Pub Date : 2024-11-05DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2024.104625
Xiaoru Liang , Jianwu Yan , Wei Liang , Boyan Li , Xiaohong Liu , Fulai Feng , Jia Wei
In the context of climate change, the functionality of ecosystems is primarily influenced by the availability of water and energy supply. However, there is limited research that comprehensively uses energy indicators to explore how climate change affects the water and energy limiting states of ecosystems. Here we evaluated the historical and future water and energy limitations using the Ecosystem Limitation Index (ELI) derived from evapotranspiration (ET), soil moisture (SM), net radiation (Rn), and air temperature (Ta), and conducted an in-depth analysis of the dominant factors. The results indicate that: (1) The degree of water limitation deepened initially and then weakened. Over 68 % of the region became drier initially, while over 83 % became wetter later. (2) In terms of area, soil moisture emerged as a critical factor influencing the variations in water and energy constraints within the Loess Plateau. Further research revealed the range of critical soil moisture (CSM) for the transition of water-energy limitation state is 0.286 mm3mm−3, and it varies with changes in temperature, soil texture, vegetation cover, and season. (3) Future projections suggest a transition towards heightened water limitations across the Loess Plateau. These findings underscore the efficacy of ELI in assessing and predicting dynamic ecosystem changes, offering valuable insights into the impacts of climate change on water and energy cycles within semi-arid ecosystems.
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Pub Date : 2024-11-05DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2024.104628
Wei Lou , Cheng Sun , Bin Zuo
Rapidly intensifying global land drought poses severe threats to human societies, economies, and ecosystems. While previous studies have primarily investigated long-term drought trends, the frequency and concurrence of trend turnings have been largely neglected. In this study, we address this gap by employing the Running Slope Difference (RSD)-t-test to quantify trend turning frequency in Afro-Eurasian drought severity. Based on Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI), our analysis indicates that the PDSI trend in most parts of the Afro-Eurasian continent has experienced two turnings since 1950, although, the types of trend turnings vary regionally. The concurrence of these PDSI trending turnings is further investigated. Around 1985, a dipole pattern emerged - Eastern Europe experiences a drying trend turning, accompanied by decreased P-E and intensified drought, while Sahel exhibits a wetting trend turning, with increased P-E and mitigated drought. Around 2000, a tripole pattern is observed in Eastern Eurasia: The Russian Far East and South Asia experienced a drying trend turning, with reduced P-E and intensified drought, while Northeast Asia exhibited a further wetting trend, characterized by increased P-E and mitigated drought. We further investigate the influence of large-scale circulation changes. The enhanced Northern Hemisphere warming trend before and after 1985 contributes to increased land surface high pressure and an amplified meridional temperature gradient, favoring cross-equatorial water vapor transport. This mechanism potentially drives the dipole pattern of trend turning observed around 1985. Additionally, the North Pacific Ocean Sea Surface Temperature (SST) exhibited an enhanced North Pacific Gyre Oscillation (NPGO) pattern around 2000, which induced a tripole atmospheric circulation pattern over East Asia, corresponding to the observed tripole pattern of PDSI trend turnings. The identified dipole and tripole patterns of drought trend turnings, and their potential links to large-scale atmospheric circulation changes, provide insights into the complex dynamics of land drought variability across Afro-Eurasian.
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Pub Date : 2024-11-04DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2024.104624
Peng Zhang , Liang Jiao , Ruhong Xue , Mengyuan Wei , Xuge Wang , Qian Li , Zhengdong Guo
With climate change, the frequency and intensity of wet and dry events are increasing, as is the uncertainty of their impact on tree growth. There have been studies on the effects of wet and dry conditions on tree growth, but there is a lack of comparisons of tree adaptation strategies to different types of wet and dry events in heterogeneous environments. Therefore, we explored differences in the response of tree radial growth to different types of wet and dry events using data on tree ring widths of Siberian larch (Larix sibirica) in the Altai Mountains (west) and Mongolian Plateau (east) of Central Asia. The results showed that western tree radial growth was significantly negatively correlated with precipitation and Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI), and significantly positively correlated with mean temperature. The radial growth of trees in the east was significantly and positively correlated with precipitation and SPEI, and significantly and negatively correlated with mean temperature. Trees in wet-stressed areas are less resistance to composite cold-wet events than to ordinary wet events. Trees in drought-stressed areas are less resistance to composite hot-drought events than to ordinary drought events. Trees in the wet-stressed area recovered to normal growth levels in the first year after both ordinary wet and compound cold-wet events, and trees in the drought-stressed area failed to recover after both ordinary drought and compound hot-drought events, but then experienced compensatory growth. Thus, climate warming had a positive effect on radial growth of trees in the wet-stressed areas and a negative effect on radial growth of drought-stressed trees. Forest management should be based on the different adaptation strategies of larch to climatic stresses in heterogeneous environments.
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Foreland fold-and-thrust belts (FTBs) are shaped by the coupled influence of surface processes (e.g., erosion, sedimentation) and deep geological processes (e.g., plate rheology, flexure and kinematics) across various timescales. These processes record multiple phases of orogenic evolution and are crucial for understanding the interplay between mountain building and the sedimentary basin filling. In this paper, we conducted an integrated study including magnetostratigraphy of exposed strata, detailed field investigations and interpretations of subsurface seismic profiles in the northern Kuqa Depression. This study aims to elucidate the tectonic uplift of the Tian Shan by examining salt-related structures. The present findings reveal that diapirism in the study area commenced in the early Eocene and continued at least into the late Miocene. Notably, the Tuzimaza diapir has been significantly squeezed due to regional contraction since ∼5.3 Ma. The exposed growth strata were primarily compressional, rather than halokinetic, suggesting the lateral expansion of the Tuzimaza anticline since the latest Miocene (∼5.3 Ma). This expansion was a response to the far-field effects of the Indian-Eurasian collision. We propose that the local activation of the Tian Shan likely initiated in the early Oligocene (∼34 Ma), with three subsequent episodes of deformation occurring ∼24 Ma, ∼10 Ma and ∼ 5.3 Ma. The earlier episodes can be attributed to basement uplift in the northern Kuqa Depression, whereas the later episode starting at ∼5.3 Ma reflects more intensive deformation across the entire foreland, indicative of the steady outward growth of the Tian Shan. Collectively, all these tectonic events have contributed to the formation of the modern Tian Shan.
地表过程(如侵蚀、沉积)和深部地质过程(如板块流变、挠曲和运动学)在不同时间尺度上的耦合影响塑造了前陆褶皱和推力带。这些过程记录了造山演化的多个阶段,对于理解造山运动与沉积盆地填充之间的相互作用至关重要。在本文中,我们在库卡凹陷北部进行了一项综合研究,包括出露地层的磁地层学、详细的实地调查和地下地震剖面解释。这项研究旨在通过考察与盐有关的构造来阐明天山的构造隆升。目前的研究结果表明,研究地区的断裂活动始于始新世早期,至少持续到中新世晚期。值得注意的是,自∼5.3Ma以来,图齐玛扎断裂带由于区域收缩而受到严重挤压。出露的生长地层主要是压缩性地层,而不是卤化性地层,这表明图齐马扎反斜坡自中新世晚期(5.3Ma∼)以来发生了横向扩张。这种扩张是对印度-欧亚碰撞远场效应的反应。我们认为,天山的局部活化可能始于渐新世早期(34 Ma),随后的三次变形分别发生在24 Ma、10 Ma和5.3 Ma。早期的变形可归因于库车坳陷北部的基底隆起,而始于 5.3 Ma 的后期变形则反映了整个前陆更密集的变形,表明天山在稳步向外发展。所有这些构造事件共同促成了现代天山的形成。
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Pub Date : 2024-11-03DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2024.104622
Shichen Tao , Kam-biu Liu , Hongqiang Yan , Min Meng , Kefu Yu , Qi Shi , Huiling Zhang
The El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is the most influential climatic phenomenon affecting global ecosystems, water use, and agriculture on an interannual scale. However, limited instrumental records make it difficult to fully understand the characteristics of ENSO events. In this study, we used both monthly-resolved Porites coral δ18O records, i.e., living Porites corals of δ18O–HYDL4 (1992–2015) and subfossil Porites corals of δ18O–HYD3 (1376–1500 CE), from Huangyan Island in the South China Sea (SCS), to reconstruct the moderate intensity ENSO and sea surface salinity (SSS) during 1376–1500 CE. The results show that the SSS was higher but the frequency of moderate-to-high intensity ENSO events was lower than the present during 1376–1500 CE. ENSO activity was generally similar to or slightly lower than that of today, but it included several very strong ENSO events in the first substage (1376–1450 CE), while it was relatively quiet in the second substage (1451–1500 CE). More moderate-intensity ENSO events may have occurred in the relatively warm climate. The variation in coral δ18O was dominated by multiple factors in this region. SST, ENSO and the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) may be the dominant factors influencing the changes in coral δ18O at different timescales.
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Pub Date : 2024-11-01DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2024.104619
Heping Lu , Han Luo , Jun Zhong , Sen Xu , Tingting Ma , Si-Liang Li
Chemical weathering plays an important role in modulating Earth's climate. However, chemical weathering is usually influenced by multiple factors simultaneously (e.g., climate, topography and lithology), and it is difficult to understand how these variables modulate the effect of chemical weathering on atmospheric pCO2. In this study, we collected and analyzed water chemistry and multiple isotopes (δ34SSO4, δ18OSO4 and δ18OH2O) in the Bailong River catchment to decipher how these variables influence chemical weathering and its effect on atmospheric pCO2. We used the Monte Carlo inversion model to partition the sources of major cations and , and the results reveal that carbonate weathering is the dominant source contributing cations in river. Sulfide oxidation is the most important source for and a supply-limited process that is highly dependent on slope. We thus think slope is main factor modulating the effect of chemical weathering on atmospheric pCO2. Steep slope increases sulfide oxidation rate by elevating erosion, resulting in chemical weathering acting as a CO2 source. In contrast, gentle slope could facilitate a thick regolith that contributes long-term silicate weathering and limits sulfide oxidation, resulting in chemical weathering acting as a CO2 sink. And it has been found that the influence of temperature on chemical weathering becomes progressively pronounced with increasing altitude. This study investigated sulfide weathering in eroding Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, highlighting the geomorphologically controlled CO2 effects of chemical weathering.
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Pub Date : 2024-10-29DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2024.104617
Molin Wang , Xuan Ding , Liping Zhou
Paleoceanographic studies rely heavily on an accurate stratigraphy as well as the interpretation of the oxygen isotope (δ18O) records generated from microfossils. In this study, we present new planktonic foraminiferal assemblage and stable oxygen isotope records of both planktonic and benthic foraminifera from sedimentary deposits at the IODP Site U1443 on the northern Ninety East Ridge in the equatorial eastern Indian Ocean. Five planktonic foraminiferal datums were identified, which allowed us to refine the Pleistocene biostratigraphical sequence of the site. Our benthic δ18O record was tuned to that of the LR04 stack with consideration of the planktonic foraminifera and nannofossil datums, volcanic ash, and geomagnetic reversal events. This led to a refined stratigraphic framework for 1.6 Ma at the IODP Site U1443. We focus our discussion on the paleoceanographic and paleoclimatic interpretations of the newly obtained δ18O records. The synchronous variations of the U1443 planktonic δ18O record with the obliquity fluctuations during the 1.6 Ma – 0.8 Ma point to the presence of a signal of high-latitude insolation in the surface waters of the study area. By contrast, from 0.8 Ma, the δ18O record exhibits distinct precession signal, as observed in the South China Sea, which we interpret as being influenced by regional hydroclimate dynamics, such as monsoons. This study therefore provides new data for investigating possible mechanisms that link the high and low latitudes into the early Pleistocene.
古海洋学研究在很大程度上依赖于准确的地层学以及对微小化石生成的氧同位素(δ18O)记录的解释。在本研究中,我们展示了赤道东印度洋九十东海脊北部 IODP U1443 号站点沉积物中浮游有孔虫和底栖有孔虫的新浮游有孔虫组合和稳定氧同位素记录。我们确定了五个浮游有孔虫标本,从而完善了该地点的更新世生物地层序列。考虑到浮游有孔虫和化石基准、火山灰和地磁反转事件,我们将底栖生物的δ18O记录调整为 LR04 叠层的记录。这样,IODP U1443地点的1.6 Ma地层框架就得到了完善。我们重点讨论了新获得的δ18O记录对古海洋学和古气候的解释。U1443 浮游生物 δ18O 记录与 1.6 Ma - 0.8 Ma 期间纬度波动的同步变化表明研究区表层水域存在高纬度日照信号。相比之下,从 0.8 Ma 开始,δ18O 记录显示出明显的前向信号,正如在中国南海所观察到的那样,我们将其解释为受到季风等区域水文气候动态的影响。因此,这项研究为研究将高纬度和低纬度联系到早更新世的可能机制提供了新的数据。
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Pub Date : 2024-10-28DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2024.104616
Yakun Chen , Zicheng Yu , Lei Xu , Guoping Wang , Jinxin Cong , Dongxue Han , Chuanyu Gao
Peatlands are a key carbon sink and play an important role in the global carbon cycle and climate change. Understanding the process of peatland initiation is essential to understand the carbon sink functions of peatlands. While the climate is widely recognized as the main driver that controls the peatland initiation, the importance of topography, a limiting factor that influencing local climate conditions, is still unclear. Here, we used data from 231 peatlands in Northeast China to evaluate the role of topography on peatland initiation. The results show that most peatlands that initiated during the Late Holocene was distributed at elevations <200 m (51 % of sites) and slopes <5° (44 % of sites). The optimum timing of peatland initiation is delayed with increasing elevation and slope, and the potential reasons we speculated is that the increasing elevation slows vegetation growth owing to the decrease in temperature. In addition, steeper slopes are not conducive of water retention. There was little effects of slope aspect on peatland initiation, most likely because variations in solar radiation under various slope aspects may not have a substantial impact on local environmental factors. This study demonstrates that elevation and slope are more important than slope aspect on the frequency and optimum timing of peatlands initiation in Northeast China during the Holocene.
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Pub Date : 2024-10-28DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2024.104615
Huiyun Ma , Zengwei Liu , Yinze Ran , Xiaojing Wu , Huihui Feng
A greater frequency of sea fog/low clouds may be observed in the Arctic under the effects of global warming, which strongly affects the safety of navigation in the Arctic. Using moderate-resolution imaging spectroradiometer (MODIS) infrared multiband remote sensing data, in this paper, we construct a detection algorithm for sea fog and low clouds in the daytime during the summer period in the Arctic through multiband infrared remote sensing. Physically, the algorithm relies on the spectral variation in the Arctic Sea route region with different solar zenith angles (SZAs). Specifically, for days with strong sunshine (SZA < 70°), the effect of the sea surface is removed by coupling the B7 (2.130 μm) near-infrared band reflectance (R2.130 μm) and the radiation difference (BTD3.750 μm–11.030 μm) between the B20 (3.750 μm) mid-infrared band (BT3.750 μm) and B31 (11.030 μm) thermal infrared band (BT11.030 μm). Then, the sea fog and low-cloud ratio index (SFLCRI) is constructed on the basis of two near-infrared bands, namely, the B5 (1.240 μm) water vapor absorption band and the B9 (0.936 μm) atmosphere window, to remove the middle and high clouds. Finally, the sea fog and low clouds are extracted according to the radiation threshold of BT11.030 μm. At dawn and dusk (SZA > 70°), the SFLCRI is utilized to remove the sea surface and middle and high clouds, and then the undetected middle and high clouds are removed via BT11.030 μm. The validation results reveal that the accuracy of the algorithm is high, and the probability of detection, false alarm ratio, and the critical success index of sea fog and low-cloud detection are 86 %, 13 %, and 76 %, respectively, as a whole. The algorithm accuracy was less affected by time. The research results are of great theoretical and practical importance for Arctic sea fog and low-cloud detection, and for ensuring the safety of Arctic shipping.
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Pub Date : 2024-10-24DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2024.104614
Yang Wang , Tongzheng Zhang , Harunur Rashid
Yi (2023) proposed a new deep Western Pacific ventilation hypothesis using beryllium (10Be/9Be) and 230Thex dates, magnetostratigraphy, and element-based tuning data from two box cores and one gravity core. However, given the low sedimentation rates of these cores and uncertain stratigraphy, we suggest that some interpretations require further clarifications and corrections. The low sedimentation rates cast doubt on the validity of the millennial-scale western Pacific bottom-water oxygenation variability. The lack of unsupported explanations about the newly found periodicity in the Mariana Trench and Magellan Seamounts records raises concern about the confidence of the age models. The phasing between the North Atlantic deep water and Antarctic bottom water formation and atmospheric pCO2 in the deep Western Pacific setting is unclear.
{"title":"Diverse glacial ventilation in deep Pacific: An integrated record from Mariana Trench and Magellan Seamounts over the last 1.2 Myr [Global and Planetary Change, volume 230, November 2023, 104279]: Comment","authors":"Yang Wang , Tongzheng Zhang , Harunur Rashid","doi":"10.1016/j.gloplacha.2024.104614","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.gloplacha.2024.104614","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Yi (2023) proposed a new deep Western Pacific ventilation hypothesis using beryllium (<sup>10</sup>Be/<sup>9</sup>Be) and <sup>230</sup>Th<sub>ex</sub> dates, magnetostratigraphy, and element-based tuning data from two box cores and one gravity core. However, given the low sedimentation rates of these cores and uncertain stratigraphy, we suggest that some interpretations require further clarifications and corrections. The low sedimentation rates cast doubt on the validity of the millennial-scale western Pacific bottom-water oxygenation variability. The lack of unsupported explanations about the newly found periodicity in the Mariana Trench and Magellan Seamounts records raises concern about the confidence of the age models. The phasing between the North Atlantic deep water and Antarctic bottom water formation and atmospheric <em>p</em>CO<sub>2</sub> in the deep Western Pacific setting is unclear.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55089,"journal":{"name":"Global and Planetary Change","volume":"243 ","pages":"Article 104614"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142528510","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}