Phys.org  March 28, 2023 Despite knowledge of the presence of the Tibetan Plateau (TP) in reorganizing large-scale atmospheric circulation, it remains unclear how surface albedo darkening over TP will impact local glaciers and remote Asian monsoon systems. An international team of researchers (USA – Columbia University, Austria, Germany, France) used a coupled land-atmosphere global climate model and a glacier model to address these questions. According to their model, under a high-emission scenario, TP surface albedo darkening would increase local temperature by 0.24 K by the end of this century. This warming would strengthen the elevated heat pump of TP, increasing South […]