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BEAUTY OF CHINA VIEWED FROM ABOVE
Precisely because of these purely aerial photos, a warm and fresh China is on show right before us... READ MORE›
CHINA TO PLANT FOREST THE SIZE OF IRELAND IN BID TO BECOME WORLD LEADER IN CONSERVATION
China has announced plans to plant new forests in 2018 that will cover at least 6.6 million hectares, an area roughly the size of Ireland... READ MORE›
YETI EVIDENCE CAME FROM BEARS, DOG
"So, I agreed to follow up on this study with a more rigorous approach based on more genetic data from more purported yeti samples."... READ MORE›
INDIAN, PAK CITIES JUST ENTERING ITS SMOG SEASON
Indian, Pak cities just entering its smog season NOAA... READ MORE›
WHAT DOES A SEXIST GOOGLE ENGINEER TEACH US ABOUT WOMEN IN SCIENCE?
She is also a lead author of the upcoming Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Special report on ocean and cryosphere... READ MORE›
Trending News Headlines : Tibetan Plateau
CHINA BUILDS WORLD'S BIGGEST SOLAR FARM IN JOURNEY TO BECOME GREEN SUPERPOWER #GLOBALWARNING
Vast plant in Qinghai province is part of China's determination to transform itself from climate change villain to a green energy colossus... READ MORE›
TIBETANS IN ANGUISH AS CHINESE MINES POLLUTE THEIR SACRED GRASSLANDS
Landscape along the road from Xining to Yushu in Qinghai Province, on May 29... READ MORE›
HUNDREDS OF TIBETANS DEFY CHINA, GATHER AT BIRTHPLACE OF BUDDHISM IN INDIA
Every Tibetan has a dream -- to meet the Dalai Lama, he said... READ MORE›
HOW TIBETANS SURVIVE LIFE ON THE 'ROOF OF THE WORLD'
They lived on the Tibetan Plateau, 4200m 14,100ft above sea level, in a site now known as Chusang... READ MORE›
10 BODIES FOUND, SCORES MISSING IN MASSIVE CHINA LANDSLIDE
There were 142 tourists in the village around the time the landslide hit, and all were alive, said Xu Zhiwen, executive deputy governor of Aba prefecture... READ MORE›
CHINA EARTHQUAKE: SEVEN DEAD, 100 FEARED TRAPPED AS QUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 6.5 STRIKES SICHUAN PROVINCE
The news website of Sichuan provincial government reported suspension of train services to Chengdu and other cities post earthquake... READ MORE›
TIBET'S FRAGILE ECOSYSTEM IS IN DANGER. CHINA MUST CHANGE ITS FLAWED ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
China's rolling of its strategic and economic imperatives in Tibet has greater implications on the larger environmental consequences caused by climate change... READ MORE›
CHINA EARTHQUAKE LEAVES 13 DEAD, 175 INJURED NEAR SICHUAN AND GANSU
China's deadliest earthquake this century, a magnitude-7.9 temblor, struck Sichuan province in May 2008, killing nearly 90,000 people... READ MORE›
A WATERFIGHT LIKE NO OTHER MAY BE BREWING OVER ASIA'S RIVERS
In March China agreed to release water to help drought-stricken countries downriver... READ MORE›
TIBET'S LITTLE-KNOWN NOMADIC CULTURE, HIGH ON THE 'ROOF OF THE WORLD'
Kevin Frayer Getty Images A Tibetan nomad woman stands on the Tibetan Plateau with her grandchildren at their summer grazing area in Yushu County, Qinghai, China... READ MORE›
BEIJING LISTS THE WAYS CLIMATE CHANGE IMPERILS CHINA
Overall, the report says, China's water resources, already strained, could shrink by 5 percent by midcentury, because of climate change... READ MORE›
GLACIERS RETREAT SIGNALS ASIAN WATER WOES
Across China, the surface area of glaciers has decreased more than 10 percent since the 1960s, according to the climate change report... READ MORE›
THE BIZARRE WORLD OF BITCOIN 'MINING' FINDS A NEW HOME IN TIBET
Set in remote mountains on the edge of the Tibetan Plateau, the bitcoin mine is strategically placed next to a hydroelectric power plant... READ MORE›
HOPES FADE IN GRIM SEARCH FOR XINMO LANDSLIDE SURVIVORS
A huge landslide crashed on the village of Xinmo, in mountainous Sichuan province, as dawn broke on Saturday... READ MORE›
CHINA TRIED TO DRIVE A FURRY MAMMAL TO EXTINCTION THAT WASNT SUCH A GOOD IDEA
A smaller relative of the rabbit, the plateau pika occupies an almost identical ecological niche to the United States' prairie dog... READ MORE›
CHINA PUSHES CONSTRUCTION PROJECT TO LIBERATE A CRADLE OF TIBETAN CULTURE
The man whom many Tibetans love like a father, the Dalai Lama, was born not far from here... READ MORE›
TIBETAN WHO CALLED FOR DALAI LAMAS RETURN IS SAID TO BE FREED FROM CHINESE PRISON
Since Mr. Runggye Adak's protest, and a widespread Tibetan uprising in 2008, officials have canceled the festival every year... READ MORE›
IN THE DALAI LAMAS HOME TOWN, A MOMENT OF LIMBO
In 1995, the Dalai Lama named a 6-year-old as the reincarnation of the Panchen Lama, the second-most important figure in Tibetan Buddhism... READ MORE›
'HIMALAYAN VIAGRA': TIBET'S GOLD RUSH MAY BE COMING TO AN END
The caterpillar-fungus harvest has been an economic lifeline for Tibetan yak herders... READ MORE›
CARTOGRAPHERS BEWARE: INDIA WARNS OF $15 MILLION FINE FOR MAPS IT DOESN'T LIKE
That version of India includes all of Pakistan and Bangladesh, and sometimes Afghanistan, Myanmar, Bhutan, Nepal and Tibet... READ MORE›
CHILD NUNS IN SEARCH OF ENLIGHTENMENT
Many of those evicted from Larung Gar were soon to find their way to another remarkable settlement to the south-west the Yarchen Gar Monastery... READ MORE›
VIETNAM'S MEKONG DELTA HIT WITH WORST DROUGHT IN 90 YEARS
The drought, caused by El Nino weather patterns, is hitting the entire region from Thailand to Cambodia to Vietnam's central highlands... READ MORE›
TIBET STILL AMONG WORLD'S BEST REGIONS IN ENVIRONMENT
The quality of the water, air, soil and environment atop of the Tibet Plateau remains in good condition, Wang said... READ MORE›
LIVING IN A SLUM IN THE NAME OF
Many of those evicted from Larung Gar were soon to find their way to another remarkable settlement to the south-west the Yarchen Gar Monastery... READ MORE›
HYDROPOWER NOT JUST AN EXPORT FOR WORLD'S TOP DAM BUILDER
Beijing's plans for the Lancang River, China's stretch of the Mekong, will have an impact far beyond the country's borders... READ MORE›
STRONG QUAKE STRIKES SOUTHWEST CHINA, KILLING AT LEAST 5
China's deadliest earthquake this century, a magnitude 7.9 temblor with a depth of 19 kilometers 12 miles, struck Sichuan province in May 2008, killing nearly 90,000 people... READ MORE›