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5. Zhang Y., S. Kang*. 2023. Melting glaciers threaten ice core science on the Tibetan Plateau. Nature geoscience. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-023-01239-7.
6. Yang J., S. Kang*, D. Chen, L. Zhao, Z. Ji, K. Duan, H. Deng, L. Tripathee, W. Du, M. Rai, F. Yan, Y. Li, Robert R. Gillies*. 2022. South Asian black carbon is threatening the water sustainability of the Asian Water Tower. Nature Communications, 13: 7360. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35128-1.
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9. Kang S.*, Qianggong Zhang, Yulan Zhang*, Wanqin Guo, Zhenming Ji, Miaogen Shen, Shijin Wang, Xin Wang, Lekhendra Tripathee, Yongqin Liu, Tanguang Gao, Guobao Xu, Yufang Gao, Susan Kaspari, Xi Luo, Paul Mayewski. 2022. Warming and thawing in the Mt. Everest region: A review of climate and environmental changes. Earth-Science Reviews 225, 103911. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2021.103911.
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13. Zhang Y., T. Gao*, S. Kang*, D. Shangguan, X. Luo. 2021. Albedo reduction as an important driver for glacier melting in Tibetan Plateau and its surrounding areas. Earth-Science Reviews, 220, 103735. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2021.103735.
14. Wu, Ming-Hui, Sheng-Yun Chen, Jian-Wei Chen, Kai Xue, Shi-Long Chen, Xiao-Ming Wang, Tuo Chen, Shi-Chang Kang, Jun-Peng Rui, Janice E. Thies, Richard D. Bardgett, Yan-Fen Wang. 2021. Reduced microbial stability in the active layer is associated with carbon loss under alpine permafrost degradation. PNAS, 118(25): e2025321118. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2025321118.
15. Li F., X. Wan, H. Wang, Y. J. Orsolini, Z. Cong, Y. Gao, S. Kang. 2020. Arctic sea-ice loss intensifies aerosol transport to the Tibetan Plateau. Nature Climate Change, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-020-0881-2.
16. Kang S., Y. Zhang*, Y. Qian, H. Wang. 2020. A review of black carbon in snow and ice and its impacts on cryospheric change. Earth-Science Reviews, 210, 103346. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2020.103346.
17. Sun S. W., M. Ma*, X. He, D. Obrist, Q. Zhang, X. Yin, T. Sun, J. Huang, J. Guo, S. Kang*, D. Qin. 2020. Vegetation Mediated Mercury Flux and Atmospheric Mercury in the Alpine Permafrost Region of the Central Tibetan Plateau. Environmental Science & Technology, 54 (10): 6043-6052. https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.9b06636.
18. Kang* S., Q. Zhang*, Y. Qian, Z. Ji, C. Li, Z. Cong, Y. Zhang, J. Guo, W. Du, J. Huang, Q. You, A. K. Panday, M. Rupakheti, D. Chen, Örjan Gustafsson, M. H. Thiemens, D. Qin. 2019. Linking Atmospheric Pollution to Cryospheric Change in the Third Pole Region: Current Progresses and Future Prospects. National Science Review, 6(4): 796-809. https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwz031.
19. Neupane B., S. Kang*, P. Chen, Y. Zhang, K. Ram, D. Rupakheti, L. Tripathee, C. M. Sharma, Z. Cong, C. Li, J. Hou, M. Xu, P. Thapa. 2019. Historical Black Carbon Reconstruction from the Lake Sediments of the Himalayan−Tibetan Plateau. Environmental Science & Technology 53(10): 5641-5651. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b07025.
20. Lin M., S. Kang, R. Shaheen, C. Li, S.-C. Hsu, M. H. Thiemens. 2018. Atmospheric sulfur isotopic anomalies recorded at Mt. Everest across the Anthropocene. PNAS, 201801935. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1801935115.
21. Zhang Q., F. Zhang, S. Kang, Z. Cong. 2017. Melting glaciers: Hidden hazards. Science, 356 (6337): 495. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aan4118.
22. Li C., C. Bosch, S. Kang*, A. Andersson, P. Chen, Q. Zhang, Z. Cong, B. Chen, D. Qin, O¨. Gustafsson*. 2016. Sources of Black Carbon to the Himalayan-Tibetan Plateau glaciers. Nature Communications, 7: 12574. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12574.
23. Kang* S., J. Huang, F. Wang, Q. Zhang, Y. Zhang, C. Li, L. Wang, P. Chen, C. Sharma, Q. Li, M. Sillanpää, J. Hou, B. Xu, J. Guo. 2016. Atmospheric mercury depositional chronology reconstructed from lake sediment and ice cores in the Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau. Environmental Science & Technology, 50: 2859-2869. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5b04172.
24. Kang S., F. Wang, U. Morgenstern, Y. Zhang, B. Grigholm, S. Kaspari, M. Schwikowski, J. Ren, T. Yao, D. Qin, P. A. Mayewski. 2015. Dramatic loss of glacier accumulation area on the Tibetan Plateau revealed by ice core tritium and mercury records. The Cryosphere, 9: 1213-1222. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-1213-2015.
25. Zhang Q., S. Kang*, P. Gabrielli, M. Loewen, M. Schwikowski. 2015. Vanishing High Mountain Glacial Archives: Challenges and Perspectives. Environmental Science and Technology 49: 9499-9500. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5b03066.
26. Cong Z., S. Kang*, S. Gao, Y. Zhang, Q. Li, K. Kawamura. 2013. Historical trends of atmospheric black carbon on Tibetan Plateau as reconstructed from a 150-year lake sediment record. Environmental Science and Technology, 47 (6): 2579-2586. https://doi.org/10.1021/es3048202.
27. Zhang Q., J. Huang, F. Wang, M. Loewen, J. Xu, D. Armstrong, C. Li, Y. Zhang, S. Kang*. 2012. Mercury Distribution and Deposition in Glacier Snow over Western China. Environmental Science and Technology, 46: 5404-413. https://doi.org/10.1021/es300166x.
28. You Q., S. Kang*, E. Aguilar, N. Pepin, W. Flügel, Y. Yan,Y. Xu, Y. Zhang, J. Huang. 2011. Changes in daily climate extremes in China and their connection to the large scale atmospheric circulation during 1961-2003. Climate Dynamics 36: 2399-2417. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-009-0735-0.
29. Kang* S., X. Wei, Q. You, Wolfgang-Albert Flügel, Nick Pepin, T. Yao. 2010. Review of climate and cryospheric change in the Tibetan Plateau. Environmental Research Letter, 5(2010) 015101 (8pp). https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/5/1/015101.
30. Kang* S., Y. L. Zhang, Y.J. Zhang, B. Grigholm, S. Kaspari, D. Qin, J. Ren, P. Mayewski. 2010. Variability of atmospheric dust loading over the central Tibetan Plateau based on ice core glaciochemistry. Atmospheric Environment, 44(25): 2980-2989. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.05.014.
31. Kang* S., C. Li, F. Wang, Q. Zhang, Z. Cong. 2009. Total suspended particulate matter and toxic elements indoors during cooking with yak dung. Atmospheric Environment, 43(27): 4243-4246. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.06.015.
32. Kang* S., F. Chen, T. Gao, Y. Zhang, W. Yang, W. Yu, T. Yao. 2009. Early onset of rainy season suppresses glacier melt: A case study on the Zhadang Glacier, Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Glaciology, 192(55): 755-758. DOI: 10.3189/002214309789470905
33. Kang* S., J. Huang, Y. Xu. 2008. Changes in ionic concentrations and δ18O in the snowpack of Zhadang Glacier, Nyainqentanglha mountain, Southern Tibetan Plateau. Annals of Glaciology, 49, 127-134. DOI: 10.3189/172756408787814708
34. Kang* S., D. Qin, P. A. Mayewski, S. Kaspari, J. Ren, S. Hou. 2007. Annual accumulation in the Mt. Nyainqentanglha ice core, southern Tibetan Plateau, China: relationships to atmospheric circulation over Asia. Arctic, Antarctic, Alpine Research, 39(4): 663-670. DOI: 10.1657/1523-0430(07503)[KANG]2.0.CO;2
35. Kang* S., Q. Zhang, S. Kaspari, D. Qin, Z. Cong, J. Ren, P. A. Mayewski. 2007. Spatial and seasonal variations of elemental composition in Mt. Everest (Qomolangma) snow/firn. Atmospheric Environment, 41(34): 7208-7218. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.05.024.
36. Kang* S., Y. Zhang, Qin D., Ren J., Zhang Q., B. Grigholm, P. Mayewski. 2007. Recent temperature increase recorded in an ice core in the source region of Yangtze River. Chinese Science Bulletin, 52(6): 825-831. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11434- 007-0140-1.
37. Kang* S., Yan Y., P. A. Mayewski. 2005. A 290-year record of atmospheric circulation over the North Pacific from a Mt. Logan ice core, Yukon Territory. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 24(4): 81-90.
38. Kang S., P. A. Mayewski, D. Qin, S. A. Sneed, J. Ren, D. Zhang. 2004. Seasonal differences in snow chemistry from the vicinity of Mt. Everest, central Himalayas. Atmospheric Environment, 38(18): 2819-2829. DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2004.02.043
39. Kang S., P. A. Mayewski, Y. Yan, D. Qin, T. Yao, J. Ren. 2003. Dust records from three ice cores: relationships to spring atmospheric circulation over the Northern Hemisphere. Atmospheric Environment, 37(34): 4823-4835. DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2003.08.010
40. Kang S., D. Qin, P. A. Mayewski, S. B. Sneed, T. Yao. 2002. Chemical composition of fresh snow on Xixabangma peak, Central Himalaya, during the summer monsoon season. Journal of Glaciology, 48(161): 337-339. http://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/ers_facpub/267
41. Kang S., K. J. Kreutz, P. A. Mayewski, D. Qin, T. Yao. 2002. Stable isotopic composition over the northern slope of the central Himalayas, Journal of Glaciology, 48(163): 519-526. DOI: 10.3189/172756502781831070
42. Kang S., P. A Mayewski, D. Qin, Y. Yan, D. Zhang, S. Hou, J. Ren. 2002. Twentieth century increase of atmospheric ammonia recorded in Mt. Everest ice core. Journal of Geophysical Research, 107(D21), doi:10.1029/2001JD001413, 4595, ACL13-1-ACL13-9.
43. Kang S., P. A. Mayewski, D. Qin, Y. Yan, S. Hou, D. Zhang, J. Ren, K. Kruetz. 2002. Glaciochemical records from a Mt. Everest ice core: relationship to atmospheric circulation over Asia. Atmospheric Environment, 36(21): 3351-3361. DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(02)00325-4
44. Kang S., D. Qin, P. A Mayewski, C. P. Wake, J. Ren. 2001. Climatic and environmental records from the Far East Rongbuk ice core, Mt. Qomolangma (Everest). Episodes, 24(3): 176-181. DOI: 10.18814/epiiugs/2001/v24i3/004
45. Kang S., D. Qin, P. A. Mayewski, C. P. Wake. 2001. Recent 180 years C2O42- records recovered from the ice core in Mt. Everest: some environmental implications. Journal of Glaciology, 47(156): 155-156. DOI: 10.3189/172756501781832421
46. Kang S., D. Qin, P. A. Mayewski, S. Xie, K. Duan. 2001. Evidence of the Kuwaiti oil fires in the Dasuopu Glacier ice core, central Himalaya. Journal of Glaciology. 47(158): 519-520. DOI: 10.3189/S0022143000211258
47. Kang S., D. Qin, P. A. Mayewski, Y. Gjessing, 2001. Snow Chemistry in Svalbard, Arctic. Bulletin of Glaciological Research, 18(2001), 9-13.
48. Kang S., C. P. Wake, D. Qin, P. A. Mayewski, T. Yao, 2000. Monsoon and dust signals recorded in Dasuopu Glacier, Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Glaciology, 46(153): 222-226. DOI: 10.3189/172756500781832864
49. Kang S., D. Qin, T. Yao. C. P. Wake, P. A. Mayewski, 1999. Summer monsoon and dust signals recorded in Dasuopu firn core, Mt. Xixiabangma. Chinese Science Bulletin, 44(21): 2010-2015. DOI: 10.1007/BF02887130
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