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Only 12% Chinese have freshwater access, diversion of Tibet rivers imminent: Lobsang SangayChina has denied reports that it is constructing a 1000-km-long tunnel to divert the Brahmaputra river, known as Yarlung Tsangpo in Tibet.03 Nov, 2017, 10.00 PM IST- China includes CPEC in scientific expedition to TibetIn the coming months, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) will take more than 100 scientists to the lake area and the origin of the Yangt...18 Jun, 2017, 01.14 PM IST
- China drills Tibet glaciers for climate change researchUnder the project led by Yao Tandong, an academician with the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, it took t...16 Dec, 2016, 11.14 PM IST
- Climate change likely caused deadly avalanche in Tibet10 Dec, 2016, 06.36 PM IST
- Climate change likely triggered deadly 2016 avalanche in TibetNew York, Dec 10 (IANS) Climate change is to blame for a deadly glacier collapse this year in the once stable region of the Tibetan Plateau...10 Dec, 2016, 04.52 PM IST
- Glaciers in Mount Everest shrink 28% in 40 years: ReportPart of the report, which was released yesterday, also said Mt Everest, known as Mount Qomolangma in Tibet, has been getting warmer for the...08 Dec, 2015, 04.08 PM IST
- Mount Everest getting warmer, glaciers shrinking: researchMount Everest is getting warmer for the past 50 years with the glaciers around the world's highest peak shrinking "remarkably", according t...07 Dec, 2015, 11.45 AM IST
- Construction of dam by China over Brahmaputra will affect Northeast India: Tibetan PM Lobsang SangayRecently the $1.5 billion Zam Hydropower Station, the largest in Tibet is built by the Chinese government raising concerns in Northeast Ind...03 Nov, 2015, 04.52 PM IST
- Glaciers in Tibet retreating at alarming rateChina's glaciers particularly those in Tibet have retreated by about 7,600sqkm - nearly 18 per cent - in the last 65 years and even the thi...23 Apr, 2015, 02.38 PM IST
- Glaciers in Tibetan Plateau shrinking rapidly: ReportGlaciers in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, home to several Himalayan rivers, have been shrunk by 15 per cent in the past three decades and the ...21 May, 2014, 05.03 PM IST
- Tibet glaciers melting due to South Asian pollution: ChinaAbout 90 per cent of glaciers in Tibet are shrinking because of black carbon pollution "transferred from South Asia" to the ecologically fr...25 Mar, 2013, 03.07 PM IST
- Tibet glaciers melting due to South Asian pollution: ChinaAbout 90% of glaciers in Tibet called the Third Pole region, are shrinking because of black carbon pollution "transferred from South Asia" ...25 Mar, 2013, 02.21 PM IST
- Tibetan glaciers retreating, earlier study flawed: ReportMost glaciers on the Tibetan plateau and around it are rapidly melting says the latest study based on 30 years of satellite data and also a...17 Jul, 2012, 07.54 PM IST
- China maps out source and course of Brahmaputra, Indus riversChinese scientists have completed a comprehensive satellite study of cross-border Tibetan rivers determining their exact sources besides me...23 Aug, 2011, 02.43 PM IST
- India expected to be water stressed by 2020: BlakeThe glaciers feed 9 river basins, including the Indus, Ganges and Brahmaputra, which support millions of people across Afghanistan, Pak, In...09 Mar, 2011, 01.49 PM IST
- Warming of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau bad news for IndiaWith the glaciers on the Qinghai- Tibet Plateau receding at an alarming rate, North India could face the prospect of drought and water leve...18 Aug, 2009, 06.53 PM IST
- Villages in west Himalayas bearing the brunt of climate changeWith erratic snowfall, melting of small glaciers affecting water flow in the rivers coupled with a rise in temperature inducing conducive c...30 Jul, 2009, 12.50 PM IST
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