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07:36, 09-May-2018
Chinese scientists analyze climate change using Himalayan ice cores
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Kang Shichang, a research fellow with the State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Sciences under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), alongside a group of scientists, has been analyzing climate change using Himalayan ice cores. He said the work will help them better understand the environment of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, where the ecosystem is vulnerable and sensitive.
CGTN Photo
CGTN Photo
The group of scientists have been collecting data from the ice on how climate has changed over the past five centuries. Kang's team studied three ice cores in a glacier north of Geladaindong Peak, with the longest measuring at 147 meters. The study subjects were stored in an ice house where the temperature is around minus 21 degrees Celsius.