Scientists check health of glacier in Tianshan Mountains
Share - WeChat
![]() |
| Scientists from Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, China Academy of Sciences, measure the albedo of the Urumqi River source Glacier No1 in Tianshan Mountains, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, April 29, 2017. From April 27 to 30, CAS scientists carried out a "body check" for the Urumqi River source Glacier No1 in Tianshan Mountains, including its thickness, temperature, albedo, material balance, velocity of speed, so as to analyze its changing trend over the past half century. [Photo/Xinhua] |
Related Stories
- Human activity on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau dates back 100,000 years
- China launches scientific-computing agent for supercomputing network
- Investigation launched after abnormal death of infant in Hefei
- Fujian high court retries father in girl's torture death
- China builds integrated, intelligent monitoring network to safeguard biodiversity
- China sees marked rise in 5-year survival rate for pediatric, adolescent cancers
































