Impact of climate change on the Yellow River basin and respons
ZHANG Lei1,2, HUANG Jianping1,2, LIANG Jiening1, YU Haipeng1, GUAN Xiaodan1, MA Jinzhu3, SHEN Yuying4, DENG Jianming5, HUANG Ning6, MENG Xinmin7, WANG Chenghai1, LI Changbin3, MU Cuicui3, GONG Jie3, ZHANG Fanyu6
1. College of Atmospheric Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China;
2. Collaborative Innovation Center for Western Ecological Safety, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China;
3. College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China;
4. College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China;
5. School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China;
6. College of Civil Engineering and Mechanics, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China;
7. School of Earth Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
Abstract:This paper analyzes the main progress and existing problems in the research of impacts of the global climate change on regional climate, water resources, ecological pattern, agricultural and animal husbandry production, geological disasters, cultural relic protection and its human responses in China. It also discusses the future trend of the impact of climate change on the Yellow River basin and puts forward suggestions for research on the following aspects:to establish a meteorological, hydrological, environmental and geological disaster observation, forecast and early warning system for the Yellow River basin; clarify the space-time process of basin water resources under the influence of multiple factors and improve the efficiency of basin water resources; adjust sloping farmland and ecological land to strengthen the capacity of water conservation in the river basin; strengthen the study of plant physiological and ecological adaptability and optimize the distribution of agriculture and grass industry in the river basin; revise the environmental zoning of cultural heritage and carry out the research and development of preventive protection technology; strengthen the research on new materials for loess landslide reinforcement and the cooperative technology of ecological restoration.