As the globe's Third Pole, changes in the Tibetan Plateau's environment are closely linked to the evolution of the environment and ecosystem of the world, and Eurasia in particular.
Can China break free from its fossil fuel addiction? In the 13th Five-Year Plan been discussed last month in Beijing, large efforts were made to curb emissions and invest in green power as a source of energy security.
A team of scientists from five countries recently climbed onto the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and drilled six metric tons of ice cores-the oldest ice on Earth's so-called Third Pole.