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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
LHASA, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) — China's second scientific expedition to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau has yielded significant practical results, with 10 of them officially unveiled Wednesday in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region.
The expedition's leader, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Yao Tandong, stated that the main achievements in applying the expedition's results concern such crucial aspects as environmental protection, disaster prevention, natural resource exploration, carbon emission accounting, road safety, and border area development.
According to him, the matter primarily concerns the scientific justification of legislation to protect the environment on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the creation of a platform for Earth observation and early warning, as well as innovative technologies for preventing and combating natural disasters in the permafrost region in favor of large-scale infrastructure projects.
Yao Tandong noted that the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is currently experiencing warming, soil moisture, and greening, which is contributing to the aggravation of climate change impacts both regionally and globally. It was also established that the water supply potential of this "water tower of Asia" has increased significantly: by the end of this century, runoff is expected to increase by 49 percent.
The second scientific expedition to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau began in August 2017. To date, more than 3,000 research groups and more than 30,000 people have been involved in the comprehensive research covering the entire territory of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. -0-
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