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The global water monitoring system detected expansion of lakes in Tibet due to melting glaciers.
The researchers' global water monitoring system detected the expansion of lakes in Tibet due to melting glaciers. Red dots represent glacial lakes that have expanded in size since 2000. A zoomed-in view of two regions (shown in yellow) show the gain in the water extent of glacial lakes (in red). The aggregate dynamics in the surface area of all glacial lakes in Tibet for the last 15 years is shown in the time series in the bottom left.
Credit: Understanding Climate Change Expedition
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