What do satellite images tell us about the project ... According to a World Bank report, the Tibetan Plateau averages 734 millimeters (mm) of annual precipitation, while the Yarlung Tsangpo ...

High in the Himalayas, soldiers have fought hand-to-hand at a border hotly contested by two nuclear-armed giants. Why are ...

From a brain-inspired vision chip to an ice core time machine, these were the most important breakthroughs last year, ...

The LT-1 satellite successfully detected the activity of rock glaciers and captured more detailed spatial deformation characteristics compared to medium-resolution SAR data. The results demonstrated ...

For each satellite, the revisit time at the equator is 10 days ... In this work, we studied deformations of a landslide in northeast Tibetan Plateau with SBAS-InSAR and optical POT. Deformations ...

Researchers have used tree rings to track rainfall patterns on the Tibetan Plateau over the course of almost 3,500 years and found a link between major changes and the downfall of some of the most ...

Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China and economy stories of the day. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Tibetan tree rings link climate change ...

In June 2024, southern China experienced record-breaking heavy rainfall, resulting in devastating societal and economic ...

As climate change warms the Arctic, permafrost is thawing, and carbon trapped within the soil is moving into the atmosphere.

The Tibet Museum, under the Department of Information and International Relations of the Central Tibetan Administration, has launched an impactful travelling exhibition tour across the United ...