It鈥檚 warmer on Qinghai Plateau amid more rainfall
Print Edition
The Qinghai Plateau, the northeastern part of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, has become significantly warmer since 1961, statistics from the climate center of northwest China鈥檚 Qinghai Province show.
The average temperature of the plateau has climbed 0.43 degrees Celsius per decade, higher than the average speed of global warming, which is 0.12 degrees Celsius per decade, according to the center.
Statistics reveal that the temperature of the Qinghai Plateau has been rising significantly, especially since 1987. It has also become wetter between 1961 and 2017, with the average annual precipitation rate increasing 8.0 millimeters per decade.
The whole Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, often dubbed the 鈥淩oof of the World,鈥 is also becoming warmer and wetter due to global climate change, the center said. Influenced by this trend, the ecological environment of the Qinghai Plateau is becoming better despite shrinking glaciers and frozen earth, local meteorologists say.
The Qinghai Plateau is home to the headwaters of the Yangtze, Yellow and Lancang rivers, and is viewed as China鈥檚 major water conservation area and ecological protection area.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 娌狪CP璇侊細娌狪CP澶05050403鍙-1
- |
- 浜掕仈缃戞柊闂讳俊鎭湇鍔¤鍙瘉锛31120180004
- |
- 缃戠粶瑙嗗惉璁稿彲璇侊細0909346
- |
- 骞挎挱鐢佃鑺傜洰鍒朵綔璁稿彲璇侊細娌瓧绗354鍙
- |
- 澧炲肩數淇′笟鍔＄粡钀ヨ鍙瘉锛氭勃B2-20120012
Copyright 漏 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
