Contrasting Fate of Western Third Pole's Water Resources Under 21st Century Climate Change

• Published in: Earth's future Vol. 10; no. 9
• Main Authors: Su, Fengge, Pritchard, Hamish D., Yao, Tandong, Huang, Jingheng, Ou, Tinghai, Meng, Fanchong, Sun, He, Li, Ying, Xu, Baiqing, Zhu, Meilin, Chen, Deliang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bognor Regis John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.09.2022
• Subjects: 21st century; basin flow regime; Basins; Climate change; Climate models; Climatic data; Discharge; Drought; Earth and Related Environmental Sciences; Flood discharge; Geovetenskap och relaterad miljövetenskap; Glacial runoff; Glacier hydrology; Glacier ice; Glacier melting; Glaciers; Glaciohydrology; Global climate; Global climate models; Hydrologic models; hydrological projection; Hydrology; Meltwater; Peak floods; Precipitation; Rainfall; Rainfall runoff; Rainfall-runoff relationships; Regions; River flow; Rivers; Runoff; Snow; Snow accumulation; snow and glacier melt; Statistical analysis; Summer; Transboundary waters; Water availability; Water resources; Water supply; western high mountain Asia; Winter snow; Aral Sea

Seasonal melting of glaciers and snow from the western Third Pole (TP) plays important role in sustaining water supplies downstream. However, the future water availability of the region, and even today's runoff regime, are both hotly debated and inadequately quantified. Here, we characterize th...