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China's Disappearing Glaciers - Tibetan Plateau

Biology students from the Chengdu South-West University of Minorities collecting samples of mosses for study from the upper reaches of the Hailuogou glacier. Monitoring alpine species like this has been key in understanding the effects on biodiversity of warming temperatures and climate change. As a result of rising temperatures on the Tibetan Plateau, the Hailuogou glacier has retreated over 2 km during the 20th century alone. Since the Little Ice Age, studies have revealed that the total monsoonal glacier coverage in the southeast of the Tibetan Plateau has decreased by as much as 30 percent, causing alarm in scientific circles.

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China's Disappearing Glaciers [2012]
Biology students from the Chengdu South-West University of Minorities collecting samples of mosses for study from the upper reaches of the Hailuogou glacier. Monitoring alpine species like this has been key in understanding the effects on biodiversity of warming temperatures and climate change. As a result of rising temperatures on the Tibetan Plateau, the Hailuogou glacier has retreated over 2 km during the 20th century alone. Since the Little Ice Age, studies have revealed that the total monsoonal glacier coverage in the southeast of the Tibetan Plateau has decreased by as much as 30 percent, causing alarm in scientific circles.