Thursday, June 26, 2014

GLOBAL WARMING EFFECT ON TIBET PLATEAU- CHINA



Perennial frozen Land on Tibet Plateau which is at an average altitude of 4,500m has shrunk by 16 per cent over the past three decades as a result of global warming. The average temperature on the plateau has risen by 1.8˚c as well as the glaciers have decrease by 15 per cent due to the climate change. Remote sensing and satellite monitoring also shows the volume of frozen earth has decreased on plateau which will adversely affect the vegetation and ecology of plateau.
June 17
http://english.people.com.cn/n/2014/0617/c202936-8742539.html

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