Above the altitude of 6,000 meters in the Qomolangma region lies the east Rongbuk Glacier. The frozen grandeur consists of countless ice towers, stalactites and stalagmites, with about 8 trillion cubic meters of ice in the whole Third Pole region. (CGTN)
China has started a new comprehensive scientific expedition on Mount Qomolangma, the world's highest peak on the China-Nepal border. The expedition focuses on major scientific issues such as westerly wind-monsoon synergy, Asian water-tower change, ecosystems and biodiversity, and human activities in the Mount Qomolangma area. The expedition team will also conduct studies on environmental changes, changes in greenhouse gas concentration, ecosystem carbon sink functions, and human adaptation to extreme environments in extremely high altitude areas of the Mount Qomolangma against the backdrop of global warming, according to the research team.
More than 270 scientific research members from five teams are participating in the expedition. The glacier and pollutant research team led by Kang Shichang, a researcher with the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), will monitor pollutants, the Rongbuk glacier and ice lake changes, as well as the greenhouse gas emissions from rivers and lakes covering the high-altitude area from the Mount Qomolangma base camp to the East Rongbuk glacier.
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