Hold onto your snow goggles, folks! Scientists just discovered a 400-meter-thick glacier on the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau – now crowned as Asia’s thickest ice giant! This frozen titan, part of the Purog Kangri Glacier in Xizang Autonomous Region, dethroned the previous record-holder, the Guliya Ice Cap.
Why does this matter? Glaciers are like Earth’s history books – they trap ancient air bubbles, dust, and clues about our planet’s climate over millennia. The Guliya ice core, drilled earlier, revealed secrets from 700,000 years ago. Now, researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences are racing to extract even older ice from Purog Kangri before melting erases these frozen timelines.
\"It’s a race against time,\" says CAS academician Lonnie Thompson. \"Glaciers worldwide are retreating, and once they’re gone, their stories disappear forever.\" Scientists hope these ice cores will unlock mysteries about climate shifts and help predict future environmental changes.
Next time you sip water, remember: The Qinghai-Xizang Plateau feeds rivers for nearly 2 billion people. Protecting these icy vaults? That’s a global mission.
This frozen titan, part of the Purog Kangri Glacier in Xizang Autonomous Region, dethroned the previous record-holder, the Guliya Ice Cap.
– they trap ancient air bubbles, dust, and clues about our planet’s climate over millennia. The Guliya ice core, drilled earlier, revealed secrets from 700,000 years ago. Now, researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences are racing to extract even older ice from Purog Kangri before melting erases these frozen timelines.
Scientists hope these ice cores will unlock mysteries about climate shifts and help predict future environmental changes.
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