Timesoracle.com
Matt Silva
December 10, 2015
Natural disasters are on the rise on the Tibetan plateau as the region due to global warming and increased human activity
It also said that Mount Everest has been getting warmer for the last 50 years.
Glaciers on Mount Everest have shrunk 28 per cent over about 40 years, Chinese state media reports.
The shrinking glaciers have resulted in swelling glacial lakes and higher river levels downstream, said Kang, who has led several glacier inspection teams.
A report by the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research showed that Tibet is facing hard scenario as its glaciers were getting affected.
Natural disasters are on the rise on the Tibetan plateau region due to global warming and increased human activity. Disasters such as landslides, snow disasters and torrential floods are anticipated to surge and fires will prove more hard to extinguish as well as prevent.
The glacier on the Tibetan plateau has been backing off since the 20th century due to rising temperature and at a faster speed since 1990s, a scientific evaluation report published by the Institute said.
The good news is that the number and area of lakes on the Tibetan plateau has significantly increased. The number of lakes exceeding one square kilometre climbed from 1,081 in the 1970s to 1,236 in 2010, and 80% of lakes in the region have been expanding. The reporters added that the increase was mainly recognized for an affecting conservation of forestry and restoration.
Tibetan plateau is most prominent in the Himalayan Mountains and climate change is having an impact on the area.
The 8,844-meter-high Mt. Qomolangma, located on the border of China and Nepal, is the world’s highest mountain.
