2, (1)Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, (2)Isotope Hydrology Division, Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh
 
Climate Change in the Nepal Himalayas: Current Status, challenges and opportunities (1940809)
Binod Dawadi1,2, Sunil Acharya1,3, Gopi Adhikari Mr1 and Gopi Chandra Adhikari, (1)Tribhuvan University, Central Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, Kathmandu, Nepal, (2)Kathmandu Center for Research and Education Chinese Academy of Sciences-Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal, (3)Kathmandu Center for Research and Education Chinese Academy of Sciences-Tribhuvan University,, Kathmandu, Nepal
 
Two Decades of Persistent Greening in China Despite 2023 Climate Extremes (1943855)
Shankai Wei1, Xiangyi Li2, Kai Wang3, Tao Wang4 and Shilong Piao3, (1)University College London, London, United Kingdom, (2)Peking University, Beijing, China, (3)Peking University, Institute of Carbon Neutrality, Sino-French Institute for Earth System Science, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Beijing, China, (4)Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
 
Projected Tibetan Plateau Surface Darkening Drives Amundsen Sea Cooling and Sea Ice Increase. (1943918)
Shuchang Tang1, Xichen Li2, Laurent Li3 and Shilong Piao1, (1)Peking University, Institute of Carbon Neutrality, Sino-French Institute for Earth System Science, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Beijing, China, (2)Institute of Atmospheric Physics, CAS, Beijing, China, (3)Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique, IPSL, Sorbone Université, CNRS, Paris, France
 
Spatial variations and mechanisms for the temporal stability of carbon sink in the Tibetan Plateau (1944443)
Kai Wang1, Shilong Piao2 and Yue He1, (1)Peking University, Beijing, China, (2)Peking University, Institute of Carbon Neutrality, Sino-French Institute for Earth System Science, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Beijing, China
 
Intensified Seasonal Droughts and Carryover Effects Amplify Negative Growth Anomalies in Eurasian Grasslands during the Past Four Decades (1949411)
Nazhakaiti Anniwaer, Peking University, Institute of Carbon Neutrality, Sino-French Institute for Earth System Science, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Beijing, China
 
Documenting Recent Climate Change and Reassessing the Chronology of 15 ky Ice Core Climate Records from Puruogangri Ice Field, Central Third Pole (1952643)
Lonnie G Thompson, Ohio State University Main Campus, School of Earth Sciences, Columbus, OH, United States, Tandong Yao, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, Mary E Davis, The Ohio State University, Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center, Columbus, United States, Ellen Mosley-Thompson, Ohio State University Main Campus, Department of Geography, Columbus, OH, United States and Yuntao Bao, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States
 
Diminished biophysical cooling benefits of global forestation under rising atmospheric CO2 (1955404)
Fei Kan1, Hao Xu1, Shuchang Tang1, Josep Peñuelas2, Xu Lian1, Caspar Roebroek3, Nazhakaiti Anniwaer1, Kai Wang1 and Shilong Piao1, (1)Peking University, Institute of Carbon Neutrality, Sino-French Institute for Earth System Science, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Beijing, China, (2)Centre for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications (CREAF), Cerdanyola del Valles, Spain, (3)European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra, Italy
 
Projection of Mesoscale Convective Systems over High Mountain Asia (1957518)
Wenhao Dong, Department of Earth System Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
 
Future Reductions in Snowmelt Runoff Exacerbate Water Resource Risks in the Asian Water Tower (1982088)
Zhao Yutong, Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States, Xiaoyu Yu, The Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research (ITP), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, Tao Wang, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China and Chaoyi Xu, ITP Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
 
Precipitation-driven divergence in plant-derived versus microbe-mineral stabilized soil carbon pools across the Tibetan Plateau (1988041)
Prof. Yuyang Wang, PhD, CAU China Agricultural University, Beijing, China and Jinzhi Ding, ITP Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
 
The first complete rock glacier inventory of the Tibetan Plateau (1995243)
Min Feng, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
 
Spatiotemporal Drivers of Grassland Change on the Tibetan Plateau (1997–2019) Using a Bayesian Spatiotemporal Framework (1997058)
Shobha Yadav, Texas A&M University College Station, Geography, College Station, United States, Yaqian He, Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, United States, Yichan Li, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China, Jahangir Ali, University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, Geosciences, Fayetteville, AR, United States and Chao Song, 1HEOA-West China Health & Medical Geography Group, West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, Chengdu, China