Nature Communications (Nov 2022)

South Asian black carbon is threatening the water sustainability of the Asian Water Tower

  • Junhua Yang,
  • Shichang Kang,
  • Deliang Chen,
  • Lin Zhao,
  • Zhenming Ji,
  • Keqin Duan,
  • Haijun Deng,
  • Lekhendra Tripathee,
  • Wentao Du,
  • Mukesh Rai,
  • Fangping Yan,
  • Yuan Li,
  • Robert R. Gillies

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35128-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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South Asian black carbon’s pairing activities (direct and indirect effects) are driving glacial mass decline of the so-called “Water Tower of Asia” with the potential to threaten future water resources for the countries that rely upon its source.