With global warming hitting the Tibetan plateau hard, scientists gather to plan an international research campaign to understand and mitigate changes at the 'third pole'.
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Qiu, J. Measuring the meltdown. Nature 468, 141–142 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/468141a
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