Tibetan glacier
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Tibetan Plateau’s freshwater lakes operate as heat collectors, collecting heat from the sun.
The Tibetan Plateau is the world’s highest and largest plateau, it is also known as the roof of the world. It is home to the world’s largest alpine lake system. Lakes influence the flow of heat between the land and the atmosphere, affecting regional temperatures and precipitation, according to researchers. However, little is known about…
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Viruses dating back 15,000 years have been detected in Tibetan glacier ice.
Scientists studying glacier ice discovered viruses that were about 15,000 years old in two samples retrieved from China’s Tibetan Plateau. The majority of those viruses, which survived because they were frozen, are unlike any viruses ever cataloged. The findings, which were published in the journal Microbiome today, could aid scientists in better understanding how viruses…