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China's Glacial Area Shrinks 26% In 60 Years, 7,000 Glaciers Disappear
China is staring at a water crisis in the mid-to-long term after the latest climate data showed a rapidly depleting glacial count. As many as 7,000 glaciers have disappeared completely, with the pace of glacial retreat accelerating year-on-year.
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Ancient Viral Genomes in Glaciers Reveal Pathogens’ Climate Adaptation Over 41,000 Years
Researchers from The Ohio State University have uncovered how ancient viruses preserved in glacier ice have adapted to Earth's shifting climate over the past 41,000 years. By analysing viral genomes from the Guliya Glacier on the Tibetan Plateau, the study reveals significant variations in viral communities between cold and warm climatic periods. T...
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China Sends 1,500 Tonnes Of Tibet Glacier Water To Maldives Again: Report
China has gifted 1,500 tonnes of water from the Tibetan glaciers to Maldives, the second such donation in less than two months, a media report said on Friday.
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China Sends 1,500 Tonnes Of Drinking Water From Tibet To Maldives
The Maldives government Tuesday announced that 1,500 tonnes of drinking water donated by China from the glaciers in Tibet has reached the archipelago nation amidst an acute water shortage.
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How Dust From Thar Desert Significantly Impacts Glaciers In Tibet
Glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau are greatly affected by dust from the Thar Desert in India due to the influence of terrain and westerly winds, according to a study.
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Nearly 1,000 Species of Microbes Discovered in Frozen Tibetan Plateau, Surviving in Extreme Conditions
Researchers have identified nearly 1,000 new species of microbes in the frozen Tibetan Plateau. The scientists set out to identify and discover microorganisms in 21 Tibetan glaciers between 2016 and 2020, The Tibetan Plateau is considered one of the harshest environments on the planet. They identified and catalogued 968 species of microorganisms fo...
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Mount Everest Getting Warmer, Glaciers Shrinking: Research
Mount Everest is getting warmer for the past 50 years with the glaciers around the world's highest peak shrinking "remarkably", according to a Chinese research. The glaciers in 8,844-metre-high Mt Everest, known as Mt Qomolangma in Tibet, have been shrinking "remarkably" swelling glacial lakes and rivers downstream, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hun...
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Dalai Lama Says Climate Change Destroying Tibet's 'Roof of the World'
Tibet's exiled leaders, including the Dalai Lama, said on Tuesday two-thirds of the glaciers in their mountain homeland may disappear by 2050 because of climate change and demanded a stake in international climate talks later this year.
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Tibet's Glaciers at Their Warmest in 2,000 Years: Report
The Tibetan plateau, whose glaciers supply water to hundreds of millions of people in Asia, were warmer over the past 50 years than at any stage in the past two millennia, a Chinese newspaper said, citing an academic report.
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China's Glacial Area Shrinks 26% In 60 Years, 7,000 Glaciers Disappear
China is staring at a water crisis in the mid-to-long term after the latest climate data showed a rapidly depleting glacial count. As many as 7,000 glaciers have disappeared completely, with the pace of glacial retreat accelerating year-on-year.
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Ancient Viral Genomes in Glaciers Reveal Pathogens’ Climate Adaptation Over 41,000 Years
Researchers from The Ohio State University have uncovered how ancient viruses preserved in glacier ice have adapted to Earth's shifting climate over the past 41,000 years. By analysing viral genomes from the Guliya Glacier on the Tibetan Plateau, the study reveals significant variations in viral communities between cold and warm climatic periods. T...
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China Sends 1,500 Tonnes Of Tibet Glacier Water To Maldives Again: Report
China has gifted 1,500 tonnes of water from the Tibetan glaciers to Maldives, the second such donation in less than two months, a media report said on Friday.
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China Sends 1,500 Tonnes Of Drinking Water From Tibet To Maldives
The Maldives government Tuesday announced that 1,500 tonnes of drinking water donated by China from the glaciers in Tibet has reached the archipelago nation amidst an acute water shortage.
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How Dust From Thar Desert Significantly Impacts Glaciers In Tibet
Glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau are greatly affected by dust from the Thar Desert in India due to the influence of terrain and westerly winds, according to a study.
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Nearly 1,000 Species of Microbes Discovered in Frozen Tibetan Plateau, Surviving in Extreme Conditions
Researchers have identified nearly 1,000 new species of microbes in the frozen Tibetan Plateau. The scientists set out to identify and discover microorganisms in 21 Tibetan glaciers between 2016 and 2020, The Tibetan Plateau is considered one of the harshest environments on the planet. They identified and catalogued 968 species of microorganisms fo...
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Mount Everest Getting Warmer, Glaciers Shrinking: Research
Mount Everest is getting warmer for the past 50 years with the glaciers around the world's highest peak shrinking "remarkably", according to a Chinese research. The glaciers in 8,844-metre-high Mt Everest, known as Mt Qomolangma in Tibet, have been shrinking "remarkably" swelling glacial lakes and rivers downstream, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hun...
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Dalai Lama Says Climate Change Destroying Tibet's 'Roof of the World'
Tibet's exiled leaders, including the Dalai Lama, said on Tuesday two-thirds of the glaciers in their mountain homeland may disappear by 2050 because of climate change and demanded a stake in international climate talks later this year.
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Tibet's Glaciers at Their Warmest in 2,000 Years: Report
The Tibetan plateau, whose glaciers supply water to hundreds of millions of people in Asia, were warmer over the past 50 years than at any stage in the past two millennia, a Chinese newspaper said, citing an academic report.
