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Earth's 'third pole' and its role in global climate
Phys Org ^ | 25/8/23 | Aaron Sider, EOS

Posted on 08/28/2023 4:28:25 PM PDT by Eleutheria5

Located at the intersection of South, Central, and East Asia, the massive Tibetan Plateau is often considered to be Earth's "third pole." A land of large glaciers, permafrost, and heavy snow, the plateau feeds a vast network of rivers, including major waterways like the Ganges, Indus, Mekong, Yangtze, and Yellow. These rivers, which together make up Asia's "water tower," provide water to nearly 40% of the world's population.

The Tibetan Plateau also plays a substantial role in the global climate system by affecting atmospheric circulation and driving weather patterns, such as the Asian summer monsoon, around the planet. And in turn, climate crucially influences the plateau. A projected warmer and wetter climate will affect the region's glaciers, snow cover, permafrost, runoff, and vegetation, affecting ecosystems locally and globally.

Jianping Huang and colleagues have reviewed the latest research investigating the Tibetan Plateau's role in and susceptibility to the changing climate. Although inquiry into the plateau's influence on climate dates to the 1880s, recent advances in observational data and numerical modeling are offering new insights.

The researchers divide their review into six thematic sections, covering observations of land-atmosphere interactions, climate system changes over the Tibetan Plateau, the plateau's effects on atmospheric species transport, thermal and dynamical forcing of the plateau, its modulation of the global climate, and potential future changes in the plateau's climate and forcings. For example, they discuss research demonstrating how the plateau drives surface pollutants into the upper troposphere during the Asian summer monsoon. They also outline how the plateau couples with the monsoon to influence global climate patterns in the summer, whereas in the winter, it drives the climate through its effects on planetary Rossby waves.

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TOPICS: History; Reference; Science; Weather
KEYWORDS: asia; climatetheology; thirdpole; tibet
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The Yettis are causing global warming./sarc
1 posted on 08/28/2023 4:28:25 PM PDT by Eleutheria5
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To: Eleutheria5

Lessee: How long until leftists start parroting “3rd pole” in climate alarmist propaganda?

I’m sure the paper was funded by the CCP.


2 posted on 08/28/2023 4:37:24 PM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To misquote Groucho: Whatever it is, they’ll exploit it.


3 posted on 08/28/2023 4:38:46 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David. Child in need of a CGM system. https://gofund.me/6452dbf1. )
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Your comment is abominable.


4 posted on 08/28/2023 4:38:49 PM PDT by Coffee... Black... No Sugar (“Salute the Marines.” - Joe )
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To: Eleutheria5

OMG...introducing another new term.....like Polar Vortex, Heat Dome. We’re not stupid....WE do not control the climate...never have...never will...


5 posted on 08/28/2023 4:39:42 PM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: Eleutheria5

Exactly


6 posted on 08/28/2023 4:41:38 PM PDT by Nifster ( I see puppy dogs in the clouds )
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To: Coffee... Black... No Sugar

He’ll say “Are you married?”


7 posted on 08/28/2023 4:52:04 PM PDT by Migraine
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To: Sacajaweau

Polar Vortex, that’s so mid 1800’s


8 posted on 08/28/2023 4:53:53 PM PDT by Cold Heart
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To: Eleutheria5

Trump is a Yeti? /lol


9 posted on 08/28/2023 4:54:14 PM PDT by piytar (Do NOT forget Ashli Babbit!)
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Speaking of poles.


10 posted on 08/28/2023 4:59:45 PM PDT by Bounced2X (Boomer - I survived childhood with no bike helmet.)
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Poles like Grzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz.


11 posted on 08/28/2023 5:02:06 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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The Tibetan Plateau also plays a substantial role in the global climate system by affecting atmospheric circulation and driving weather patterns, such as the Asian summer monsoon, around the planet.

Not nearly as much as our failure to switch to all green energy! And the lingering effects of slavery and the systemic racism in American society.

12 posted on 08/28/2023 5:05:26 PM PDT by 17th Miss Regt ( )
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All being exacerbated by Trump’s criminality, of course. He’s like the Penguin or the Joker!/sarc


13 posted on 08/28/2023 5:10:02 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David. Child in need of a CGM system. https://gofund.me/6452dbf1. )
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That would be Rodney Gitmo. The Earth’s third pole.


14 posted on 08/28/2023 5:10:09 PM PDT by devane617 (Discipline Is Reliable, Motivation Is Fleeting..)
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To: Eleutheria5

Yak farts!


15 posted on 08/28/2023 5:10:39 PM PDT by rfp1234 (E Porcibus Unum )
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A long time ago I read that women were having poles installed at home and learning pole dancing to try to make their husbands happy.
May have had a role in global warming.


16 posted on 08/28/2023 5:12:46 PM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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POLAR VORTEX: a state of thinking that is in a constant state of bizarre flux fixated on the belief that humans have control over climate and weather. much like the flea controlling the elephant.


17 posted on 08/28/2023 5:13:10 PM PDT by Qwapisking ("IF the Second goes first the First goes second" L.Star )
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To: Bounced2X

Didn’t see your post. RE my #16.


18 posted on 08/28/2023 5:13:52 PM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: Eleutheria5

later


19 posted on 08/28/2023 5:14:56 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Two Words: BANANA REPUBLIC!)
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To: Eleutheria5

In particular, the jet stream is a bistable system interacting with the Tibetan Plateau. Part of the year it flows south of the Himalayas and the rest of the year it flows north of them, which turns the monsoons of India on and off.

If the jet stream migrates north, it will become monostable, drastically changing the climate for a couple billion Indians and others living along the north coast of the Indian Ocean.


20 posted on 08/28/2023 5:15:52 PM PDT by FarCenter
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