• Tibetans storing freshly harvested corn, high in the mountains of Aba, on the south-east edge of the Tibetan Plateau.
  • Tibetan children in a village in the region of Aba. South-east Tibetan Plateau, in Sichuan Province, western China.
  • A Tibetan girl in a village in the region of Aba. South-east Tibetan Plateau, in Sichuan Province, western China.
  • A Tibetan man in a village in the region of Aba. South-east Tibetan Plateau, in Sichuan Province, western China.
  • Tibetans storing freshly harvested corn, high in the mountains of Aba, on the south-east edge of the Tibetan Plateau.
  • A Tibetan woman collects corn in the mountains of Aba. As temperatures rise on the plateau, communities living on the “roof of the world” will be some of the first to feel the effects.
  • The town of Heishui, which lies in a valley between steep mountains in the foothills of the Tibetan Plateau, in the Tibetan region of Aba in northern Sichuan province.
  • A man stands on a bridge that leads to newly built homes, built to rehouse local Tibetans displaced by the Maoergai Dam, in the Tibetan region of Aba. South-east Tibetan Plateau, in Sichuan Province, western China.
  • Tibetans in a village in the region of Aba. South-east Tibetan Plateau, in Sichuan Province, western China.
  • A Tibetan man in a village in the region of Aba. South-east Tibetan Plateau, in Sichuan Province, western China.
  • A man walks through a village in the Tibetan foothills near the town of Heishui on the south-east edge of the Tibetan Plateau in Sichuan Province, western China.
  • As a result of increased run-off from melting glaciers and increased rainfall in the region, flooding is becoming a common occurrence in the mountains of northern Sichuan. In Heishui town, a path has collapsed as a result of the disturbance of land beneath it, next to the Heishui River.
  • The Dagu Glacier park on the south-east edge of the Tibetan Plateau in Sichuan Province, western China. The glacier has been shrinking in recent years, as a result of rising temperatures in the region.
  • A man waiting for a cable car in the Dagu Glacier park on the south-east edge of the Tibetan Plateau in Sichuan Province, western China.
  • Locals in Heishui town working on a small construction site near to the Heishui River. Construction projects in this area have contributed to a changing landscape on the Tibetan Plateau. South-east Tibetan Plateau, in Sichuan Province, western China.
  • Two Chinese women walking by the side of the road in Sichuan Province, western China.
  • A Tibetan monk stand by the side of the road in the south-east Tibetan Plateau, in Sichuan Province, western China.
  • Pedestrians in the city of Chegdu in Sichuan Province, western China.
  • A cat in a home near the town of Heishui on the south-east edge of the Tibetan Plateau in Sichuan Province, western China.
  • Tibetans harvesting wheat in the Tibetan foothills near the town of Heishui on the south-east edge of the Tibetan Plateau in Sichuan Province, western China.
  • Tibetans harvesting wheat in the Tibetan foothills near the town of Heishui on the south-east edge of the Tibetan Plateau in Sichuan Province, western China.
  • Tibetans harvesting wheat in the Tibetan foothills near the town of Heishui on the south-east edge of the Tibetan Plateau in Sichuan Province, western China.
  • A Tibetan man near the town of Heishui on the south-east edge of the Tibetan Plateau in Sichuan Province, western China.
  • The drainage channel of the Maoergai Dam, a 147-metre high, clay-core, gravel dam located near Heishui town. The dam is one of 25,000 dams that make up China’s hydropower network.
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