Although for humid regions a general increase in annual rainfall is likely, the team found, heavier extreme precipitation events in arid regions do not necessarily imply more rain overall. If arid and ...

The Asian inland plateau (AIP) is located in the East Asian monsoon marginal areas and mainly includes Mongolia and part of northern China. Covering arid and semi-arid regions, the climate ...

image: This chain of mountains is located at the northern edge of the Tibetan Plateau, has an altitude of more than 4600 m, and is classified as a permafrost region.

China's Tibetan Plateau was warmer in the past five decades than any period in the past 2,000 years, and it will get hotter and more humid in the decades to come, new research showed Wednesday.

The anatomy of fossil plants growing in the Andean Altiplano region 10 million years ago calls current paleoclimate models into question, suggesting that the area was more humid than models predict.

The former, situated in western China at an altitude exceeding 4000 m, is characterized by an arid climate, whereas the latter, located in the eastern Chinese plain, experiences a humid climate.

A new study on plant cover and megadrought conditions in the Colorado Plateau region shows the future of the Centennial State might be more barren than we thought. Henry Carnell April 26, 2023 One of ...