Chinese scientists say climate change creating risks for Tibetans, infrastructure

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(TibetanReview.net, Mar25’25) – Climate change over the Tibetan Plateau in the past 36 years has not only created risks for the local residents but also for China’s major infrastructure projects such as the Qinghai-Tibet Railway, reported China’s official chinadaily.com.cn Mar 24, citing recent research by Chinese scientists.

The change has had a notable impact on the Plateau’s lakes, which in turn has created risks for the local infrastructure and residents, they have said, publishing their findings Mar 18 in the international journal Nature Reviews Earth & Environment of the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

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