DESERTIFICATION The nomads and farmers on the Tibetan Plateau are truly the “canaries in the coal mine” with respect to climate change. In the northern areas thousands of lakes have dried up and deserts have grown to cover nearly one sixth of the plateau. Almost all the nomads and farmers I met complained about decreasing grasslands for their animals and erratic weather patterns that made timing the planting of their crops almost impossible. philborges/gallery#/?project_id=3&asset_type_id=1&asset_key=231
Posted on: Sun, 30 Mar 2014 14:34:32 +0000
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