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Glacial Melt In The Himalayas: Real, But Not So Fast
September 14th, 2012
Via Nature Conservancy, a follow up look at a recent report from the National Academy of Sciences on the impact of glacier on Himalayan countries like India and China: Is glacier melt the biggest concern about climate change for Himalayan countries like India and China? No, says a new report from the National Academy of […]
Read more »On The Fate Of Asia’s Great Rivers
September 13th, 2012
Courtesy of The New York Times, a look at the challenges facing Asia’s largest rivers: The melting Zemu Glacier in eastern Tibet. A new report from the National Research Council, a group that advises the United States government, brings some sobriety to the oft-heated discussion about melting Himalayan glaciers. Interest in the glaciers intensified in […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon and Parched Tiger: Rivals For Influence Over Nepal’s Hydropower
May 16th, 2012
Via China Dialogue, a look at how the rivalry between Beijing and New Delhi for influence in Nepal will shape the country’s hydropower policies. As the article notes: Editor’s note: in February, Nepal signed a US$1.6 billion agreement with China to develop the 760-megawatt West Seti hydropower project within its borders. This marked a major […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Tibetan Rivers At Risk And The New Great Walls (Of Concrete)
December 1st, 2011
Via Meltdown in Tibet, some interesting comments and charts on hydropower development on the Tibetan Plateau: “The world is facing a massive freshwater crisis, which has the potential to be every bit as devastating as climate change. We need business leaders and governments to recognise that climate change is not the only urgent environmental issue […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: China Plans Tibetan Conservation Zone To Protect Source Of Great rivers
November 19th, 2011
Via the Shanghai Daily, a report that China is planning to set up an ecological conservation zone on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, where the country’s major rivers originate. As the article notes: “…The planned national conservation zone covers a 395,000 square kilometer region known as Sanjiangyuan, which is the source of China’s three major rivers – […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Glaciers On China’s Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Melting Fast Due To Global Warming
October 26th, 2011
Via Xinhua, a report that glaciers in southwest China’s Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, the major source of the country’s largest rivers, are melting faster than ever under the influence of global warming. As the article notes: “…Experts have been conducting research on the waters, geology, glaciers, and wetlands in the headwaters of the Yangtze, Yellow and Lancang […]
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