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Application of Satellite Gravimetry to Mass Transports on a Global Scale and the Tibetan Plateau

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Human activities, climate change and environmental change are three mutually influential elements. Factors such as the accumulation of greenhouse gases from human activities have led to global warming and more frequent extreme weather phenomena; intensive human activities and rising global temperatures have brought irreversible effects on the environment, of which the most significant and manifest is the mass transports in the water cycle system; the deterioration of the environment will further weaken the stability of the climate, which will ultimately threaten the sustainable development of human production and living environment. In recent years, people have become more and more aware of the significance of these three elements.

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Yi, S. (2019). Introduction. In: Application of Satellite Gravimetry to Mass Transports on a Global Scale and the Tibetan Plateau. Springer Theses. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-7353-4_1

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