Publications
Books/Book chapters
1. Wang, T.*, Yang, D*. (2024). Future change of permafrost across the Tibetan Plateau and its environmental implications. Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences. Elsevier.
First/Corresponding author journal papers
16. Fang, P., Wang, T.*, Yang, D., Yang, J., Tang, L. (2025). Permafrost degradation and concomitant hydrological changes dominated by anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions in the northeastern Tibetan Plateau. Geophysical Research Letters, 52(10), e2024GL113679.
15. Fang, P., Wang, T.*, Yang, D.*, Tang, L., Yang, Y. (2025). Substantial increases in compound climate extremes and associated socio-economic exposure across China under future climate change. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, 8, 17.
14. Cheng, H., Wang, T.*, Yang, D. (2024). Quantifying the regulation capacity of the Three Gorges Reservoir on extreme hydrological events and its impact on flow regime in a changing climate. Water Resources Research, 60(6), e2023WR036329.
13. Zhao, B., Wang, T.*, Yang, D., Yang, S., Yang, C., Santisirisomboon, J. (2024). Derivation of flood elasticity under climate and forest change for a tropical monsoon basin of Thailand. Journal of Hydrology, 637, 131420.
12. Yan, Z., Wang, T.*, Ma, T., Yang, D. (2024). Water-carbon-sediment synergies and trade-offs: Multi-faceted impacts of large-scale ecological restoration in the Middle Yellow River Basin. Journal of Hydrology, 634, 131099.
11. Wang, T., Yang, D., Yang, Y., Zheng, G., Jin, H., Li, X., Yao, T., Cheng, G. (2023). Pervasive permafrost thaw exacerbates future risk of water shortage across the Tibetan Plateau. Earth's Future, 11(10), e2022EF003463.
10. Yang, J., Wang, T.*, Yang, D. (2023). Divergent responses of permafrost degradation to precipitation increases at different seasons on the eastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau based on modeling approach. Environmental Research Letters, 18(9), 094038.
9. Wang, T., Yang, D., Yang, Y., Zheng, G., Jin, H., Li, X., Yao, T., Cheng, G. (2023). Unsustainable water supply from thawing permafrost on the Tibetan Plateau in a changing climate. Science Bulletin, 68(11), 1105-1108.
8. Wang, T., Yang, D. (2023). Variation characteristics of vegetation phenology during 2001-2020 on the frozen ground zone of the Three-River Source Region. Journal of Glaciology and Geocryology, 45(2), 711-723. (in Chinese with English abstract)
7. Li, X., Wang, T.*, Zhou, Z., Su, J., Yang, D.* (2023). Seasonal characteristics and spatio-temporal variations of the extreme precipitation-air temperature relationship across China. Environmental Research Letters, 18(5), 054022.
6. Wang, T., Shi, R., Yang, D., Yang, S., Fang, B. (2022). Future changes in annual runoff and hydroclimatic extremes in the upper Yangtze River Basin, Journal of Hydrology, 615(A), 128738.
5. Wang, T., Yang, D., Zheng, G., Shi, R. (2022). Possible negative effects of earlier thaw onset and longer thaw duration on vegetation greenness over the Tibetan Plateau. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 326, 109192.
4. Wang, T., Yang, D., Yang, Y., Piao, S., Li, X., Cheng, G., Fu, B. (2020). Permafrost thawing puts the frozen carbon at risk over the Tibetan Plateau. Science Advances, 6(19), eaaz3513. (ESI Highly Cited Paper)
3. Wang, T., Yang, D., Fang, B., Yang, W., Qin, Y., Wang, Y. (2019). Data-driven mapping of the spatial distribution and potential changes of frozen ground over the Tibetan Plateau. Science of the Total Environment, 649, 515-525.
2. Wang, T., Yang, H., Yang, D., Qin, Y., Wang, Y. (2018). Quantifying the streamflow response to frozen ground degradation in the source region of the Yellow River within the Budyko framework. Journal of Hydrology, 558, 301-313.
1. Wang, T., Yang, D., Qin, Y., Wang, Y., Chen, Y., Gao, B., Yang, H. (2018). Historical and future changes of frozen ground in the upper Yellow River Basin. Global and Planetary Change, 162, 199-211.
Co-authored journal papers
22. Guo, S., Yao, Y., Ji, Q., Jin, H., Wang, T., Lancia, M., Meng, X., Zheng, C., Yang, D. (2025). Groundwater depletion intensified by irrigation and afforestation in the Yellow River Basin: A spatiotemporal analysis using GRACE and well monitoring data with implications for sustainable management. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 59, 102324.
21. Su, Y., Li, L., Zhou, G., Fu, L., Tian, D., Wang, L., Wang, T., Hu, J., Huan, Y., Liang, T. (2025). Causalities and priorities for SDG targets in the human-earth system. Resources, Conservation & Recycling, 212, 108016.
20. Liu, Z., Yang, H., Li, C., Wang, T. (2024). Estimating the sensitivity of the Priestley-Taylor coefficient to air temperature and humidity. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 28(18), 4349-4360.
19. Yang, H., Wang, T., Yang, D., Yan, Z., Wu, J., Lei, H. (2024). Runoff and sediment effect of the soil-water conservation measures in a typical river basin of the Loess Plateau. Catena, 243, 108218.
18. Han, J., Liu, Z., Woods, R., McVicar T.R., Yang, D., Wang, T., Hou, Y., Guo, Y., Li, C., Yang, Y. (2024). Streamflow seasonality in a snow-dwindling world. Nature, 629, 1075-1081.
17. Liu, Z., Wang, T., Li, C., Yang, W., Yang, H. (2023). A physically-based potential evapotranspiration model for global water availability projections. Journal of Hydrology, 622(B), 129767.
16. Liu, Z., Wang, T., Yang, H. (2023). Overestimated global dryland expansion with substantial increases in vegetation productivity under climate warming. Environmental Research Letters, 18(5), 054024.
15. Yang, S., Zhao, B., Yang, D., Wang, T., Yang, Y., Ma, T., Santisirisomboon, J. (2023). Future changes in water resources, floods and droughts under the joint impact of climate and land-use changes in the Chao Phraya basin, Thailand. Journal of Hydrology, 620(A), 129454.
14. Ma, T., Wang, T., Yang, D., Yang, S. (2023). Impacts of vegetation restoration on water resources and carbon sequestration in the mountainous area of Haihe River basin, China. Science of the Total Environment, 869, 161724.
13. Yang, J., Wang, T., Yang, D., Yang, Y. (2023). Insights into runoff changes in the source region of Yellow River under frozen ground degradation. Journal of Hydrology, 617(A), 128892.
12. Zhao, B., Wang, T., Yang, D., Yang, S., Lu, W., Santisirisomboon, J. (2023). The impacts of climatic and land surface characteristics on the storm-flood relationship in a tropical monsoon basin of Thailand. Journal of Hydrology, 616, 128809.
11. Liu, Z., Yang, H., Wang, T., Yang, D. (2023). Estimating the annual runoff frequency distribution based on climatic conditions and catchment characteristics: A case study across China. International Soil and Water Conservation Research, 11(3), 470-481.
10. Yang, W., Yang, H., Li, C., Wang, T., Liu, Z., Hu, Q., Yang, D. (2022). Long-term reconstruction of satellite-based precipitation, soil moisture, and snow water equivalent in China. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 26, 6427-6441.
9. Liu, Z., Wang, T., Han, J., Yang, W., Yang, H. (2022). Decreases in mean annual streamflow and interannual streamflow variability across snow-affected catchments under a warming climate. Geophysical Research Letters, 49(3), e2021GL097442.
8. Shi, R., Wang, T., Yang, D., Yang, Y. (2022). Streamflow decline threatens water security in the upper Yangtze River. Journal of Hydrology, 606, 127448.
7. Li, Y., Wang, T., Yang, D., Tang, L., Yang, K., Liu, Z. (2021). Linkage between anomalies of pre-summer thawing of frozen soil over the Tibetan Plateau and summer precipitation in East Asia. Environmental Research Letters, 16(11), 114030.
6. Liu, Z., Yang, H., Wang, T. (2020). A simple framework for estimating the annual runoff frequency distribution under a non-stationarity condition. Journal of Hydrology, 592, 125550.
5. Zheng, G., Yang, Y., Yang, D., Dafflon, B., Yi, Y., Zhang, S., Chen, D., Gao, B., Wang, T., Shi, R., Wu, Q. (2020). Remote sensing spatiotemporal patterns of frozen soil and the environmental controls over the Tibetan Plateau during 2002–2016. Remote Sensing of Environment, 247, 111927.
4. Wang, Y., Yang, H., Gao, B., Wang, T., Qin, Y., Yang, D. (2018). Frozen ground degradation may reduce future runoff in the headwaters of an inland river on the northeastern Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Hydrology, 564, 1153-1164.
3. Qin, Y., Chen, J., Yang, D., Wang, T. (2018). Estimating seasonally frozen ground depth from historical climate data and site measurements using a Bayesian model. Water Resources Research, 54(7), 4361-4375.
2. Zheng, G., Yang, H., Lei, H., Yang, D., Wang, T., Qin, Y. (2018). Development of a physically based soil albedo parameterization for the Tibetan Plateau. Vadose Zone Journal, 17(1), 1-21.
1. Qin, Y., Yang, D., Gao, B., Wang, T., Chen, J., Chen, Y., Wang, Y., Zheng, G. (2017). Impacts of climate warming on the frozen ground and eco-hydrology in the Yellow River source region, China. Science of the Total Environment, 605, 830-841.