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Detection of Spatio-temporal Variability of Air Temperature and Precipitation Based on Long-term Meteorological Station Observations over Tianshan Mountains, Central Asia
Based on meteorological station records during 1960–2016, scientists detected the variations of air temperature and precipitation by using non-parametric method in the different sub-regions and different elevations of the Tianshan Mountains. The mutations of climate were investigated by Mann-Kendall abrupt change t...
2018-04-04 -
Dissolved Organic Carbon Fractionation Accelerates Glacier-melting: A Case Study in th Northern Tibetan Plateau
In glacierized regions, melting process has a significant effect on concentrations and light absorption characteristics of dissolved organic carbon (DOC), potentially resulting in variations of its radiative forcing, which is not yet relevant research at glacier region of the Tibetan Plateau (TP).
2018-04-03 -
Modeling the Origin of Anthropogenic Black Carbon and Its Climatic Effect Over the Tibetan Plateau and Surrounding Regions
In this study, scientists used a regional climate-atmospheric chemistry model and a set of BC scenarios for quantitative evaluation of the impact of anthropogenic BC from various sources and its climate effects over the TP in 2013.
2018-03-30 -
Team Awarded for Research into Building Railways in Cold Regions
One of the Innovation Team winners in this year’s China National Science and Technology Awards is a team that has been researching construction on permafrost for almost half a century and made the completion of Qinghai-Tibet Railway possible in 2006.
2018-01-09 -
The Antelope and the Interloper
The moment Su Jianping heard the news on July 7th that Hoh Xil in China's western Qinghai Province had been successfully listed as a UNESCO world natural heritage site, the professor at the Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology (NWIPB)under the Chinese Academy of Sciences felt relief.
2017-11-27 -
'Impossible To Save': Scientists Are Watching China's Glaciers Disappear
Xinjiang, a land of mountains, forests and deserts, is four times the size of California and is home to 20,000 glaciers — nearly half of all the glaciers in China. Since the 1950s, all of Xinjiang's glaciers have retreated by between 21 percent to 27 percent
2017-11-02 -
China and Nepal Collaborate on Glacier Research
China and Nepal have developed a close collaboration in glacier research. By sampling data on the north (Chinese) and south (Nepali) sides of the Himalayas, scientists from both countries can trace the movement of black carbon and heavy metals from South Asia across the mountains into the Tibetan Plateau, a topic of...
2017-11-02 -
The Chinese Glacier with Three Names
A visit to a research station in the Qilian Mountains of western China brought the author to a glacier whose meltwater supplies oases along the Silk Road. Reflecting the region's long history, the glacier has three names, one of them very surprising.
2017-11-02
