In China, there is the world's highest plateau, the Qinghai Tibet Plateau. In the Qinghai Tibet Plateau, there is also the world's highest peak, Mount Qomolangma. As we all know, Everest is covered by ice and snow all the year round, and the Himalayan glacier where Everest is located is called the world's third polar glacier, which is a permanent glacier. In this environment, there is no vegetation. Because Everest is too high, the climate is very bad, and the temperature is too low, there is no such a ring for cold resistant creatures Living in the environment, even including bacteria, just like the remains on Everest will not rot.
However, since the beginning of the last century, the global greenhouse effect is slowly increasing, and the world's third polar glaciers are slowly thawing. Many researchers around the world are very concerned about this situation, and the British researchers are one of them. British researchers have been observing the Venus satellite on Mount Qomolangma for many years. The results show that the vegetation coverage in the Himalayas has greatly expanded, mainly concentrated in the area of 4000-6000 meters above sea level. Now, the area covered by grass and bushes is 5-15 times larger than that of glaciers, and it is still growing.
Not only that, in the area with an altitude of 5000-6000 meters, the plant coverage is also increasing significantly. It should be known that more than ten years ago, in 1993, it was covered by permanent glaciers, but now it is slowly eroded by vegetation. The root of all this is the global greenhouse effect. As the global greenhouse effect intensifies, the temperature in the Himalayas is gradually increasing. According to the statistics of satellite data, the area of glaciers and lakes in the Himalayas is also increasing significantly, which proves that Himalaya glaciers are melting rapidly, which is not good news for human beings.
More than a billion people in the surrounding countries of the Qinghai Tibet Plateau known as the "water tower of Asia" depend on the water source of Himalayan glaciers. If the glaciers melt further, the water source of more than a billion people in these countries will be a big problem. In addition, the melting of Himalayan glaciers also proves that the melting of polar glaciers is also accelerating. Some researchers have found ancient viruses and bacteria in Arctic frozen soil and glaciers, which is a very big problem for creatures on earth. Then there is the melting of polar glaciers, which will lead to the rise of sea level. Many people living in low altitude areas will be destroyed. Therefore, green life has become a lifestyle advocated by all countries in the world, hoping to slow down the aggravation of global greenhouse effect, which is of great significance to mankind!
