A new study has found that for the past 10,000 years, populations on the Tibetan Plateau have developed particular adaptations to survive in the low-oxygen conditions surrounding the region.

People on the Tibetan Plateau have developed unique physiological traits over 10,000 years to thrive in low-oxygen conditions, preventing hypoxia. A study showed that intermediate hemoglobin ...

Most of Asia's major rivers find their source on the Tibetan plateau. However as the global temperature rises, Tibet’s glaciers are melting and grassland permafrost is thawing at an alarming rate.

China’s recently approved a proposal to build a 60-giga-watt dam at the ‘Great Bend’ of the Yarlung Tsangpo River in Tibet has sent shockwaves in India. The highly reactive and securitised ...

And yet, in high altitudes on the Tibetan Plateau, where oxygen levels in the air people breathe are notably lower than lower altitudes, human communities thrive. In the more than 10,000 years the ...

Mountains can leave us in awe, but they rarely offer easy clues about what lies beneath them. The Tibetan Plateau, often called the “roof of the world,” continues to baffle geologists and others ...

4,5 Eliminating cervical cancer remains challenging in low-resource settings, particularly in the Tibetan Plateau. Simultaneous implementation of large-scale demonstration programmes to define and ...

Introduction: Knowledge of precipitation over the Tibetan Plateau, often referred to as the “Asian water tower”, is crucial for water resource management, infrastructure planning, and disaster ...

At least two Tibetan monastic centres damaged by quake Unknown number of clergy hurt, monasteries affected Buddhist monasteries key to Tibet's cultural identity Some Tibetan monks in the past ...

To tackle the existing energy crisis, the European Union said on Monday that it is exploring the potential for small hydropower generation in partnership with the Plateau State government. This ...