Because of the vast high-elevation land, with an average elevation of over 4km, the Tibetan Plateau (TP) is known as the world’s third pole. Its unique mid-latitude climate and elevation that provides ...

The growth of high topography on the Tibetan Plateau in Sichuan, China, began much earlier than previously thought, according to an international team of geologists who looked at mountain ranges along ...

Plant fossils discovered in rocks from the Tibetan Plateau and a new analysis of the area’s geochemistry are rewriting the uplift history of the region dubbed the “roof of the world.” This new ...

Geoscientists have long puzzled over the mechanism that created the Tibetan Plateau, but a new study finds that the landform's history may be controlled primarily by the strength of the tectonic ...

ABSTRACT The performance of 24 GCMs available in the fifth phase of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP5) is evaluated over the eastern Tibetan Plateau (TP) by comparing the model outputs ...

Mountain Research and Development, Vol. 20, No. 1 (Feb., 2000), pp. 80-89 (10 pages) The improved process-based equilibrium terrestrial biosphere model (BIOME3China) was run under the present climate ...

The Tibetan Plateau supports a vast expanse of rolling meadows and grassy steppes that are nearly 3 miles (4,500 meters or 14,700 feet), on average, above sea level. Well above the tree line, these ...

Researchers reveal rapid fluvial incision attributed to the growth of high topography in China's Yangtze River. A new research paper published in Science Advances reveals how changes in the size of ...