Snow cover loss compounding the future economic vulnerability of western China

• Published in: The Science of the total environment Vol. 755; no. Pt 1; p. 143025
• Main Authors: Wu, Xuejiao, Wang, Xiaoming, Liu, Shiwei, Yang, Yang, Xu, Guobao, Xu, Ying, Jiang, Tong, Xiao, Cunde
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 10.02.2021
• Subjects: basins; China; Climate warming; Cryosphere; decline; economic costs; economic valuation; environment; RCPs; Remote sensing; rivers; snow; Snow cover; snowmelt; snowpack; socioeconomic development; SSPs; China; RCPs; Climate warming; Snow cover; SSPs; Cryosphere; Remote sensing

Decline in snow mass threatens the regional economy that critically depends on meltwater. However, the economic scale of snow mass loss is hardly understood, and its role in the vulnerability of future economic development is unclear. We investigate the current reserves of snow cover and the value o...