Water is precious. And its quality is as important for our survival as its quantity. Many recent Lha articles have been about the quantity of water. Either about water exploitation or misuse of water resources,…
by Mary Trewartha. Herding yaks on Tibet’s uplands is helping to save the wetlands from desertification. A report by chinadialogue – an independent organisation dedicated to promoting understanding of China’s urgent environmental
By Lodoe Gyatso Tibetan nomads in China’s northwestern Qinghai province are being forced to abandon their traditional grazing lands.
When we think of the impact of climate change on the world’s ice, we usually think first of the North and South Poles.
Researchers have found the earliest known fossil of a primitive woolly rhino in the Himalayas, in addition to many
By Jane Qiu Scientists thought people first set foot on the frozen Tibetan Plateau 15,000 years ago.
Climate change researchers working across the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau say rapid warming has
Wildlife is flourishing in this remote area of the Tibetan plateau, but loss of local Buddhist and nomadic culture spells trouble for the future.
By Rebecca MorelleScience Correspondent, BBC News Scientists have used satellite images to study how the water on the Earth’s surface has changed over 30 years.
By Mary Trewartha&Dorji Kyi Students for a Free Tibet (SFT) India held an international seminar Damming Crisis in Tibetas part of their campaign Tibet’s Rivers, Asia’s Lifeline, to examine the growing crises resulting from both…