XINING -- Chinese researchers have revealed that the responses of subsoil organic carbon (SOC) to climate warming and cooling ...

This article was originally published on The Conversation.. It's not called the Third Pole for nothing. The Tibetan Plateau forms the major portion of a vast upland area of ice and glaciers that ...

China has commenced construction on the world's largest hydropower dam on the Tibetan Plateau, a $170 billion project that ...

China's Premier Li Qiang announced construction had begun on what will be the world's largest hydropower dam, located on the ...

The Tibetan Plateau has long been considered one of the last places to be populated by people in their migration around the globe. A new paper by archaeologists at the University of California, Davis, ...

Many top telescopes, such as the Very Large Telescope, take advantage of near-ideal conditions in Chile. The Tibetan Plateau could serve a similar role for observations in the Eastern Hemisphere.

Little is known about the Denisovans. But a new study is revealing how these enigmatic ancient humans survived in the Tibetan plateau, one of Earth’s most extreme environments.

Why the Tibetan Plateau Might Be the Ideal Spot for the Telescope of the Future A team in China has identified a location that could give the Eastern Hemisphere its first major observatory.

Genetic evidence puts Denisovans, humankind’s now-extinct cousins, on the Tibetan Plateau from 100,000 to at least 60,000 years ago. Skip to content. Subscribe or renew today ...