Magnetic skyrmions are topologically protected vortex-like nanometric spin textures that have recently received growingly attention for their potential applications in future highperformance spintronic devices. Such unique mangetic naondomains have been recently discovered in bulk chiral magnetic materials, such as MnSi [1][2][3][4] , FeGe [5,6] , FeCoSi [7] , Cu 2 OSeO 3 [8][9][10] , -Mn-type Co-Zn-Mn [11] , and also GaV 4 S 8[12] a polar magnet. The crystal structure of these materials is cubic and lack of centrosymmetry, leading to the existence of Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya (DM) interactions. Unlike the conventional spin configurations, such as helical or conical, that are usually found in chiral magnets, a magnetic skyrmion has a particle-like swirling-spin configuration characterized by a topological index called the skyrmion number [13,14] . The nontrivial topology of magnetic skyrmions results in a number of

Two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals (vdW) magnetic materials have recently been introduced as a new horizon in materials science and enable the potential applications for next-generation spintronic devices. Here, in this communication, the observations of stable Bloch-type magnetic skyrmions in single crystals of 2D vdW Fe3GeTe2 (FGT) are reported by using in-situ Lorentz transmission electron microscopy (TEM). We find the ground-state magnetic stripe domains in FGT transform into skyrmion bubbles when an external magnetic field is applied perpendicularly to the (001) thin plate with temperatures below the Curie-temperature TC. Most interestingly, a hexagonal lattice of skyrmion bubbles is obtained via field cooling manipulation with magnetic field applied along the [001] direction. Owing to their topological stability, the skyrmion bubble lattices are stable to large field-cooling tilted angles and further reproduced by utilizing the micromagnetic simulations. These observations directly demonstrate that the 2D vdW FGT possesses a rich variety of topological spin textures, being of a great promise candidate for future applications in the field of spintronics.KEYWORDS: magnetic skyrmions, van der Waals materials, Fe3GeTe2, Lorentz transmission electron microscopy 3 Two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals (vdW) materials are a family of quantum materials that have attracted great research attention in the past decade as they possess a diverse range of novel phenomena which are promising for technological applications. 1,2 In particular, the recent discovery of magnetic 2D vdW materials, such as Cr2Si2Te6/Cr2Ge2Te6, 3-5 CrI3/CrBr3, 6, 7 and Fe3GeTe2 (FGT), 8, 9 not only offers exciting opportunities for exploring new physical properties, but also opens up a new way for developing spintronic devices by applying magnetism as a possible altering parameter. 10 Among these materials, FGT is only ferromagnetic metal, in which a long-range ferromagnetic order has been confirmed experimentally ranging from bulk crystals down to monolayers. [11][12][13] Remarkably, bulk crystalline FGT has the highest Curie temperature TC (∼230 K) and the TC of layered FGT can be raised to room temperature via electrostatic gating 8,14 or in patterned microstructures. 13 Following this discovery, many intriguing magnetic and transport properties, such as extremely large anomalous Hall effect, 15 Planar topological Hall effect, 16 Kondo lattice physics, 17 anisotropy magnetostriction effect, 18 and spin filtered tunneling effect, 19 have been observed experimentally in exfoliated FGT nanoflakes and its heterostructures.Moreover, 2D vdW FGT exhibits a strong out-of-plane uniaxial magnetic anisotropy down to atomic-layer thicknesses, 8,9,14,20 which is very critical for spintronic applications, typically, magnetic-tunneling-junctions and magnetic randomaccess-memory devices. On the other hand, in a magnetic material, the competition between the uniaxial magnetic anisotropy and magnetic dipole-dipole interaction, can emerge and lead to a diversity of...

SCIENTIFIC BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES. As the highest plateau in the world, the Tibetan Plateau (TP) directly impacts its surrounding climate and environment through atmospheric and hydrological processes. Meanwhile, the TP climate changed significantly (such as rapid warming, moistening, solar dimming, and wind stilling) over the past 30 years , which further altered its environment (e.g., glacier retreat, lake expansion, and permafrost degradation, etc.) and brought environmental risks and disasters to the plateau's surrounding regions. The "third pole" was proposed as a geographic element to cover the TP and its adjacent mountains (Qiu 2008), and the "Third Pole Environment" (TPE) was then launched as an international program in 2009, with intension to pool international efforts to reveal and quantify the "water-ice-air-ecosystem-human" interactions in this region (Yao et al. 2012). Among the multisphere interactions on the TP, soil moisture (SM) plays a fundamental role in controlling land surface energy partition, adjusting surface runoff and soil drainage, regulating canopy transpiration and carbon AFFILIATIONS: yang, Qin, y. Chen, anD Tang-key laboratory of tibetan environment changes and land surface Processes, institute of tibetan Plateau research, chinese Academy of sciences, Beijing, china; Zhao, han, LaZhu, Ding, Wu, anD Lin-key laboratory of tibetan environment changes and land surface Processes, institute of tibetan Plateau research, chinese Academy of sciences, and university of chinese Academy of sciences, Beijing, china; Z. Chencollege of global change and earth system science, Beijing normal university, Beijing, china; Lv-state key laboratory of resources and environmental information system, institute of geographic sciences and natural resources research, chinese Academy of sciences, Beijing, china CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: kun Yang, institute of tibetan Plateau research, chinese Academy of sciences, Bldg. 3, courtyard 16, lincui rd., chaoyang district,

The quest for materials hosting topologically protected skyrmionic spin textures continues to be fueled by the promise of novel devices. Although many materials have demonstrated the existence of such spin textures, major challenges remain to be addressed before devices based on magnetic skyrmions can be realized. For example, being able to create and manipulate skyrmionic spin textures at room temperature is of great importance for further technological applications because they can adapt to various external stimuli acting as information carriers in spintronic devices. Here, the first observation of skyrmionic magnetic bubbles with variable topological spin textures formed at room temperature in a frustrated kagome Fe Sn magnet with uniaxial magnetic anisotropy is reported. The magnetization dynamics are investigated using in situ Lorentz transmission electron microscopy, revealing that the transformation between different magnetic bubbles and domains is via the motion of Bloch lines driven by an applied external magnetic field. These results demonstrate that Fe Sn facilitates a unique magnetic control of topological spin textures at room temperature, making it a promising candidate for further skyrmion-based spintronic devices.

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[1] Solar radiation over the Tibetan Plateau has declined over recent three decades, whereas total cloud cover has a decreasing trend. A likely explanation to this paradox is the increase in aerosols over this clean region. However, this study shows that the radiation extinction due to aerosol loading is of one order lower in magnitude than the observed dimming, and the solar dimming is also seen in a satellite product that was produced without considering temporal variations of aerosols. Instead, the inter-annual variability and decadal change in solar radiation is contrasting to that in water vapor amount and deep cloud cover (but not total cloud cover). Therefore, we suggest that the solar dimming over the Plateau is mainly due to the increase in water vapor amount and deep cloud cover, which in turn are related to the rapid warming and the increase in convective available potential energy.

Magnetic skyrmions, particular those without the support of external magnetic fields over a wide temperature region, are promising as alternative spintronic units to overcome the fundamental size limitation of conventional magnetic bits. In this study, we use in situ Lorentz microscope to directly demonstrate the generation and sustainability of robust biskyrmion lattice at zero magnetic field over a wide temperature range of 16-338 K in MnNiGa alloy. This procedure includes a simple field-cooling manipulation from 360 K (higher than Curie temperature T ∼ 350 K), where topological transition easily occurs by adapting the short-range magnetic clusters under a certain magnetic field. The biskyrmion phase is favored upon cooling below T. Once they are generated, the robust high-density biskyrmions persist even after removing the external magnetic field due to the topological protection and the increased energy barrier.

Most lakes in the interior Tibetan Plateau have expanded rapidly since the late 1990s. Because of a lack of observations, lake water balances and their changes are far from well understood. Evaporation is a component of the lake water balance, and this study quantifies its magnitude, decadal change, and its contribution to the water balance changes in Lake Nam Co, one of the largest lakes on the Tibetan Plateau (with an area of approximately 2000 km2 and a mean depth of approximately 40 m). The lake temperature and the evaporation are simulated by the Flake model. The simulation results are validated against observed lake temperature profile from 2013 and Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer lake surface temperature data from 2000 to 2014. The simulated latent heat flux and sensible heat flux are validated against Bowen ratio‐derived estimates for 2013. Based on the validated simulation results, the long‐term mean annual evaporation is approximately 832 ± 69 mm, and this value is much less than the potential evaporation estimated using the Penman‐Monteith equation. The annual evaporation from 1980 to 2014 displays a complex decadal oscillation, mainly due to the changes in energy‐related terms (air temperature and radiation). The mean lake evaporation since the late 1990s is greater than previous periods; thus, this change in evaporation has suppressed the recent expansion of Nam Co.