摘 要: | Glacier studies on theQinghai-Tibet Plateauconducted by a researchteam headed by Prof. Yao Tandong,director of the CAS Institute of Ti-betan Plateau Research, have re-ceived worldwide attention. In a re-cent report by the United NationsEnvironment Program (UNEP), theirdiscoveries of melting glaciers arecited as evidence of the severethreats facing freshwater resourcesin many parts of the world.The UNEP report, GEO YearBook 2004/5, describes influentialevents in the global environme…
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