摘要
The Tibetan Plateau represents a unique landform with an average elevation that is higher than 4,000 m above sea level. Also known as the roof of the world and the Asian Water Tower, this topography preserves the largest ice mass as the solid water outside the Arctic and Antarctica. The Tibetan Plateau is a natural laboratory for research on multi-sphere interactions and for the study of humannature relationship. China conducted the first large and longstanding scientific expedition to this area between the 1970s and the 1990s and achieved fruitful scientific results.
