Climate change threatens the

According to Chinese media, climate change is causing many natural disasters in Tibet, threatening the natural ecosystem in the region.

'Natural disasters such as droughts, landslides, snowstorms . occur more frequently and are causing much damage', Xinhua news agency quoted Song Shanyun, director of the Tibetan Hydrometeorological Center, to speak. 'The damage is getting worse and the loss is getting worse'.

Song Shanyun said according to a study by the agency, every decade, the temperature in Tibet increased by about 0.3 degrees Celsius, which is about 10 times faster than the average increase of the whole country, leading to the As can be expected, the narrowing of glaciers, dry grasslands and desert expansion . threatens the natural ecosystem in the area.

This is the latest report to warn the heavy global warming of the area known as the 'world roof' and is considered a barometer of this world climate.

Chinese scientists warn whether global warming does not tend to worsen, Tibetan glaciers will still be reduced by nearly a third by 2050 and halved by 2090.

Climate change is causing many natural disasters that threaten 'the roof of the world ' - (Photo: AFP)

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