Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research

Need-responsive accessibility supports equitable sustainable development and reshapes migration as evolving human needs

Realizing the Sustainable Development Goals’ commitment to “leave no one behind” requires accessibility that responds to evolving human needs, yet prevailing accessibility assessments remain static and sector-specific, overlooking hierarchical need evolution and behavioral feedba...

High frequency of urban new particle formation on the Tibetan Plateau: quantifying formation rates, growth rates, and CCN production

Abstract. New particle formation (NPF) strongly influences aerosol number size distributions and cloud condensation nuclei (CCN), yet its characteristics and climatic relevance in high-altitude urban environments over the Tibetan Plateau (TP) remain poorly constrained. We conduct...

Pre-Paleocene Kohistan–Karakoram Amalgamation: Evidence from the Detrital Zircon Provenance of the Baraul Banda Formation, Pakistan

The Baraul Banda Formation preserves an important Paleocene–Eocene sedimentary record within the western Kohistan–Ladakh Arc (KLA) and provides new constraints on sediment provenance and tectonic evolution during the final stages of Neo-Tethyan closure. This study integrates stra...

Planetary Boundary Layer Height on the Northern Mount Qomolangma Region Retrieved From Wind LiDAR Observations

Abstract A coherent Doppler wind LiDAR (Wind3D 6000) has been operating in the northern Mount Qomolangma region since 2023. We retrieved planetary boundary layer height (PBLH) from LiDAR observations collected from October 2023 to September 2025 using a hybrid algorithm combining...

Trends and Lagged Cumulative Associations Between Vegetation NDVI and Extreme Climate Indices in the Yangtze River Basin: A 41-Year Observational Analysis

Extreme climate events can disturb vegetation dynamics and alter ecosystem stability. This study investigated the evolution of extreme climatic conditions and vegetation greenness across the Yangtze River Basin during 1982–2022 by integrating CN05.1 daily meteorological records w...

Interspecific interactions alter survival strategies of tree-shrub plants and hinder treeline ascent at alpine treelines in Southeastern Tibet: Evidence from13C and15N.

-N), and this preference increased in mixed communities for both species, with the increase in R. nivale substantially greater than that in J. saltuaria. (2) Within mixed communities, the inorganic nitrogen uptake rates of leaves, branches, and fine roots in R. nivale were signif...