Mountain building results in high erosion rates and the interaction of rocks with the atmosphere, water and life. Carbon transfers that result from increased erosion could control the evolution of Earth’s long-
The transfer of organic carbon from the terrestrial biosphere to the oceans via erosion and riverine transport constitutes an important component of the global carbon cycle. More than one third of this organic carbon flux comes from sediment-laden rivers that drain the mountains in the western ...
Remote mountain lakes experience accelerating ecological change worldwide due to the ongoing warming. In this study, we analyze two alpine lakes, Lake Ana (1940 m) and Lake Peleaga (2122 m), from the Retezat National Park in Romania. The sediment cores cover ~ 400 years, and our aim ...
Southeast Asia contains about half of all tropical mountain forests, which are rich in biodiversity and carbon stocks, yet there is debate as to whether regional mountain forest cover has increased or decreased in recent decades. Here, our analysis of hi
glacial erosion fluvial erosion hypsometry 1. Introduction East Antarctica hosts the largest and longest-lived ice sheet on Earth. Despite the importance of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet (EAIS) as both a responder to, and potential driver of global environmental and sea-level change, there are sig...
Typically, mining companies bulldoze a site and plant it with a fast-growing Asian grass to prevent erosion. One former surface mine in West Virginia is now the site of a state prison; another is a golf course. But many reclaimed sites are now empty pasturelands. "Miners have claimed that...
Furthermore, the dense vegetation, litter, and fine roots in the forest can effectively reduce the impact of rainfall and runoff on soil erosion and splash (Solly et al., 2018), thereby decreasing the erosion of mountainous soil. Afforestation has a profound influence on soil nutrient ...
At 4,000 m ASL, the UFG ice-coring site is subject to wind erosion of previously deposited snow and the corresponding deposition mass. An on-site snow depth sensor on UFG was used in combination with snow-density measurements to document significant snow removal by wind events after deposition...
Erosion of the mountains by precipitation would reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide, further weakening the greenhouse effect16,17,30. Thus, mountain formation due to continent–continent collisions during supercontinent assembly may also have led to fluctuations in the atmospheric greenhouse. Weathering ...
(see Fig.1Bfor location)36. The deposits of the Lower Tashkula Formation consist mainly of frequent interlayers of argillaceous siltstone and mudstone with a small amount of sandstones, belonging to normal shelf deposition28,37. Groove structures of erosion origin and deep water trace fossils at ...