Tibet - fastest warming country

Beijing News.Net
Sunday 22nd July, 2007

Chinese scientists have revealed that Tibet is warming up faster than anywhere else in the world, at a rate of 0.3 degrees Celcius every ten years.

They are warning that rising temperatures on the Qinghai-Tibet plateau will melt glaciers, dry up major Asian rivers and trigger more droughts, sandstorms and deserts.

Tibet, with its glaciers and high altitude, is highly sensitive to warming, especially in the western region.

Currently, China's average temperature is rising at 0.4C every 100 years, and it is rapidly overtaking the United States to become the world's top emitter of greenhouse gases.

China is under rising international pressure to accept mandatory caps on carbon dioxide emissions from its factories and vehicles.

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