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YAO Tandong	Chen Fahu


FANG Xiaomin	DING Lin


MA Yaoming	Li Xin


Tian Lide	Xu Baiqing

Yang Kun	Liu Yongqin

Liang Eryuan	Wu Guangjian

Piao Shilong	Kang Shichang

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Research Activities

	Arctic Sea-ice Loss Intensifies Aerosol Transport to Tibe...
	A joint research team led by Prof. CONG Zhiyuan from the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research (ITP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) found that Arctic sea-ice loss intensifies aerosol transport to the Tibetan Plateau (TP). 　　T...
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	祁连山地区天空地一体化综合监测网2019年数据发布
	2020年7月，国家青藏高原科学数据中心（https://data.tpdc.ac.cn/）发布祁连山地区天空地一体化综合监测网2019年观测数据集。据悉，自2018年祁连山地区天空地一体化综合监测网观测数据集发布一年的时间里，被浏览7万多次，申请使用近2500次，得到了用户的...
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	51.7 Billion Tons! Scientists Precisely Estimate Annual W...
	A research team led by Prof. MA Yaoming from the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research (ITP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has proposed a reliable lake evaporation estimation method based on meteorological and satellite data. They f...
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	JGR- Biogeosciences & STE: Responses of the alpine soil o...
	Soils on the Tibetan Plateau are extremely sensitive to global climate change. They are young in terms of development，forming a thin, skeletal soil layer because the gravel parent materials are glaciofluvial deposit, eluvium, and fluvia...
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	GRL: Spring hydroclimate reconstruction on the south-cent...
	The Nam Co, situated within the south-central Tibetan Plateau (30°–35°N), is located at the transitional region between the Indian summer monsoon and westerlies in the growing season. This area with an elevation above 4700 m a.s.l. is...
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	RPP: A major environmental shift by the middle Eocene in ...
	The modern environment of southern China is dominated by a humid monsoon climate, and presents a striking contrast to the widespread deserts found at similar latitudes elsewhere. The formation of a monsoon climate marks a major environme...
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	EM: Distinct assembly mechanisms underlie similar biogeog...
	The rare biosphere contains microorganisms that present in low abundance. These rare microorganisms represent the majority of the Earth's biodiversity and are responsible for ecosystem multifunctionality and act as the “seed bank” duri...
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	ISME: Mountain biodiversity and ecosystem functions: inte...
	Although biodiversity and ecosystem functions are strongly shaped by contemporary environments, such as climate, local biotic and abiotic attributes, we know relatively little about how they change along with long-term geological process...
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Int’l Cooperation Activities

TPE Highlights Asian Water Tower Changes at 2019 AGU Fall Meeting	[12-18]
TPE and Arctic Circle Map Out Future Cooperation	[12-18]
International scientists gather in Frankfurt for the ninth TPE Workshop	[12-06]
TPE and GCW Highlighted observation-prediction integration on WMO High Mountain Summit	[11-22]
TPE Takes New Step to Connect the Third Pole and the Arctic	[10-23]
The Workshop on China-Norway “Third Pole-Arctic Center” is Held Successfully	[10-21]
2019 TPE & TransTiP Science & Technology Training and ITP Undergraduates Summer School was held successfully	[08-29]
Professor Toshio Koike, who was recommended by ITP, won the 2018 CAS Award for International Scientific and Techn...	[02-01]
2017 TPE Science & Technology Training was held successfully in Beijing and Lanzhou, China	[09-01]
TPE session successfully held at EGU 2015	[04-20]
TPE delegates attended the first Himalaya-Third Pole Circle meeting	[02-10]
TPE successfully held another session at AGU fall meeting	[12-26]

Events & Announcement

[10-13]Guide for Application of TEL Open Funding（2018.9）

[09-26]Guide for application of TEL open funding（2017.7）

[07-08]TEL 113th academic frontier seminar

[06-20]LAEB 13th Academic frontier seminar

[06-20]TEL 112th academic frontier seminar

[06-19]TEL 111th academic frontier seminar

[From Xinhua]Arctic sea ice loss intensifies ae...

[from Xinhua]Researchers reveal climate change ...

[From Xinhua] China Focus: Scientists develop d...

[From Xinhua] Chinese researchers extract ice c...

[From Zhongxin] Chinese scientists collect firs...

[From Xinhua] Feature: Tree talker

[From Xinhua]Human activities dominating factor...

Asian water towers are world's most important a...

[From Xinhua]Chinese researchers establish wate...

China Focus: Int'l workshop held to enhance coo...

Chinese scientists launch program to tackle gla...

Plant growing season not extended remarkably wi...

Glacier surface biological dust can strongly ac...

Researchers confirm earliest archaeological sit...

Harvard University Professor hosted the 16th Ti...

Topics addressed at 5th TPE Workshop gain high ...

Big money into the study of tectonics along the...

Prof YAO Tandong talks at China National Geogra...

Moisture controls the growth of birch at the up...

Newletter 21 - Dec. 2013

Newletter 20- Jun. 2013

Research Platform

Key Laboratory of Tibetan Environment Changes and Land Surface Processes, Chinese Academy of Sciences (TEL)

Key Laboratory of Continental Collision and Plateau Uplift (LCPU)

Nam Co Monitoring and Research Station for Multisphere Interactions , Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAMORS)

Southeast Tibet Observation and Research Station for the Alpine Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences(SETORS)

Qomolangma Atmospheric and Environmental Observation and Research Station , Chinese Academy of Sciences(QOMS)

Ngari Desert Observation and Research Station (NADORS)

Muztagh Ata Westerly Observation and Research Station(MAWORS)

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