The Tibetan Plateau hosts the world's largest permafrost region in the middle and low latitudes. Compared to the high-latitude Arctic permafrost, the permafrost here is thinner, warmer, and more sensitive to global warming.
Investigating variation in the permafrost active layer over the Tibetan Plateau from 1980 to 2020 retrieved 12 July 2024 from https://phys.org/news/2024-07-variation-permafrost-layer-tibetan-plateau.html
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