{"id":826,"date":"2010-09-30T17:20:42","date_gmt":"2010-10-01T00:20:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.philborges.com\/blog\/?p=826"},"modified":"2010-10-02T09:56:09","modified_gmt":"2010-10-02T16:56:09","slug":"climate-change-on-the-tibetan-plateau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.philborges.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/30\/climate-change-on-the-tibetan-plateau\/","title":{"rendered":"Climate Change on the Tibetan Plateau"},"content":{"rendered":"

There has been a lot of controversy about the rate of climate change on the Tibetan Plateau\u2014especially concerning the predictions about the disappearance of glaciers.<\/p>\n

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\nBecause of unseasonable rain and fast melting glaciers the rivers overflow onto the fields requiring the\u00a0farmers to harvest their crops underwater.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

I have spent the last 2 years interviewing farmers and nomads living on the Tibetan Plateau\u2014individuals who survive by being acutely aware of climate and its changes over time.\u00a0 In general the nomads say the weather has been getting hotter and dryer.\u00a0 Consequently the grass that their animals depend on has become sparser in the last 20 years.\u00a0 The farmer\u2019s claim that they can’t depend on typical seasonal weather patterns to plant their crops like they used to\u2014unusual rains and dry spells raise havoc with their crops.\u00a0 The higher temperatures has also allowed them to grow corn\u2014a crop that had never been possible to grow at that elevation 5 to 10 years ago.<\/p>\n

Here are some of their observations:<\/p>\n

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\nPuchun, 37, has lived at this summer camp at the Nojin-Kangtsang Glacier with his yaks since he was 7. The glacier behind him used to be at the grass level, but has disappeared 50% in the last 30 years.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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\n<\/span><\/em>Tsering, a 70 year old nomad, has herded his yaks since he was a young boy. He says the grass, since the change in weather, is extremely sparse. As a result it is difficult to find enough to maintain his animals.
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\nTsering Dorjee, 62, has spent his life as a nomad herding his yaks around the Demchok Glacier and watching it slowly disappear. He says it is only \u00bc the size it was when he was a boy.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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