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8月18日，西藏自治区拉萨市迎来了一场意义重大的科学考察活动——第二次青藏科考“一原两湖三江”标志性科考活动正式启动。此次科考旨在深入研究亚洲水塔的核心区域，即普若岗日冰原、色林错和纳木错湖泊群，以及长江、怒江和雅鲁藏布江的发源地。
亚洲水塔作为全球水资源的重要源头，其生态系统的稳定性和气候变化的影响对于全球的淡水资源安全至关重要。该地区不仅拥有世界上最大的中低纬度普若岗日冰原，还有众多高原湖泊和江河源头，这些都直接关系到全球数亿人口的生存和福祉。
此次科考由多位国际知名院士领衔，包括中国科学院院士姚檀栋和美国科学院院士Lonnie G. Thompson在内的专家团队，他们将带领400余名科考队员，通过多学科、多手段的研究，全面考察该区域的气候环境、生态系统、资源能源、构造演化等多个方面。科考内容涵盖冰冻圈变化、生态系统与碳循环、高山环境与健康、资源能源远景、构造与环境演化、绿色可持续发展途径等地球系统科学综合考察研究。
科考活动预计将持续一段时间，其成果将对区域生态环境保护、可持续发展战略制定、气候变化应对等方面提供科学依据和决策支持，对于保护亚洲水塔、维护全球水资源安全和生态平衡具有深远意义。
英语如下：
News Title: “Qinghai-Tibet Scientific Expedition Launches: Protecting Asia’s Water Tower”
Keywords: Expedition Launch, Lhasa, Water Tower Protection
News Content:
On August 18, Lhasa City, Tibet Autonomous Region, welcomed an important scientific expedition – the launch of the second Qinghai-Tibet scientific expedition focusing on the “one plateau, two lakes, and three rivers” landmark scientific exploration activity. This expedition aims to conduct in-depth research into the core region of Asia’s water tower, namely the Purang glacier plateau, the lakes of Shigatse and Naqu, and the sources of the Yangtze, Nujiang, and Yarlung Zangbo rivers.
Asia’s water tower, as a significant source of global freshwater resources, plays a crucial role in the stability of its ecosystem and the impact of climate change on global water security. The region not only boasts the world’s largest mid-latitude Purang glacier plateau but also contains numerous high-altitude lakes and river sources, all of which directly affect the survival and well-being of billions of people around the globe.
This expedition is led by a team of internationally renowned academicians, including Yao Tandong, a Chinese Academy of Sciences academician, and Lonnie G. Thompson, an American Academy of Sciences academician, among others. They will lead more than 400 scientific expedition members in a comprehensive study of the region’s climate environment, ecosystems, natural resources, geological evolution, and other aspects through interdisciplinary and multi-method research. The scope of the research includes changes in the frozen sphere, the carbon cycle of ecosystems, high-altitude environment and health, prospects for natural resources and energy, geological and environmental evolution, and pathways to green and sustainable development.
The scientific expedition is expected to continue for some time, and its findings will provide scientific evidence and decision-support for regional ecological environment protection, the formulation of sustainable development strategies, and responses to climate change, with profound significance for the protection of Asia’s water tower and the maintenance of global water security and ecological balance.
【来源】http://www.chinanews.com/sh/2024/08-18/10270722.shtml
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