A research team has discovered a new lichen genus on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, which is known as the "roof of the world." The genus has been named Pseudosolorina, according to the Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
A research team at the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has quantitatively assessed the hydrological connections between soil water in the permafrost active layer, water above the frozen layer, and surface runoff, utilizing long-term data collected from multiple sites across the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau.
Chinese scientists have successfully assembled the chromosome-level genome of the rare Tibetan antelope, aiming to decode the secrets behind their survival at high altitudes. The Tibetan antelope plays a crucial role in biodiversity conservation on the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau. "So, this achievement not only represents a technical upgrade in the field of Tibetan antelope genetics research, but also provides an important genetic foundation for the conservation of plateau biodiversity," said Zhang Tongzuo, a researcher at the the Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Chinese researchers have discovered two rare species of flying squirrels, Priapomys leonardi and Petaurista nobilis, in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, according to the Kunming Institute of Zoology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Thursday.
In a recent special issue of the journal Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters (AOSL), a collection of eight papers by Chinese scientists provided a picture of our current understanding of how the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, with its unique geographical position and characteristics, conducts this atmospheric synergy between the westerly and Asian monsoon systems.
A team led by Chinese academician Fang Xiaomin from the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research has reached 750 meters, during their environmental science drilling in the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, or the Tibetan Plateau, setting a new record, the Global Times learned from the ITP on Tuesday.
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