Cryospheric Chemistry: Fingerprint to Decipher Climate/Environmental Changes and Anthropogenic Activities

Authors

KANG Shichang, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China; CAS Center for Excellence in Tibetan Plateau Earth Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
HUANG Jie, CAS Center for Excellence in Tibetan Plateau Earth Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
MU Cuicui, College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
ZHANG Yulan, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China; CAS Center for Excellence in Tibetan Plateau Earth Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
XU Jianzhong, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
DONG Zhiwen, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China; CAS Center for Excellence in Tibetan Plateau Earth Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
DU Wentao, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China

Keywords

cryospheric chemistry; climate change; environmental pollution; anthropogenic activities; biogeochemical cycling

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Cryospheric chemistry is a new discipline and one of important branch of cryospheric science. Pollutant emissions from anthropogenic activities have greatly altered the status of chemical components in the cryospheric environment since the Industrial Revolution. When this scenario is coupled with the rapid shrinkage of cryosphere under global warming, both anthropogenic activity and global warming have cooperatively influenced the biogeochemical cycling in the cryosphere and even on a global scale, which results in significant effects on climate and environment. In this paper, firstly, the role of cryospheric chemistry in the cryospheric science is introduced, and the discipline framework and research focuses of cryospheric chemistry are summarized. Secondly, the coupling relationship among cryospheric chemistry and climate/environmental changes, and anthropogenic activities, with emphasis on this relationship in the research field of global change, was exemplified. Lastly, we summarize a review and prospect of hot topics in the current research of cryospheric chemistry. The rapid development of cryospheric chemistry will provide important scientific and technological support for tackling the climate and environmental issues that challenge human survival and development.

First page

456

Last Page

465

Language

Chinese

Publisher

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences

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Recommended Citation

Shichang, KANG; Jie, HUANG; Cuicui, MU; Yulan, ZHANG; Jianzhong, XU; Zhiwen, DONG; and Wentao, DU (2020) "Cryospheric Chemistry: Fingerprint to Decipher Climate/Environmental Changes and Anthropogenic Activities," Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version): Vol. 35 : Iss. 4 , Article 8.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.16418/j.issn.1000-3045.20200302006
Available at: https://bulletinofcas.researchcommons.org/journal/vol35/iss4/8