The Tibetan plateau, which is also known in China as the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the Qing-Zang Plateau or the Himalayan Plateau, is the third least-populous place on earth—only surpassed by Antarctica ...

With delicate diplomatic handling, this 'project of the century' can build goodwill and help South Asia's water-dependent economies When Premier Li Qiang broke ground for the construction of the ...

Using the dam on the Yarlung Tsangpo to share electricity could carry ‘significant strategic value’ for Beijing, analysts say ...

The Tibetan Plateau (TP) in central Asia has an average elevation of more than 4000 m asl and an area of approximately 2,500,000 km 2, and is now called "the Third Pole" of the Earth and the "Asian ...

Millions of people depend on water from the glaciers of High-Mountain Asia. South-eastern Tibet, however, has some of the most rapidly melting glaciers in Asia. This is due to less summer snowfall ...

In 2004, I traveled a thousand miles in the eastern Tibetan plateau by local bus, hitchhiking, and finally on a second-hand motorcycle, which I rode over 17,000-foot passes so remote I felt like ...

The project, part of China’s push to expand renewable energy and reduce carbon emissions, could affect millions downstream in ...

China's Tsangpo hydropower dam in Tibet raises concerns in India and downstream nations over water flow and environmental impact.

BEIJING - China has moved forward with plans to build the world’s largest hydroelectric dam on the Yarlung Tsangpo River in ...

High mountain glaciers that are melting in the Tibetan plateau in Asia contain greenhouse gases and should be counted in global greenhouse gas budgets, according to researchers from China. The study ...

The Chinese Communist Party is looking to control the next Dalai Lama, the highest spiritual head under Tibetan Buddhism, to legitimize its 1950 occupation of Tibet, a remote land in the world's ...

Climate change-induced water loss in the Tibetan Plateau further challenges water security from Central to Southeast Asia. By Genevieve Donnellon-May September 17, 2022 Credit: Depositphotos ...