ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Response of Ecological Environment to Climate
Change in the Source Area of the Yangtze River
Based on the Observation During 2005-2015
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College of Forestry, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, Gansu 730070, China
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College of Energy and Power Engineering, Lanzhou University of Technology, Lanzhou 730050, China
Submission date: 2021-02-05
Final revision date: 2021-04-07
Acceptance date: 2021-04-27
Online publication date: 2021-10-18
Publication date: 2021-12-02
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2021;30(6):5765-5774
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Ecological environment in the source area of the Yangtze River has also undergone significant
changes under the context of global climate warming. Based on the long term observation data
(observation data of vegetation, soil moisture and desertification was from 2005 to 2015), desertification
degree gradually decreased, vegetation height increased, the change of coverage was weak, above
ground biomass significantly decreased and soil moisture significantly decreased after 2009 thorough
analysis of correlation and annual change of wind erosion, wind deposition, vegetation situations and
soil moisture from 2005 to 2015. So atmospheric precipitation wasn’t a directly specially important
factor to ecological environment in the source region of Yangtze river in the context of climate warming
and wetting and atmospheric precipitation was indirectly affecting the ecological environment in the
source region of the Yangtze river. Rain could reduce environmental temperature and temperature was
also an important factor for vegetation growth. Atmospheric precipitation didn’t play an important role
in wind erosion and wind deposition in the study area. Precipitation increase could reduce height and
coverage of vegetation in the source region of Yangtze river. And above ground biomass of vegetation
might increase with the precipitation increase and climate becoming warm and wet. Atmospheric
precipitation only directly affected soil moisture under the context of climate warming and wetting.