Beijing - Global warming is causing Tibet's glaciers to melt faster
than expected at a rate of 7 per cent annually, triggering droughts,
expanding desertification and increasing sandstorms in China, Xinhua
news agency reported Tuesday.

The study of meteorological data over four decades based on data from
681 Chinese weather stations prompted Professor Dong Guangrong and
experts at the Beijing Academy of Sciences to warn that climate change
would have 'serious' implications, the report said.

West China's Qinhai-Tibet plateau or the 'roof of the world,' which
accounts for 47 per cent of China's total glacier coverage, is
shrinking at 7 per cent annually, Dong said.

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