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Across China: Thirty years of gritty determination - China's desert warriors
Shapotou in northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region nestles where the Yellow River meets the Tengger Desert. For more than five decades researchers have been coming here to fight desertification. Li Xinrong is one of them.
2016-11-30 -
Tibetan Headwaters of the Yangtze Under Threat
The glaciers which feed the “ Yangtze River Source Region ” ( YRSR ) are in the “ most sensitive area to global warming ” atop the Tibetan Plateau .According to a study led by the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research . Nearly a quarter of the glacier coverage throughout the headwater region melted from 1970 thr...
2016-07-22 -
Prof. Atsushi Tsunekawa Visits CAREERI
Prof . Atsushi Tsunekawa and Prof . Thieb Y . Oweis with Tottori University .Prof . Enyew Adgo Tsegaye with University Bahir Dar and other four researchers visited Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute ( CAREERI ) from June 9th to 15th at the invitation of Prof . WANG Tao . They visi...
2016-06-21 -
NAE Member Dennis P. Lettenmaier Visits CAREERI
National Academy of Engineering ( NAE ) Member and Distinguished Professor of University of California ( UC ) Dennis P . Lettenmaier visited the Key Laboratory of Land Surface Process and Climate Change .After the lecture , Prof . Lettenmaier visited the Cold and Arid Regions Science and Innovation Museum with the c...
2016-05-24 -
Smos Gets Help From TIbet
2016-03-18