A team of researchers from Caltech and the China Earthquake Administration has discovered an ancient, deep canyon buried along the Yarlung Tsangpo River in south Tibet, north of the eastern end of the ...

Black carbon aerosols are produced by the incomplete combustion of fossil fuels and biomass, and are characterized by strong light absorption. Black carbon deposition in snow/ice reduces the albedo of ...

China is planning to build several dams in southern Tibet to help meet energy demand. From the Guardian: …Officials in Lhasa argue the dams are the least damaging way of providing power and raising ...

(For related story see CHINA TIBET/ or [ID:nnPEK242974]) March 25 (Reuters) - Tibet's unique history and strategic significance, sharing borders with India, Nepal, Bhutan and Myanmar, make security ...

The Tibetan government-in-exile will issue a map of Tibet based on historical records, with original boundaries and names of places, to counter China’s “cartographic aggression” and practice of ...