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Climate Change Over the Tibetan Plateau and Surroundings on Decadal to Sub-Orbital Timescales and Its Driving Mechanisms

A special issue of Atmosphere (ISSN 2073-4433). This special issue belongs to the section "Climatology".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 September 2025 | Viewed by 1463

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Junhuai Yang

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College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
Interests: aeolian deposits; climate change; paleoclimate reconstruction; Holocene; luminescence dating; environmental magnetism; grain size analysis; geochemistry; Indian summer monsoon; middle-latitude westerlies
Prof. Dr. Fuyuan Gao

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School of Environment and Urban Construction, Lanzhou City University, Lanzhou 730000, China
Interests: holocene; paleoclimate change; moisture; dust activity; arid Central Asia; Chinese Loess Plateau; atmospheric circulation; human activity

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The Tibetan Plateau (TP) is regarded as the “Third Pole of the Earth” and “Asian Water Tower”, and it has an important role in global climate change and human activities, as well as the safety of the living environment. The TP’s surface system and barrier function, as well as its natural landscapes like glaciers, lakes, and vegetation, have all undergone significant changes over the past 50 years under the influence of global climate warming, which has created challenges for the human living environment and regional sustainable development in the TP and its surrounding regions. Therefore, there is an urgent need to investigate climate change and its driving mechanisms in this high-altitude region, along with their effects on the global environment. The extensive aeolian sediments, lakes, peat, ice cores, and stalagmites found throughout the TP provide valuable geological records for reconstructing climatic evolution over various timescales, which is helpful for understanding these issues.

This Special Issue aims to compile research on climate changes across various timescales and their driving mechanisms, utilizing a range of sedimentary records (as previously outlined) and proxies, such as physicochemical and environmental magnetic data, from the TP and its surrounding regions, including the Chinese Loess Plateau and arid Central Asia. We are particularly interested in studies that explore dust activity, precipitation/moisture evolution, and temperature change, and we also encourage contributions focused on contemporary processes. These insights will significantly enhance our understanding of both current and future environmental conditions in this crucial region.

We invite submissions of original research and review papers on a range of topics, including but not limited to the following:

  • Climate changes across Holocene, millennial, centennial, and interannual timescales;
  • Evolution of westerlies and the Asian monsoon and their regional impacts;
  • Dust release, transport, deposition, evolution, and their effects;
  • Reconstruction of paleotemperature histories;
  • Numerical simulations of climate change driven by external and internal factors;
  • Sediment dating techniques, including OSL and AMS 14C methods.

We look forward to receiving manuscripts that address these topics.

Dr. Junhuai Yang
Prof. Dr. Fuyuan Gao
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • holocene
  • paleoclimate changes
  • dust activity
  • precipitation change
  • atmospheric circulation
  • temperature reconstruction
  • modern processes
  • tibetan plateau
  • Chinese Loess Plateau
  • arid Central Asia

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An Innovative Green Dust Suppressant for Dry Climate Mining Areas in a Copper–Nickel Mine: Integration of Moisture Retention and Erosion Resistance
by Zijun Li, Zhe Zhou, Yu Xu and Yin Chen
Atmosphere 2025, 16(4), 395; https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos16040395 - 29 Mar 2025
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Mine ramps, serving as a critical transportation hub in underground mining activities, are beset by severe issues of dust pollution and secondary dust generation. While dust suppressants are more efficient than the commonly used sprinkling methods in mines, traditional single-function dust suppressants are [...] Read more.
Mine ramps, serving as a critical transportation hub in underground mining activities, are beset by severe issues of dust pollution and secondary dust generation. While dust suppressants are more efficient than the commonly used sprinkling methods in mines, traditional single-function dust suppressants are inadequate for the complex application environment of mine ramps. Building on the development of conventional single-function dust suppressants, this research optimized the components of bonding, wetting, and moisturizing agents. Through single-factor optimization experiments, a comparison was made of the surface tension water retention property and viscosity of diverse materials, thus enabling the identification of the primary components of the dust suppressant. By means of synergistic antagonism experiments, the optimal combination of the wetting agent and bonding agent with excellent synergy was ascertained. Ultimately, the wind erosion resistance and rolling resistance were measured through three-factor orthogonal experiments, and the optimal ratio of the dust suppressant was established. Specifically, fenugreek gum (FG) was selected as the bonding agent, cane sugar (CS) as the moisturizing agent, and alkyl phenol polyoxyethylene ether (Op-10) as the wetting agent. The research findings demonstrate that the optimal ratio of dust suppressant is 0.3 wt% fenugreek gum (FG) + 0.06 wt% alkyl phenol polyoxyethylene ether (Op-10) + 3 wt% cane sugar (CS). Under these conditions, the dust fixation rate can reach up to 97~98% at a wind speed of 8 m/s. The maximum rolling resistance can reach 65~73% after grinding the samples for 1 min. The surface tension of the solution is 13.74 mN/m, and the wetting performance improved by 81% compared to pure water. This dust suppressant is of great significance for improving the working environment of workers and ensuring the sustainable development of the mining industry. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Climate Change Over the Tibetan Plateau and Surroundings on Decadal to Sub-Orbital Timescales and Its Driving Mechanisms)
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Border Wars and Climate Change: The Impact on the Evolution of the External Defense System of the Hexi Corridor in the Past 2000 Years
by Xinmin Wang and Bo Tan
Atmosphere 2025, 16(3), 335; https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos16030335 - 16 Mar 2025
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This study establishes a dataset of ancient military defense system sites in the Hexi Corridor area from the Han Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty to analyze the temporal changes and spatial distribution characteristics of the military defense system in different periods. In addition, [...] Read more.
This study establishes a dataset of ancient military defense system sites in the Hexi Corridor area from the Han Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty to analyze the temporal changes and spatial distribution characteristics of the military defense system in different periods. In addition, it compares the climate characteristics of the Hexi Corridor area though the past 2000 years. It also discusses the possible relationship between the construction of the Hexi military defense system and climate change. We found that the Han and Ming Dynasties were the main periods for constructing the regional military defense system. Furthermore, the Wei, Tsin, and Southern and Northern Dynasties expanded the scale based on the previous period. As a result, the spatial distribution was highly concentrated. During this time, multiple cold–dry and warm–humid periods occurred in the region. Moreover, significant climate change coincided with the heyday of building military facilities and the period of frequent warfare. Environmental factors have an impact on the spatial distribution of military sites. Therefore, the northern border war was the direct cause of the construction of the military defense system. However, the transformation of the environment caused by climate change was the fundamental driving force for this process, evolving across different eras. Full article
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Climate Change Mitigation Through Forest Quality Enhancement and Socio-Ecological Symbiosis: Evidence from China
by Yuwen Zhang, Xiaolan Wu and Shengyuan Wang
Atmosphere 2025, 16(3), 311; https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos16030311 - 9 Mar 2025
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This paper, based on an analysis of the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) for forest quality and carbon emissions in economic systems, explores effective pathways for carbon emission reduction through the symbiosis between forest quality and economic growth. The findings suggest that, without considering [...] Read more.
This paper, based on an analysis of the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) for forest quality and carbon emissions in economic systems, explores effective pathways for carbon emission reduction through the symbiosis between forest quality and economic growth. The findings suggest that, without considering forest quality, the overall EKC for China presents an inverted U shape. However, when forest quality is integrated into the model, the overall EKC demonstrates an upward trend, indicating a positive impact on reducing carbon emissions. Geographically, the EKCs in the northwest, northeast, and central-southern regions display an inverted U shape, while those in the north and southwest show a U shape, and the eastern regions exhibit an approximately linear upward curve, reflecting regional disparities in carbon emission trends and environmental management. The synergy between forest quality and economic development significantly contributes to climate change mitigation, with enhancing the carbon emission suppression coefficient of both forest quality and economic systems being the most effective pathway for carbon reduction. The main contribution of this paper lies in the evaluation for forest quality based on entropy weights, and the application of a symbiotic model to analyze the EKC of carbon emissions in relation to forest quality and climate resilience. Full article
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