Most of Asia's major rivers find their source on the Tibetan plateau. However as the global temperature rises, Tibet’s glaciers are melting and grassland permafrost is thawing at an alarming rate.

Tibet is a historical and geographical region in Central Asia, and its largest part covers the Tibetan Plateau. The average ...

The Tibetan Plateau, often referred to as the "Water Tower of Asia", is crucial to the hydrological cycle, feeding major Asian rivers such as the Yangtze, Yellow River, Indus, and Ganges.

Scientists have warned that there is a rising risk of extreme weather events as a result of the Tibetan Plateau becoming warmer and wetter. The plateau is sometimes described as the “Asian water ...

Notably, more than 40% of alpine plant species in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and ... A simulation on the origin and evolution of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) has been conducted by a PKU ...

BEIJING -- Researchers have uncovered a significant number of new fungal species on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, with findings published in the Journal of Fungi and Fungal Diversity, as reported on ...

Recent research by Chinese scientists highlights the significant effects of global climate change over the past 36 years on the lakes of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, including expansion, increased ...

In a weather manipulation experiment conducted on the Tibetan Plateau last year, the researchers, led by Professor Wang Guangqian from the university’s State Key Laboratory of Hydro-science and ...