According to Live Science, researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences have sampled 21 glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau and sequenced the DNA of microorganisms that are "dormant" in permafrost.All ...
On October 29, researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) announced the successful extraction of a 324-meter ice core from the thickest glacier on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.This is the ...
Researchers predict that the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau will face significant impacts from melting permafrost, including subsidence, erosion, and desertification.Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in the Himalayas. (Photo: CAS Newsletter).The melting of permafrost on the ...
