Rising Waters Transform the Tibetan Plateau Into an Unpredictable Future
Increased rainfall and glacier meltwater are set to dramatically reverse the shrinking trend and expand land-locked lakes on the Tibetan Plateau by 50%. This expansion…
Increased rainfall and glacier meltwater are set to dramatically reverse the shrinking trend and expand land-locked lakes on the Tibetan Plateau by 50%. This expansion…
Ancient protein evidence shows milk consumption was a powerful cultural adaptation that stimulated human expansion onto the highland Tibetan Plateau. The Tibetan Plateau, known as…
Dairy pastoralism began on the plateau by ~3500 years ago and supported population expansion into its vast, non-farmable highlands. Ancient populations on the Tibetan Plateau…
The new discovery of a deep canyon buried along the Yarlung Tsangpo River in south Tibet effectively rules out a popular model used to explain…
An international team of scientists is starting a long-term campaign to measure the overall health of the ice atop Tibet and its surrounding mountains. This…