Tibet

Northeastern Tibet Plateau uplift and impact on precipitation. Credit: Miao Yunfa The uplift of the Tibet Plateau is considered to be the main driving force behind the evolution of the Asian monsoon-arid climate as well as biodiversity in the region. Surface elevation is the intuitive expression of tectonic uplift, but quantitative reconstruction has always been a difficult problem. …

A rich variety of vertebrate animals thrive in the lush forests dominated by eucalyptus trees, and occasional volcanic activity in the distant mountains. Geological phenomena and reconstructed taxa: ① Volcano, ② Conifers, ③ Broadleaved trees, ④ Shrubs, ⑤ 'Eucalyptus' sp., ⑥ Anthracokeryx Litangensis, ⑦ Brontotheriidae gen. et sp. indet., ⑧ Bothriodon sp., ⑨ Caenolophus proficiens, ⑩ Testudinidae gen. et sp. indet., ⑪ Leporidae gen. et sp. indet., ⑫…

...Visitors to Darjeeling are urged to rise early. From this ramshackle city slung across once lush hillsides at the northern apex of the Indian state of West Bengal the best chance of a close encounter with the world’s most spectacular urban backdrop comes at first light. Even then you may be disappointed. Kangchenjunga (Kangchendzonga), our planet’s third highest mountain, is like the tiger in the forest – ever out there but not readily spotted. Or more accurately, it’s ever up there. Instead of straining towards some…

by Beate Kittl, Eidgenössische Forschungsanstalt für Wald, Schnee und Landschaft WSL Parlung No. 4 glacier captured by a drone during a sunny day of November 2020, and its location on the Tibetan plateau. Credit: Wei Yang Millions of people depend on water from the…

A Tibet Airline flight has caught fire after skidding off of the runway at China’s southwestern city of Chongqing. The plane is said to have 122 passengers on board when the incident happened. Fortunately, all passengers and crew were evacuated safely, as per the airline. This incident comes after recently a China Eastern Airline crash that killed all 132 passengers onboard.WATCH TIBET AIRLINE CRASH VIDEO:The Tibet Airline flight, carrying 113 passengers and nine crew, was headed from the southwestern city of Chongqing to…

Copper Mountain by Thubten Samphel is one of those rare meeting points of a book that brings together the cultural conflicts of a people, the politics of faith, the authoritarian government and private machinery of China, and an environmental disaster of epic proportions. The novel begins with the largest hoard of copper being discovered in one of the most sacred Tibetan and Indian shrines in the world, Kailash Mountain. While mining the mountain is a major religious and spiritual issue, it also threatens to pollute the…

The Gangdese porphyry copper deposit belt (GPCDB) is along the southern margin of Lhasa Terrane. The deposits of GPCDB were formed in the Miocene after the India-Eurasia collision. The genesis of these porphyry copper deposits is controversial. Jiama is a giant…