"The plateau's Zhada basin is really high right now but we think it was one km or more higher just three-four million years ago," said Katharine Huntington, associate professor of earth and space ...

On the southeastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau, at the convergence of the Hengduan Mountains and the Himalayas, abundant moisture creates a unique climate and ecological environment. [Zhao ...

Most of Asia's major rivers find their source on the Tibetan plateau. However as the global temperature rises, Tibet’s glaciers are melting and grassland permafrost is thawing at an alarming rate.

Across the Tibetan Plateau, these creatures have transformed ... Serxu’s market, during the height of the season, sprawls along the puddled sidewalks on both sides of the town’s main street.