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Climate change and sediment flux from the roof of the world

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Potential rises in global temperature are likely to have major impacts on high altitude environments, including glacier recession and permafrost degradation. In turn, these could have far-reaching impacts on riverine sediment fl ux. Such impacts are emerging in the Himalayas and Tibet Plateau region, one of the worlds largest and most environmentally-sensitive cold regions. Closer monitoring is urgently required to track changing trends of sediment load from the interactions of glacial recession treat, rainfall changes and human interventions, and to study the implications of such changes for the large Asian river systems of the region.

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https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.1924
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    Publication year

    2010

    Authors

    X Xlu; Shurong Z; Xu, J.

    Language

    English

    Keywords

    climate change, sediment, sediment deposition, snow

    Geographic

    Philippines

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