As snowpack depletes, vulnerable communities have less access to water. One study already predicted that 66% of the global ...

China’s stewardship of the Third Pole will shape not only Asia’s water security but the credibility of global climate ...

The Tibetan Plateau, known as the Roof of the World, is the highest and largest plateau on Earth. Learn about its height, ...

Stanislav Kutuzov felt the drillhead he was controlling smash into the rock more than 100 meters below him high on a glacier ...

The Indus River is known as the Lifeline of Ladakh. Learn why it is the sole source of water for this cold desert, sustaining ...

After eight months, Javier Carrasco and his partner have covered 12,000km across Europe, China, and Central Asia. They have ...

China’s pillage of fragile ecosystems like the Tibetan Plateau stands as a stark warning for Myanmar if Chinese development ...

According to a paper, climate and weather predictions of increased rainfall will lead to an exponential expansion of land-locked lakes on the Tibetan Plateau, resulting in major land loss and related ...

Using excavated artifacts, Ambrose (pictured) and his team discovered that there was a long-distance cultural exchange between the Tibetan plateau and northern China. The Tibetan plateau—the world’s ...

It’s not called the Third Pole for nothing. The Tibetan Plateau forms the major portion of a vast upland area of ice and glaciers that covers some 100,000 square kilometers of Earth’s surface. It is a ...