Qinghai News

Climate change affecting lake on Roof of the World

Climate change affecting lake on Roof of the World

Qinghai Lake - China's largest inland saltwater lake completely froze over in late January, two weeks later than normal. Experts said the delay signals growing effect of global warming on fragile ecosystem ..

Scenery of sunrise and sunset by Qinghai Lake

Scenery of sunrise and sunset by Qinghai Lake

Photo shows the sunrise by Qinghai Lake in northwest China's Province. The Heimahe Township located west bank of is best site around lake to view and sunset. ..

Qaidam Basin sees drop of desertified land

Qaidam Basin sees drop of desertified land

The Qaidam Basin, China's highest basin on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, has seen a decrease of more than 28,000 hectares of desertified land since 2009, local authorities said.

Mountain warden's New Year in Hoh Xil

Mountain warden's New Year in Hoh Xil

On Monday, Chuenpen Tashi, a mountain guide, celebrated New Year's Day in Hoh Xil, high in the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Yushu in northwest China's Qinghai Province.

Protecting the antelopes

Protecting the antelopes

It was a summer evening in the late 1990s. Tsering Samdrup, then his 20s, driving with fellow patrolmen around Zhuonai Lake Hoh Xil, Qinghai province, where tens of thousands Tibetan antelopes from Tibet, ..

Herdsmen in China's Qinghai store hay for winter

Herdsmen in China's Qinghai store hay for winter

Photo taken on Nov. 7, 2017 shows the scene of hay harvest in Heka Township Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Qinghai Province. Herdsmen here started to store for winter as weather cools ..