Tibet is situated on the Tibet Plateau, which includes parts of neighboring Chinese provinces Qinghai, Sichuan, Gansu and Yunnan. These areas used to be part of Tibet until Chinese rule.

(Photo by Yangel Dongrub/Xinhua)LANZHOU, April 12 (Xinhua) -- Chinese researchers have recently unveiled the impact of changes in plant phenology on the stability of the alpine meadow ecosystem on the ...

Beijing: Chinese researchers have revealed that the Tibetan Plateau is expected to experience accelerated warming in the next 10 years, according to the Institute of Atmospheric Physics (IAP) under ...

Most of Asia's major rivers find their source on the Tibetan plateau. However as the global temperature rises, Tibet’s glaciers are melting and grassland permafrost is thawing at an alarming rate.

Asia Society has produced a documentary about the impact of global warming on the Tibetan plateau, the rivers which originate there, and the people who depend on them to live. From the ...

LANZHOU, April 12 (Xinhua) -- Chinese researchers have recently unveiled the impact of changes in plant phenology on the stability of the alpine meadow ecosystem on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, ...

The researchers from the IAP analysed advanced international decadal prediction systems to assess the predictability of temperature changes on the Tibetan Plateau. Their findings indicate that ...

A rare geological process is tearing the Indian Plate apart deep beneath the surface, scientists have discovered. In a study ...