Under the title “The Melting Glacier in Tibet Serves as An Example and A Warning”, the Sino-US joint expedition to the Tibetan Plateau made the headlines in the edition of Science Times in The New York Times, November 8, 2004.

Based on the interview with Prof. Yao Tandong (Director of ITP) and Prof. Lonnie G. Thompson (professor of OSU and academic adviser of ITP) immediately after their expedition, the report was about the recent shrinking of most glaciers there, calling on attention to pollution, climate change and environmental protection.

Also a publication of the achievements ITP had made in Tibetan Plateau research in the past, this report in such a worldly acknowledged media was expected to bring more international cooperation for ITP, thus boosting the progress of plateau study worldwide.