By Xinhua writer Yuan Quan ？ BEIJING , March 11 ( Xinhua ) - - Zhu Haifeng , 42 , talks to trees and learns about our planet ' s past . ？ Zhu uses tree ages , rather than high-tech instruments .Only the oldest , injured or dead trees have the most accurate ring records . ？ Instead of cutting trees , Zhu gets cross sections of tree rings by drilling timber core samples ." Zhu says . " My little daughter once asked me why I go to the plateau to look at trees as there are so many in Beijing . " ？ " I told her that the trees on the plateau can tell stories . ".
2020-03-12
BEIJING , Feb . 24 ( Xinhua ) - - Chinese researchers discovered that human activities were the dominating factor influencing the Asian dust storm 2000 years ago .Began to overtake natural climatic variability as the dominant controls of dust storm activity in eastern China . ？ The findings are expected to provide scientific support for policymaking of regulating human activities and afforestation in arid and semi-arid regions of north China . ？ Link : ？ https : / / www . nature . com/articles/s41467-020 - 14765 - 4.
2020-02-25
The melting glaciers in Asian water towers could reduce the water supply for people living downstream in coming decades . " ？ Prof . YAO is one of the first scientists to study glacier changes on the Tibetan Plateau and has spent years studying changes in Asian Water Towers . He is also the chief scientist of the Pan-TPE project that supported.With a focus on Asian Water Tower changes . ？ To explore the data and compare water tower rankings , visit natgeo . com/PerpetualPlanet . ( EurekAlert !
2019-12-13
2019-10-25
A workshop with 40 world scientists opened in Beijing Thursday to enhance global study of Third Pole environmental changes .According to Yao , his team has worked with a group of leading French scientists on the study of water stable isotope simulation to estimate the age and origins of water and of movement within the hydrologic cycle of the region .He said he was willing to work together with Chinese scientists . " The region is a global concern , " he said . ( Xinhua ) ？.
2019-07-16
Chinese scientists have launched the " Third Pole Environment program " at an international workshop in Beijing in a bid to combat environmental changes taking place in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau . Over the past 100 years , the Third Pole region .Scientists from different countries shared their observations , addressed the local impact and provided scientific advice to policymakers . ( Ecns . cn ).
2019-07-16
BEIJING , June 24 ( Xinhua ) - - Researchers have disclosed that plant growing season has not extended significantly with global warming slowing down .According to the research paper published in journal Nature Communications . The lack of widespread phenology trends partly led to the lack of widespread trends in spring and autumn carbon fluxes , the paper said .Air temperature is one of the major factors influencing phenology and global warming advances spring phenology or delays autumn phenology , while the carbon , water .
2019-06-28
BEIJING , June 27 ( Xinhua ) - - Dark-colored biological dust called cryoconite found on the surface of glaciers during the intensive melting season creates a large accumulation of atmospheric mercury deposition on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau .
2019-06-28
LANZHOU , June 17 ( Xinhua ) - - A karst cave in northwestern China has been confirmed as the earliest archaeological site ever discovered on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau , Chinese researchers announced at a press conference over the weekend .We are not very sure if these stone artifacts and animal bones have direct connections with the Xiahe Denisovans , but we will continue on with further study , " Chen said . ？ Source : Xinhua | Editor : Yang Yi.
2019-06-18
BEIJING , May 18 ( Xinhua ) - - A Chinese research team has , for the first time , extracted ice core samples from a glacier outside the country .Was led by the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research under the auspices of the Chinese Academy of Science . The team completed a 108 - day scientific expedition in the Karakorum Mountains of the Gilgit-Baltistan region from October 2019 to January 2020 .According to Xu , more drill operations in neighboring countries such as Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan were planned for this year but they have been postponed due to COVID-19 . ？.
2019-05-07
