The Tibetan Plateau, often called the "roof of the world," continues to baffle geologists and others curious about Earth’s ...

The Tibetan Plateau as a whole is heating up twice as ... believe this warming feedback loop could intensify the Asian monsoon, triggering more violent storms and flooding in places such as ...

One way to get elevated heating is the presence of a large, high-altitude land surface. “For example, in the Asian monsoon, you have the Tibetan Plateau to provide elevated heating. When the seasons ...

The researchers, led by the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research ... in the long run it will cause a shift in monsoon circulation, resulting in more heavy rainfall ...

This study addresses a novel and interesting question about how the rise of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau influenced patterns of bird migration, employing a multi-faceted approach that combines species ...

The hydropower dam, in quake-prone Tibet, is set to be the world’s biggest. But China has said little about the project, ...

Select the journal/section where you want your idea to be submitted: The Tibetan Plateau, known as the “Asian Water Tower (AWT)”, or “the Third Pole”, is the highest and largest plateau of the world.

This changeover is the result of a phenomenon called the North American monsoon, which was responsible ... a wall that ...

Three such collision zones form the Himalaya-Tibetan Plateau, the European Alps and ... aligns with the onset of intensified monsoon rainfall around 22 million years ago. This highlights a ...