Chunmiao Zheng
Biographic Data
| ID | 3709600 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Chunmiao Zheng |
| GIVEN NAMES | Chunmiao |
| FAMILY NAME | Zheng |
| SIGNATURE | ZHENG C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Southern University of Science and Technology |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5839-1305 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Increasing glacial lake outburst flood hazard on the eastern Tibetan Plateau and implications for the Sichuan–Tibet Railway
Glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) are a severe natural hazard on the eastern Tibetan Plateau, posing a risk to infrastructure safety (e.g. the Sichuan–Tibet Railway) and regional socioeconomic development. However, previous GLOF studies often neglected GLOFs’ return periods when evaluating their magnitudes. In this study, we developed a probabilistic modeling framework to quantify the peak discharges and flood volumes of potential GLOFs with r…
A review of open data for studying global groundwater in social–ecological systems
Global data have served an integral role in characterizing large-scale groundwater systems, identifying their sustainability challenges, and informing on socioeconomic and ecological dimensions of groundwater. These insights have revealed groundwater as a dynamic component of the water cycle and social–ecological systems, leading to an expansion in groundwater science that increasingly focuses on groundwater’s interactions with ecological, socioe…
Changes in global fluvial sediment concentrations and fluxes between 1985 and 2020
How does soil water content influence permafrost evolution on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau under climate warming
The active layer thickness (ALT) in permafrost regions regulates hydrological cycles, water sustainability, and ecosystem functions in the cryosphere and is extremely sensitive to climate change. Previous studies often focused on the impacts of rising temperature on the ALT, while the roles of soil water content and soil granularity have rarely been investigated. Here, we incorporate alterations of soil water contents in soil thermal properties a…
Doubling of annual forest carbon loss over the tropics during the early twenty-first century
Previous estimates of tropical forest carbon loss in the twenty-first century using satellite data typically focus on its magnitude, whereas regional loss trajectories and associated drivers are rarely reported. Here we used different high-resolution satellite datasets to show a doubling of gross tropical forest carbon loss worldwide from 0.97 ± 0.16 PgC yr −1 in 2001–2005 to 1.99 ± 0.13 PgC yr −1 in 2015–2019. This increase in carbon loss from f…
The urgency to address the occupational health of chinese seafarers for sustainable development
Effects of extreme temperature on China’s tea production
The production of tea ( Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze), the world’s second most consumed beverage, is susceptible to extreme weather events. However, our understanding about the impacts of extreme temperatures and climate change on tea yields remains fairly limited. Here we quantify the historical and predict future fluctuations in tea yield caused by extreme temperatures in China, the largest tea producing country. We found that both heat and co…
Upward expansion and acceleration of forest clearance in the mountains of Southeast Asia
Hydrogeology of the Pearl River Delta, southern China
The study describes the hydrogeological setting of the Pearl River Delta, a sub-tropical area of southern China encompassing the metropolises of Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hong Kong and Macau. In the last 40 years, a booming economy and a population of about 60 million has increased water demand satisfied by a huge system of dams and reservoirs. Aquifers in the studied area are underutilized and only a few recent studies have addressed hydrogeological …
Dynamics of seasonally frozen ground in the Yarlung Zangbo River Basin on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau: Historical trend and future projection
Seasonally frozen ground (SFG) is a critical component of the Earth’s surface that affects energy exchange and the water cycle in cold regions. The estimation of SFG depth has generally required intensive parameterization which has limited estimates in data-scarce regions such as the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP). We propose a simple yet robust modeling framework employing ground surface temperatures as major model inputs to assess the spatiotempor…
Population ageing determines changes in heat vulnerability to future warming
Population ageing, an increase in the older age group’s portion of the total population, worsens the heat tolerance of a society. However, impacts of ageing on the social exposure to projected unprecedented hot summers (UHSs) are uncertain. We show that a shifting of the population distribution towards older ages amplifies the vulnerability of a country to the increasing frequency of UHSs as a result of warming during 2040–2070, especially in mos…
Emergence of significant soil moisture depletion in the near future
Declining soil moisture related to climate change can greatly affect social, economic, environmental, and hydrological processes, as well as extreme weather events. Hence, it is imperative to understand the timing of significant soil moisture drying under future climate change. Compared to spatial variations in soil moisture drying, however, our understanding of temporal variations remain unclear. In the present study, the timing of significant s…
Assessment of Groundwater Susceptibility to Non-Point Source Contaminants Using Three-Dimensional Transient Indexes
Groundwater susceptibility to non-point source contamination is typically quantified by stable indexes, while groundwater quality evolution (or deterioration globally) can be a long-term process that may last for decades and exhibit strong temporal variations. This study proposes a three-dimensional (3- d ), transient index map built upon physical models to characterize the complete temporal evolution of deep aquifer susceptibility. For illustrat…
Water scarcity assessments in the past, present, and future
Water scarcity has become a major constraint to socio‐economic development and a threat to livelihood in increasing parts of the world. Since the late 1980s, water scarcity research has attracted much political and public attention. We here review a variety of indicators that have been developed to capture different characteristics of water scarcity. Population, water availability, and water use are the key elements of these indicators. Most of t…
Urban water sustainability: Framework and Application
Yang, W., D. W. Hyndman, J. A. Winkler, A. Viña, J. Deines, F. Lupi, L. Luo, Y. Li, B. Basso, C. Zheng, D. Ma, S. Li, X. Liu, H. Zheng, G. Cao, Q. Meng, Z. Ouyang, and J. Liu. 2016. Urban water sustainability: framework and application. Ecology and Society 21(4):4.http://dx.doi.org/10.5751/ES-08685-210404
Upward expansion and acceleration of forest clearance in the mountains of Southeast Asia
Urban water sustainability: Framework and Application
Yang, W., D. W. Hyndman, J. A. Winkler, A. Viña, J. Deines, F. Lupi, L. Luo, Y. Li, B. Basso, C. Zheng, D. Ma, S. Li, X. Liu, H. Zheng, G. Cao, Q. Meng, Z. Ouyang, and J. Liu. 2016. Urban water sustainability: framework and application. Ecology and Society 21(4):4.http://dx.doi.org/10.5751/ES-08685-210404
Urban water sustainability: Framework and Application
Yang, W., D. W. Hyndman, J. A. Winkler, A. Viña, J. Deines, F. Lupi, L. Luo, Y. Li, B. Basso, C. Zheng, D. Ma, S. Li, X. Liu, H. Zheng, G. Cao, Q. Meng, Z. Ouyang, and J. Liu. 2016. Urban water sustainability: framework and application. Ecology and Society 21(4):4.http://dx.doi.org/10.5751/ES-08685-210404
Water scarcity assessments in the past, present, and future
Water scarcity has become a major constraint to socio‐economic development and a threat to livelihood in increasing parts of the world. Since the late 1980s, water scarcity research has attracted much political and public attention. We here review a variety of indicators that have been developed to capture different characteristics of water scarcity. Population, water availability, and water use are the key elements of these indicators. Most of t…
Assessment of Groundwater Susceptibility to Non-Point Source Contaminants Using Three-Dimensional Transient Indexes
Groundwater susceptibility to non-point source contamination is typically quantified by stable indexes, while groundwater quality evolution (or deterioration globally) can be a long-term process that may last for decades and exhibit strong temporal variations. This study proposes a three-dimensional (3- d ), transient index map built upon physical models to characterize the complete temporal evolution of deep aquifer susceptibility. For illustrat…
Hydrogeology of the Pearl River Delta, southern China
The study describes the hydrogeological setting of the Pearl River Delta, a sub-tropical area of southern China encompassing the metropolises of Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hong Kong and Macau. In the last 40 years, a booming economy and a population of about 60 million has increased water demand satisfied by a huge system of dams and reservoirs. Aquifers in the studied area are underutilized and only a few recent studies have addressed hydrogeological …
Dynamics of seasonally frozen ground in the Yarlung Zangbo River Basin on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau: Historical trend and future projection
Seasonally frozen ground (SFG) is a critical component of the Earth’s surface that affects energy exchange and the water cycle in cold regions. The estimation of SFG depth has generally required intensive parameterization which has limited estimates in data-scarce regions such as the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP). We propose a simple yet robust modeling framework employing ground surface temperatures as major model inputs to assess the spatiotempor…
Population ageing determines changes in heat vulnerability to future warming
Population ageing, an increase in the older age group’s portion of the total population, worsens the heat tolerance of a society. However, impacts of ageing on the social exposure to projected unprecedented hot summers (UHSs) are uncertain. We show that a shifting of the population distribution towards older ages amplifies the vulnerability of a country to the increasing frequency of UHSs as a result of warming during 2040–2070, especially in mos…
Emergence of significant soil moisture depletion in the near future
Declining soil moisture related to climate change can greatly affect social, economic, environmental, and hydrological processes, as well as extreme weather events. Hence, it is imperative to understand the timing of significant soil moisture drying under future climate change. Compared to spatial variations in soil moisture drying, however, our understanding of temporal variations remain unclear. In the present study, the timing of significant s…
The urgency to address the occupational health of chinese seafarers for sustainable development
Effects of extreme temperature on China’s tea production
The production of tea ( Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze), the world’s second most consumed beverage, is susceptible to extreme weather events. However, our understanding about the impacts of extreme temperatures and climate change on tea yields remains fairly limited. Here we quantify the historical and predict future fluctuations in tea yield caused by extreme temperatures in China, the largest tea producing country. We found that both heat and co…
Upward expansion and acceleration of forest clearance in the mountains of Southeast Asia
How does soil water content influence permafrost evolution on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau under climate warming
The active layer thickness (ALT) in permafrost regions regulates hydrological cycles, water sustainability, and ecosystem functions in the cryosphere and is extremely sensitive to climate change. Previous studies often focused on the impacts of rising temperature on the ALT, while the roles of soil water content and soil granularity have rarely been investigated. Here, we incorporate alterations of soil water contents in soil thermal properties a…
Doubling of annual forest carbon loss over the tropics during the early twenty-first century
Previous estimates of tropical forest carbon loss in the twenty-first century using satellite data typically focus on its magnitude, whereas regional loss trajectories and associated drivers are rarely reported. Here we used different high-resolution satellite datasets to show a doubling of gross tropical forest carbon loss worldwide from 0.97 ± 0.16 PgC yr −1 in 2001–2005 to 1.99 ± 0.13 PgC yr −1 in 2015–2019. This increase in carbon loss from f…
Increasing glacial lake outburst flood hazard on the eastern Tibetan Plateau and implications for the Sichuan–Tibet Railway
Glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) are a severe natural hazard on the eastern Tibetan Plateau, posing a risk to infrastructure safety (e.g. the Sichuan–Tibet Railway) and regional socioeconomic development. However, previous GLOF studies often neglected GLOFs’ return periods when evaluating their magnitudes. In this study, we developed a probabilistic modeling framework to quantify the peak discharges and flood volumes of potential GLOFs with r…
A review of open data for studying global groundwater in social–ecological systems
Global data have served an integral role in characterizing large-scale groundwater systems, identifying their sustainability challenges, and informing on socioeconomic and ecological dimensions of groundwater. These insights have revealed groundwater as a dynamic component of the water cycle and social–ecological systems, leading to an expansion in groundwater science that increasingly focuses on groundwater’s interactions with ecological, socioe…
Changes in global fluvial sediment concentrations and fluxes between 1985 and 2020
Geography (13 works) · Environmental Science (10 works) · Ecology (8 works) · Geology (8 works) · Climate change (6 works) · Biology (5 works) · China (5 works) · Climatology (4 works) · Global warming (4 works) · Cryospheric studies and observations (3 works)