Black soot and the survival of Tibetan glaciers

Baiqing Xu; Junji Cao; James Hansen; Tandong Yao; Daniel R. Joswia; Ninglian Wang; Guangjian Wu; Mo Wang; Huabiao Zhao; Wei Yang; Xianqin Liu; Jianqiao He

doi:10.1073/pnas.0910444106

Black soot and the survival of Tibetan glaciers

Baiqing Xu
, Junji Cao
, James Hansen
, Tandong Yao
, Daniel R. Joswia
, Ninglian Wang
, Guangjian Wu
, Mo Wang
, Huabiao Zhao
, Wei Yang
, Xianqin Liu
, Jianqiao He

School of Human Settlements and Civil Engineering

Chinese Academy of Sciences
CAS - Institute of Earth Environment
NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies
CAS - Institute of Atmospheric Physics

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Abstract

We find evidence that black soot aerosols deposited on Tibetan glaciers have been a significant contributing factor to observed rapid glacier retreat. Reduced black soot emissions, in addition to reduced greenhouse gases, may be required to avoid demise of Himalayan glaciers and retain the benefits of glaciers for seasonal fresh water supplies.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	22114-22118
Number of pages	5
Journal	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Volume	106
Issue number	52
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0910444106
State	Published - 19 Dec 2009

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SDG 13 Climate Action

Keywords

Aerosols
Climate change
Fresh water
Glacier retreat
Tibetan plateau

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