Scientists set out on study trip to Mt Qomolangma
The 2023 Qomolangma expedition will continue to focus on major scientific issues such as how the extremely high altitude environment changes under the influence of global warming, how environmental change interacts with the westerly winds and monsoons, and how the environment will affect the changes of the "water tower of Asia", according to Yao Tandong, an academician at the Chinese Academy of Sciences and team leader of the expedition.
"The Qomolangma expedition has realized the transformation from'I want to conquer you' to 'I want to understand you', achieved the application of new technologies and new means, and resulted in important international influence," he said.
A series of scientific achievements including "the synergy and influence of westerly winds and monsoons", "the special physiological response of the human body in the Qomolangma region "and "the ecological process of the greening of the Qomolangma region" have been made so far during the second comprehensive scientific expedition to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
Xinhua
