tibetan plateau

  • Tibetan Plateau’s freshwater lakes operate as heat collectors, collecting heat from the sun.

    Tibetan Plateau’s freshwater lakes operate as heat collectors, collecting heat from the sun.

    The Tibetan Plateau is the world’s highest and largest plateau, it is also known as the roof of the world. It is home to the world’s largest alpine lake system. Lakes influence the flow of heat between the land and the atmosphere, affecting regional temperatures and precipitation, according to researchers. However, little is known about…

  • The Tibetan Plateau will Warm Quicker than Expected

    The Tibetan Plateau will Warm Quicker than Expected

    In recent decades, the Tibetan Plateau, also known as “the roof of the earth,” has warmed faster than the global average. Human activities, especially greenhouse gas emissions, are to blame for the Tibetan Plateau’s warming since the 1960s. Furthermore, according to a study recently published in Environmental Research Letters, the Plateau could warm faster in…

  • Climate Change on Tibetan Plateau is Threatening Life: Report

    Climate Change on Tibetan Plateau is Threatening Life: Report

    According to a leading Australian broadcasting company report, the climate change on the ‘Roof of the World’ or the Tibetan Plateau is threatening life there. The impact of climate which are less evidently seen elsewhere in the world is seen taking its toll much more evidently on the ‘Roof of the World’ explained the report.

  • Tibet’s Unique Geography and its Importance for the Region

    Tibet’s Unique Geography and its Importance for the Region

    Tibet was recently shaken by tremors on 2nd August at about 2 am in the early morning. Fortunately no casualties were reported and no one was hurt. Earlier this month, Scientists had warned that the mantle – the thick layer under the Earth’s surface – had cracked beneath Tibet. The Indian plate is sub-ducting underneath the Eurasian Plate and…

  • Liverpool FC Sponsorship Deal With Tibet Water Protested

    Liverpool FC Sponsorship Deal With Tibet Water Protested

    The premier English soccer club Liverpool made a sponsorship deal with Tibet Water Resources making headlines across the world for disrespecting the sentiments of people campaigning against the human rights violations happening in Tibet. A protest against the Liverpool FC calling it to cancel the deal is scheduled to take place before its match on…

  • Tibet’s Water Being Sold In Bottles and It is Not Good!

    Tibet’s Water Being Sold In Bottles and It is Not Good!

    Tibet’s water is being sold in bottles and it is not good owing to the fragile environmental condition of the Tibetan plateau. Water from Tibet’s mountain glacier is being bottled to be sold mainly in China and else where in the world which is being seen a new point of growth for China’s booming bottled…

  • China Planning To Divert Brahmaputra River From India

    China Planning To Divert Brahmaputra River From India

    China planning to divert the Brahmaputra river from India according to the latest reports. Against the odds of hopes to resolving the border issues between the two asian giants, China is evidently working at a plan to divert the Brahmaputra river water from region very close to entering the Indian territory.

  • Tibetan Plateau Role In Indian Monsoon 

    Tibetan Plateau Role In Indian Monsoon 

    The very mention of Monsoon brings a smile on faces. Indian Monsoon brings the much needed respite from the scorching heat of South Asia. The Monsoon rains in South Asia differ significantly from the rain from similar systems in South East Asia and other parts of the world. It is far more complex system which…

  • Tibet Was Inhabited More Than 50,000 Years Ago: Scientific Report

    Tibet Was Inhabited More Than 50,000 Years Ago: Scientific Report

    A new scientific analysis of the Tibetan Plateau has challenged the notion of Tibet being inhabited by humans 15,000 years ago. A deeper archaeological survey of the ‘Roof of the World’ has led scientists to believe that human migration in one of the most environmentally hostile places in the world might have occurred more than…

  • Tibetan Plateau Climate Change Driving Leopards Into Snow Leopard’s Territory

    Tibetan Plateau Climate Change Driving Leopards Into Snow Leopard’s Territory

    Rapidly changing climate around the world has impended drastic consequences for the wildlife, especially those that are already endangered and under the radar. Recently, a leopard was caught on camera high on the Tibetan plateau which confirms the speculation that the endangered animal is shifting from warmer climate to colder areas.