A group of catfish that lives on the Tibetan Plateau and is subject to rapid water flow has evolved greatly enlarged pectoral fins with more fin-rays to form an adhesive apparatus. It remains unclear, ...

The Tibetan Plateau may be on the other side of the world from California, but what happens on this high-altitude landscape in Asia can set off a chain of events that fuels powerful atmospheric rivers ...

The Yangtze River Valley experienced several disastrous rainfall events throughout the record-breaking Meiyu season in 2020. However, the mechanism of the extreme precipitation over the upper reaches ...

For five years, a team of students from Dalian Minzu University has braved snowstorms, icy roads and high altitudes to turn hardy sea buckthorn into a tool for greening the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Sea ...

The Tibetan Plateau in south-central Asia, because of its size, elevation and impact on climate, is one of the world's greatest geological oddities. At about 960,000 square miles it covers slightly ...