Thousands of slate artifacts found on the Tibetan Plateau showcase the resiliency of early humans as they fanned out of Africa.

The growing Tibetan Plateau since the Cenozoic has shifted the life's history by changing the regional geography and global climate; however, little is known about the details of the process ...

The Tibetan Plateau as a whole is heating up twice as fast as the global average of 1.3°F over the past century—and in some places even faster.

The Tibetan Plateau supports a vast expanse of rolling meadows and grassy steppes that are nearly 3 miles (4,500 meters or 14,700 feet), on average, above sea level. Well above the tree line, these ...

Chinese scientists warn that the Tibetan Plateau may lose most of its glacier and permafrost, dramatically affecting Asia's water supply.

Drawing upon fieldwork in western Nepal, the Tibet Autonomous Region, and the eastern Tibetan Plateau as well as historical and contemporary maps, I will argue that there is a recognizable but as yet ...

The Tibetan Plateau -- the world's largest, highest, and flattest plateau -- had a larger initial extent than previously documented, Earth scientists have demonstrated. Known as the "Roof of the ...

The Tibetan lama who wrote a world geography in 1830 New research challenges stereotypical views of Tibet as an isolated and inward-looking society before the British and Chinese arrived.

The answer lies in a unique mix of geography, safety, and technical challenges that make Tibet one of the least flown-over regions in the world.Tibet sits on the highest plateau on Earth, with an ...