Himalayan Plateau Threatening Rapid Fall Down Due To Melting Permafrost: Study
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The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is a 970,000 square mile area, stretching from Western China to Pakistan, that includes areas of Nepal, India, eastern Tajikistan and southern Kyrgyzstan.
Himalayan Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is threatening rapid fall down due to permafrost melting brought by global warming, as per a research published in the journal Communications Earth & Environment.
Permafrost is commonly referred to as permanently frozen soil. In recent decades, researchers have found that permafrost thawing on the Himalayan Qinghai-Tibet Plateau has occurred at twice the global average rate, which is now seriously jeopardizing the stability of the infrastructural development.
The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is a 970,000 square mile area, stretching from Western China to Pakistan, that includes areas of Nepal, India, eastern Tajikistan and southern Kyrgyzstan.
In the study, researchers predicted that the melting of the permafrost on the Himalayan plateau will result in an increased need for infrastructure repair and replacement, with 38 per cent of roads, 39 per cent of railways and power lines, and 21 per cent of buildings being threatened by permafrost thaw by 2050.
