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Photo taken on May 30, 2019 shows the Chinese-developed floating airship "Jimu No. 1" in southwest China. An ongoing scientific expedition on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau has already returned significant discoveries, providing valuable resources for global ecological conservation efforts. China commenced the expedition in June 2017, 40 years after the first research trip to the plateau by Chinese scientists. Slated to last from five to 10 years, studies will focus on glaciers, biodiversity, ecological changes, and climate change. (Xinhua/Tian Jinwen)

Members of a research team of China's second scientific expedition on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau measure ice in southwest China, July 1, 2017. An ongoing scientific expedition on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau has already returned significant discoveries, providing valuable resources for global ecological conservation efforts. China commenced the expedition in June 2017, 40 years after the first research trip to the plateau by Chinese scientists. Slated to last from five to 10 years, studies will focus on glaciers, biodiversity, ecological changes, and climate change. (Photo by Soinam Norbu/Xinhua)

Members of a research team of China's second scientific expedition on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau pose for a group photo in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Sept. 13, 2017. An ongoing scientific expedition on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau has already returned significant discoveries, providing valuable resources for global ecological conservation efforts. China commenced the expedition in June 2017, 40 years after the first research trip to the plateau by Chinese scientists. Slated to last from five to 10 years, studies will focus on glaciers, biodiversity, ecological changes, and climate change. (Photo by Liu Dongjun/Xinhua)

Photo taken on June 24, 2017 shows the camp of a research team of China's second scientific expedition on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. An ongoing scientific expedition on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau has already returned significant discoveries, providing valuable resources for global ecological conservation efforts. China commenced the expedition in June 2017, 40 years after the first research trip to the plateau by Chinese scientists. Slated to last from five to 10 years, studies will focus on glaciers, biodiversity, ecological changes, and climate change. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)

A weather observation balloon is released in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Oct. 21, 2019. An ongoing scientific expedition on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau has already returned significant discoveries, providing valuable resources for global ecological conservation efforts. China commenced the expedition in June 2017, 40 years after the first research trip to the plateau by Chinese scientists. Slated to last from five to 10 years, studies will focus on glaciers, biodiversity, ecological changes, and climate change. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)