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From a Qinghai Mountaintop, a Bird’s-Eye View of Global Warming

Translations, cross-publications, and collaborative projects from Sixth Tone’s external partners. 

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Almost 4,000 meters above sea level on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, is the world’s highest lab to monitor greenhouse gases.

China’s Thousands of Small Dams Struggle to Stay Afloat

For decades, rural areas along the Yangtze River depended on small hydropower stations. Now, amid rising ecological costs and safety concerns, the government wants to make them more sustainable.