The Tibetan Plateau, often referred to as the “roof ... from 1994 and 2024 confirms significant lake expansion across the landscape. Unlike most other lakes, which rely on rivers for inflow ...

Scientists have warned that there is a rising risk of extreme weather events as a result of the Tibetan Plateau becoming warmer and wetter. The plateau is sometimes described as the “Asian water ...

Researchers uncovered evidence that ancient humans survived on the Tibetan Plateau during the coldest period of the past 2.5 million years, demonstrating their resilience and adaptability.

Most of Asia's major rivers find their source on the Tibetan plateau. However as the global temperature rises, Tibet’s glaciers are melting and grassland permafrost is thawing at an alarming rate.

This story appears in the August 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. The thing Silang is searching for, on hands and knees, 15,000 feet above sea level on the Tibetan plateau, is ...

On the southeastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau, at the convergence of the Hengduan Mountains and the Himalayas, abundant moisture creates a unique climate and ecological environment. [Zhao ...