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• Glacier on Tibetan plateau retreating: report

  Glacier on the Tibetan plateau has been backing off since the 20th century due to rising temperature, and at a faster speed since 1990s, according to a report on the environmental change in the region released on Wednesday.

 

• Geological park boasting China's largest glacier area established in Qinghai

  Recently, experts from the Qinghai Territory Resource Burea passed the final acceptance test of the Mt. A-nye Machen National Geological Park, marking the establishment of the geologic park with China's largest glacial coverage, people.cn reported.

 

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  Tibet’s glaciers shrink in 30 years, by amount of past 200 years

  The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau becomes warmer and wetter with the amount of shrinkage of its glaciers for the past 30 years equivalent to that of the previous 200 years combined.

 

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  5,701 glacier lakes on Third Pole region: survey

  The Third Pole region of the Earth is witnessing an increase of glacier lakes due to global warming, Chinese scientists have found.