Cryosphere Hydro-Biogeochemistry Lab

Publications

Selected publications

(# denotes co-first or equal contribution author; * denotes correspondence author)

  • Song, C.*#, Liu, S.#, Wang, G.*#, Zhang, L., Rosentreter, J. A., Zhao, G., Sun, X., Yao, Y., Mu, C., Sun, S., Hu, Z., Lin, S., Sun, J., Li, Y., Wang, Y., Li, Y., Raymond, P. A., Karlsson, J. (2024). Inland water greenhouse gas emissions offset the terrestrial carbon sink in the northern cryosphere. Science Advances, 10(39), eadp0024. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adp0024
  • Song, C., & Wang, G.* (2021). Land carbon sink of the Tibetan Plateau may be overestimated without accounting for the aquatic carbon export. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(46), e2114694118, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2114694118 (Letter)
  • Li, Y., Wang, G.*, Sun, S., Lin, S., Huang, P., Xiao, J., Guo, L., Li, J., Song, C.* (2024). Methane emissions from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau ponds and lakes: Roles of ice thaw and vegetation zone. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 38(4): e2024GB008106. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GB008106
  • Li, J., Wang, G.*, Song, C.*, Sun, S., Ma, J., Wang, Y., Guo, L., Li, D. (2024). Recent Intensified Erosion and Massive Sediment Deposition in the Tibetan Plateau Rivers. Nature Communications 15, 722. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-44982-0
  • Song, C., Wang, G.*, Haghipour, N., & Raymond, P. A. (2020). Warming and monsoonal climate lead to a large export of millennial-aged carbon from permafrost catchments of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Environmental Research Letters, 15(7): 074012. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab83ac
  • Song, C., Wang, G.*, Mao, T., Huang, K., Sun, X., Hu, Z., Chang, R., Chen, X., Raymond, P. A. (2020). Spatiotemporal variability and sources of DIC in permafrost catchments of the Yangtze River source region: insights from stable carbon isotope and water chemistry. Water Resources Research, 56(1): e2019WR025343. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019WR025343
  • Rosentreter, J. A., Borges, A. V., Deemer, B. R., Holgerson, M. A., Liu, S., Song, C., Melack, J., Raymond, P.A., Duarte, C.M., Allen, G.H., Olefeldt, D., Poulter, B., Battin, T.I. & Eyre, B. D. (2021). Half of global methane emissions come from highly variable aquatic ecosystem sources. Nature Geoscience, 14(4), 225-230. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-021-00715-2
  • Mu, C., Li, K., Liu, S., Wei, Y., Mu, M., Shang, X., Liu, F., Zhang, C., Liu, H., Gao, T., Song, C., Zhang, L. & Karlsson, J. (2025). Recent intensified riverine CO2 emission across the Northern Hemisphere permafrost region. Nature Communications, 16(1), 3616. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-58716-3
  • Mu, C., Lei, P., Mu, M., Zhang, C., Zhou, Z., Song, J., Jia, Y., Fan, C., Peng, X., Zhang, G., Yang, Y., Wang, L., Li, D., Song, C., Wang, G. & Zhang, Z. (2025). Methane emissions from thermokarst lakes must emphasize the ice-melting impact on the Tibetan Plateau. Nature Communications, 16(1), 2404. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-57745-2
  • Song, C., Wang, G.*, Hu, Z., Zhang, T., Huang, K., Chen, X., & Li, Y. (2020). Net ecosystem carbon budget of a grassland ecosystem in central Qinghai-Tibet Plateau: Integrating terrestrial and aquatic carbon fluxes at catchment scale. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 290, 108021, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2020.108021
  • Wang, Y., Li, Y., Wang, G., Li, Y., Sun, X., Wang, W., Song, C.* (2025). Diverse Altitudinal Patterns and Drivers of Greenhouse Gas Dynamics in Southwest China Alpine Streams and Rivers. Journal of Geophysical Research – Biogeosciences, 130(2),e2024JG008458. https://doi.org/10.1029/ 2024JG008458.
  • Li, Y., Wang, G., Wang, W., Sun, X., Li, Y., Xiao, J., Xie, W., Ding, J., Song, C.* (2025). Ultraviolet radiation stimulates the degradability of groundwater-fed DOC during the baseflow period of streams on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau permafrost region. Journal of Hydrology, 653, 132751, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2025.132751.
  • Wang, Y., Wang, G., Sun, X., Li, J., Song, C.* (2024). Spatiotemporal variability of organic carbon in streams and rivers of the Northern Hemisphere cryosphere. Science of The Total Environment, 906, 167370. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.167370
  • Li, J., Wang, G.*, Li, K., Li, Y., Guo, L., Song, C.* (2023). Impacts of climate change and freeze-thaw cycles on water and sediment fluxes in the headwater region of the Yangtze River, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Catena, 227C, 107112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2023.107112
  • Li, J., Wang, G., Sun, S., Ma, J., Guo, L., Song, C. & Lin, S. (2025). Mapping and reconstruct suspended sediment dynamics (1986–2021) in the source region of the Yangtze River, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau using Google Earth Engine. Remote Sensing of Environment, 317, 114533.
  • Song, C., Wang, G.*, Sun, X., Li, Y., Ye, S., Hu, Z., … & Lin, S. (2023). Riverine CO2 variations in permafrost catchments of the Yangtze River source region: Hot spots and hot moments. Science of The Total Environment, 863, 160948. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.160948
  • Zhu, M., Kuang, X., Song, C. Feng, Y., He, Q., Zou, Y., et al. (2024). Glacier-Fed Lakes Are Significant Sinks of Carbon Dioxide in the Southeastern Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 129(4). e2023JG007774.
  • Wang, Z., Sun, S., Wang, G. *, & Song, C.* (2023). Determination of Low-Flow Components in Alpine Permafrost Rivers. Journal of Hydrology, 617, 128886. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.128886
  • Song, C., Wang, G.*, Sun, X., & Hu, Z. (2021). River runoff components change variably and respond differently to climate change in the Eurasian Arctic and Qinghai-Tibet Plateau permafrost regions. Journal of Hydrology, 601, 126653, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2021.126653
  • Song, C., Wang, G.*, Mao, T., Dai, J., & Yang, D. (2020). Linkage between permafrost distribution and river runoff changes across the Arctic and the Tibetan Plateau. Science China Earth Sciences, 63(2): 292-302. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11430-018-9383-6
  • Song, C., Wang, G.*, Mao, T., Chen, X., Huang, K., Sun, X., & Hu, Z. (2019). Importance of active layer freeze-thaw cycles on the riverine dissolved carbon export on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau permafrost region. PeerJ, 7:e7146. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7146
  • Song, C., Wang, G.*, Liu, G., Mao, T., Sun, X., & Chen, X. (2017). Stable isotope variations of precipitation and streamflow reveal the young water fraction of a permafrost watershed. Hydrological Processes, 31(4), 935-947. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.11077
  • Song, C., Wang, G.*, Sun, X., Chang, R., & Mao, T. (2016). Control factors and scale analysis of annual river water, sediments and carbon transport in China. Scientific Reports, 6:25963. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep25963

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