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Introduction Popularized as the Third Pole and widely acknowledged as the ‘water tower’ of Asian habitants, the Tibetan Plateau has drawn unprecedented attention among international communities engaged in the study of glaciology, hydrology, atmosphere, biosphere, and human sustainable development. The Tibet... Scientists Tandong Yao Xiaomin Fang Lin Ding Yaoming Ma Tian Lide Xu Baiqing Third Pole Environment About TPE News and Events Contact Links Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS) The Byrd Polar Research Center (BPRC) Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (MPG) National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)

The 2nd International Workshop on Energy and Water Cycle over the Tibetan Plateau and High-elevations      International Joint Conference by the CliC and IACS   Research Activities Scandinavian scientists conduct academic exchanges at ITP Deliang Chen, elected member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and professor at University of Gothenburg, Sweden, and Prof. Chongyu Xu of University of Oslo, Norway, visited ITP Beijing during May 6-8, 2012. They were invited by I... Details... Twelfth meeting of ITP scientific advisory committee focu... The twelfth academic advisory committee kicked off at ITP Beijing on April 27, gathering over ten committee members, in addition to scientific and administrative staff of the institute. ITP director Prof. YAO Tandong welcomed all partici... Details... Glacier Mass Balance on the Third Pole reviewed for furth...   From February 19 to 21, 2012, a group of scientists from China, India, Nepal, Japan and Pakistan gathered at Guangzhou, China, to review glacial mass balance on the Third Pole and plan for further development in glacial mass balance mo... Details... Science Focuses on Third Pole Environment Research Efforts by the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research (ITP) to establish glaciological monitoring stations in the Third Pole region were recently highlighted in Science (Vol. 334, December 2, 2011). According to the report, glacial monito... Details...   Int’l Cooperation Activities Hydrometeorological processes on the Third Pole themed a session in 2012 EGU [05-09] Cooperation established with Kyrgyz Republic Institute of Geology [03-20] Academic exchanges with Myanmar Geosciences Society [04-05] Lonnie Thompson wins Award for International Scientific Cooperation of the CAS for 2011 [03-05] The first TPE training course accomplished in Nepal [12-22] ITP establishes cooperation with Department of Geosciences in University of Arizona [10-28] ICSU executive director Deliang Chen visited QOMORS [09-08]

Upcoming Events [11-11]TEL 50th Academic Frontier Seminar on Atmospheric Science! [10-29]TEL academic reports to be hosted this Saturday! [10-21]TEL 48th Academic Frontier seminar welcomes speleothem paleoclimotologist [10-19]Australian scientists to talk about seismology and coal mining at ITP [10-13]Unraveling the mystery of the Tibetan Plateau uplift Latest News CAS academician Prof. CHENG Guodong suggests on... Laboratory of Alpine-Cold Ecology and Biodivers... ITP to collaborate with CAGS on geodynamics of ... ITP seeks academic exchanges in understanding t... Jeffrey Freymueller of University of Alaska con... ITP to strengthen cooperation with Qinghai Inst... SETORS welcomes visitors from Peking University Research Platform Key Laboratory of Tibetan Environment Changes and Land Surface Processes, Chinese Academy of Sciences (TEL) Key Laboratory of Continental Collision and Plateau Uplift (LCPU) Nam Co Monitoring and Research Station for Multisphere Interactions , Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAMORS) Southeast Tibet Observation and Research Station for the Alpine Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences(SETORS) Qomolangma Atmospheric and Environmental Observation and Research Station , Chinese Academy of Sciences(QOMORS) Ngari Desert Observation and Research Station (NADORS) Muztagh Ata Westerly Observation and Research Station(MAWORS)

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