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CHINA-YUNNAN-LIJIANG-YULONG SNOW MOUNTAIN-GLACIER-RESEARCHERS (CN)

(230707) -- LIJIANG, July 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Wang Shijin (1st L) checks the equipment with his teammates at a meteorological observation station on the Yulong Snow Mountain in Lijiang City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, June 19, 2023. Yulong Snow Mountain Cryosphere and Sustainable Development Field Science Observation and Research Station, set up by Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources of Chinese Academy of Sciences, is located in Lijiang City in southwest China's Yunnan Province. Since 2006, researchers have regularly monitored the condition of the Baishui River No. 1 Glacier and its surrounding environment on the snow mountain. According to Wang Shijin, a glaciologist and head of the station, part of the meltwater of the Yulong Snow Mountain flows to Lijiang ancient city, then flows into the Jinsha River from Heqing County in Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture. And the meltwater of Baishui River No. 1 Glacier merges into the Lanyue (Blue Moon) Valley in Lijiang, then flows into the Jin

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CHINA-YUNNAN-LIJIANG-YULONG SNOW MOUNTAIN-GLACIER-RESEARCHERS (CN)

(230707) -- LIJIANG, July 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Wang Shijin (2nd L) checks the equipment with his teammates at a meteorological observation station on the Yulong Snow Mountain in Lijiang City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, June 19, 2023. Yulong Snow Mountain Cryosphere and Sustainable Development Field Science Observation and Research Station, set up by Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources of Chinese Academy of Sciences, is located in Lijiang City in southwest China's Yunnan Province. Since 2006, researchers have regularly monitored the condition of the Baishui River No. 1 Glacier and its surrounding environment on the snow mountain. According to Wang Shijin, a glaciologist and head of the station, part of the meltwater of the Yulong Snow Mountain flows to Lijiang ancient city, then flows into the Jinsha River from Heqing County in Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture. And the meltwater of Baishui River No. 1 Glacier merges into the Lanyue (Blue Moon) Valley in Lijiang, then flows into the Jin

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CHINA-YUNNAN-LIJIANG-YULONG SNOW MOUNTAIN-GLACIER-RESEARCHERS (CN)

(230707) -- LIJIANG, July 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Du Chunhong, a researcher with Yulong Snow Mountain Cryosphere and Sustainable Development Field Science Observation and Research Station, checks the equipment at a meteorological observation station on the Yulong Snow Mountain in Lijiang City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, June 19, 2023. Yulong Snow Mountain Cryosphere and Sustainable Development Field Science Observation and Research Station, set up by Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources of Chinese Academy of Sciences, is located in Lijiang City in southwest China's Yunnan Province. Since 2006, researchers have regularly monitored the condition of the Baishui River No. 1 Glacier and its surrounding environment on the snow mountain. According to Wang Shijin, a glaciologist and head of the station, part of the meltwater of the Yulong Snow Mountain flows to Lijiang ancient city, then flows into the Jinsha River from Heqing County in Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture. And the meltwater of Baish

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CHINA-NINGXIA-ZHONGNING-MODERN AGRICULTURE (CN)

(230402) -- YINCHUAN, April 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhang Lei (R), an expert at the meteorological research institute under the regional weather bureau, checks on goji plants growth with a colleague at the weather service base in Xizan goji berry plantation in Zhongning County, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, March 22, 2023. TO GO WITH "Across China: Weather service facilitates modern agriculture in China's Ningxia" (Xinhua/Xie Jianwen)

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CHINA-NINGXIA-ZHONGNING-MODERN AGRICULTURE (CN)

(230402) -- YINCHUAN, April 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Wan Zhongwu (L), deputy head of the Daquan tree farm, and Zhang Lei, an expert at the meteorological research institute under the regional weather bureau, check on jujube trees growth at Daquan tree farm in Lingwu City, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, March 22, 2023. TO GO WITH "Across China: Weather service facilitates modern agriculture in China's Ningxia" (Xinhua/Xie Jianwen)

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High-tech gadgets used in Great Wall protection in China's Jiayuguan

STORY: High-tech gadgets used in Great Wall protection in China's Jiayuguan DATELINE: March 18, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:05 LOCATION: JIAYUGUAN, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of stretches of the Great Wall in Jiayuguan City 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): ZHANG BIN, Director, Jiayuguan Silk Road Culture Research Institute 3. various of daily protection of Jiayu Pass 4. various of working scenes of local archaeological researchers in Jiayuguan City STORYLINE: High-tech gadgets, including drones, meteorological and hydrological devices, have been adopted in the protection of the Jiayu Pass section of the Great Wall in Jiayuguan City, northwest China's Gansu Province. The Jiayu Pass is regarded as the western start of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) Great Wall. The local government has launched a series of protection projects to save the Great Wall from damage caused by the natural environment. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): ZHANG BIN, Director, Jiayuguan Silk Road Culture Research Institute "In recent years, w

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Experts in Greece worry about no-snow winter, record high temperatures

STORY: Experts in Greece worry about no-snow winter, record high temperatures DATELINE: Jan. 13, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:45 LOCATION: Athens CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of people swimming in Palaio Faliro, Athens 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Greek): KOSTAS LAGOUVARDOS, Research director at the Institute for Environmental Research of the National Observatory of Athens 3. the Kalavrita ski resort 4. the meteorological map of the Mediterranean region 5. various of people walking on the beach in Palaio Faliro, Athens 6. SOUNDBITE 2 (Greek): KOSTAS LAGOUVARDOS, Research director at the Institute for Environmental Research of the National Observatory of Athens 7. various of people walking and swimming in Palaio Faliro, Athens 8. SOUNDBITE 3 (Greek): KOSTAS LAGOUVARDOS, Research director at the Institute for Environmental Research of the National Observatory of Athens 9. various of coastal sceneries of Palaio Faliro, Athens 10. SOUNDBITE 4 (Greek): KOSTAS LAGOUVARDOS, Research director at the Institute for Environment

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Weather panel sees August climate as abnormal

TOKYO, Japan - Masahide Kimoto, professor at the University of Tokyo's Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute and head of a meteorological analysis panel at the Japan Meteorological Agency, meets reporters in Tokyo on Sept. 3, 2014, following the panel's conclusion that Japan's weather conditions in August were abnormal.

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"Black glacier" in Greenland

QAANAAQ, Greenland - Teruo Aoki, laboratory head at the Meteorological Research Institute of the Japan Meteorological Agency, a member of a Japanese expedition team to the North Pole, examines a glacier which looks black in Qaanaaq, Greenland, on July 20, 2012.

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(InTibet)CHINA-MT. QOMOLANGMA-SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION-METEOROLOGICAL SUPPORT (CN)

(220503) -- MOUNT QOMOLANGMA BASE CAMP, May 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Scientific research members prepare the radiosonde and ozonesonde to be attached to a weather balloon at the Mount Qomolangma base camp on May 3, 2022. China has started a new comprehensive scientific expedition on Mount Qomolangma, the world's highest peak on the China-Nepal border. Weather factors such as temperature, wind speed and humidity will directly affect the completion of scientific research tasks and the safety of research personnel at high altitude. Therefore, a meteorological support team has been launched in safeguards of the scientific expedition. The team is composed of staff members from the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, and the Meteorological Bureau of Tibet Autonomous Region, etc. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)

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(InTibet)CHINA-MT. QOMOLANGMA-SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION-METEOROLOGICAL SUPPORT (CN)

(220503) -- MOUNT QOMOLANGMA BASE CAMP, May 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A scientific research member checks a microwave radiometer at the Mount Qomolangma base camp on May 3, 2022. China has started a new comprehensive scientific expedition on Mount Qomolangma, the world's highest peak on the China-Nepal border. Weather factors such as temperature, wind speed and humidity will directly affect the completion of scientific research tasks and the safety of research personnel at high altitude. Therefore, a meteorological support team has been launched in safeguards of the scientific expedition. The team is composed of staff members from the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, and the Meteorological Bureau of Tibet Autonomous Region, etc. (Xinhua/Jiang Fan)

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(InTibet)CHINA-MT. QOMOLANGMA-SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION-METEOROLOGICAL SUPPORT (CN)

(220503) -- MOUNT QOMOLANGMA BASE CAMP, May 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A staff member of the Meteorological Bureau of Tibet Autonomous Region checks real-time data in an emergency support vehicle at the Mount Qomolangma base camp on May 3, 2022. China has started a new comprehensive scientific expedition on Mount Qomolangma, the world's highest peak on the China-Nepal border. Weather factors such as temperature, wind speed and humidity will directly affect the completion of scientific research tasks and the safety of research personnel at high altitude. Therefore, a meteorological support team has been launched in safeguards of the scientific expedition. The team is composed of staff members from the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, and the Meteorological Bureau of Tibet Autonomous Region, etc. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)

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(InTibet)CHINA-MT. QOMOLANGMA-SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION-METEOROLOGICAL SUPPORT (CN)

(220503) -- MOUNT QOMOLANGMA BASE CAMP, May 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Scientific research members inflate a weather balloon at the Mount Qomolangma base camp on May 3, 2022. China has started a new comprehensive scientific expedition on Mount Qomolangma, the world's highest peak on the China-Nepal border. Weather factors such as temperature, wind speed and humidity will directly affect the completion of scientific research tasks and the safety of research personnel at high altitude. Therefore, a meteorological support team has been launched in safeguards of the scientific expedition. The team is composed of staff members from the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, and the Meteorological Bureau of Tibet Autonomous Region, etc. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)

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(InTibet)CHINA-MT. QOMOLANGMA-SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION-METEOROLOGICAL SUPPORT (CN)

(220503) -- MOUNT QOMOLANGMA BASE CAMP, May 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A scientific research member checks an Ozone flux unit at the Mount Qomolangma base camp on May 3, 2022. China has started a new comprehensive scientific expedition on Mount Qomolangma, the world's highest peak on the China-Nepal border. Weather factors such as temperature, wind speed and humidity will directly affect the completion of scientific research tasks and the safety of research personnel at high altitude. Therefore, a meteorological support team has been launched in safeguards of the scientific expedition. The team is composed of staff members from the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, and the Meteorological Bureau of Tibet Autonomous Region, etc. (Xinhua/Jiang Fan)

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(InTibet)CHINA-MT. QOMOLANGMA-SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION-METEOROLOGICAL SUPPORT (CN)

(220503) -- MOUNT QOMOLANGMA BASE CAMP, May 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A weather balloon is launched at the Mount Qomolangma base camp on May 3, 2022. China has started a new comprehensive scientific expedition on Mount Qomolangma, the world's highest peak on the China-Nepal border. Weather factors such as temperature, wind speed and humidity will directly affect the completion of scientific research tasks and the safety of research personnel at high altitude. Therefore, a meteorological support team has been launched in safeguards of the scientific expedition. The team is composed of staff members from the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, and the Meteorological Bureau of Tibet Autonomous Region, etc. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)

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(InTibet)CHINA-MT. QOMOLANGMA-SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION-METEOROLOGICAL SUPPORT (CN)

(220503) -- MOUNT QOMOLANGMA BASE CAMP, May 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A scientific research member checks data at the Mount Qomolangma base camp on May 2, 2022. China has started a new comprehensive scientific expedition on Mount Qomolangma, the world's highest peak on the China-Nepal border. Weather factors such as temperature, wind speed and humidity will directly affect the completion of scientific research tasks and the safety of research personnel at high altitude. Therefore, a meteorological support team has been launched in safeguards of the scientific expedition. The team is composed of staff members from the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, and the Meteorological Bureau of Tibet Autonomous Region, etc. (Xinhua/Jiang Fan)

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(InTibet)CHINA-MT. QOMOLANGMA-SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION-METEOROLOGICAL SUPPORT (CN)

(220503) -- MOUNT QOMOLANGMA BASE CAMP, May 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A scientific research member launches a weather balloon at the Mount Qomolangma base camp on May 3, 2022. China has started a new comprehensive scientific expedition on Mount Qomolangma, the world's highest peak on the China-Nepal border. Weather factors such as temperature, wind speed and humidity will directly affect the completion of scientific research tasks and the safety of research personnel at high altitude. Therefore, a meteorological support team has been launched in safeguards of the scientific expedition. The team is composed of staff members from the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, and the Meteorological Bureau of Tibet Autonomous Region, etc. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)

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(InTibet)CHINA-MT. QOMOLANGMA-SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION-METEOROLOGICAL SUPPORT (CN)

(220503) -- MOUNT QOMOLANGMA BASE CAMP, May 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Scientific research members check atmospheric data at the Mount Qomolangma base camp on May 3, 2022. China has started a new comprehensive scientific expedition on Mount Qomolangma, the world's highest peak on the China-Nepal border. Weather factors such as temperature, wind speed and humidity will directly affect the completion of scientific research tasks and the safety of research personnel at high altitude. Therefore, a meteorological support team has been launched in safeguards of the scientific expedition. The team is composed of staff members from the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, and the Meteorological Bureau of Tibet Autonomous Region, etc. (Xinhua/Jiang Fan)

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(InTibet)CHINA-MT. QOMOLANGMA-SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION-METEOROLOGICAL SUPPORT (CN)

(220503) -- MOUNT QOMOLANGMA BASE CAMP, May 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on May 3, 2022 shows a meteorological emergency support vehicle at the Mount Qomolangma base camp. China has started a new comprehensive scientific expedition on Mount Qomolangma, the world's highest peak on the China-Nepal border. Weather factors such as temperature, wind speed and humidity will directly affect the completion of scientific research tasks and the safety of research personnel at high altitude. Therefore, a meteorological support team has been launched in safeguards of the scientific expedition. The team is composed of staff members from the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, and the Meteorological Bureau of Tibet Autonomous Region, etc. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)

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(InTibet)CHINA-MT. QOMOLANGMA-SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION-METEOROLOGICAL SUPPORT (CN)

(220503) -- MOUNT QOMOLANGMA BASE CAMP, May 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A scientific research member checks a wind radar at the Mount Qomolangma base camp on May 2, 2022. China has started a new comprehensive scientific expedition on Mount Qomolangma, the world's highest peak on the China-Nepal border. Weather factors such as temperature, wind speed and humidity will directly affect the completion of scientific research tasks and the safety of research personnel at high altitude. Therefore, a meteorological support team has been launched in safeguards of the scientific expedition. The team is composed of staff members from the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, and the Meteorological Bureau of Tibet Autonomous Region, etc. (Xinhua/Jiang Fan)

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(InTibet)CHINA-MT. QOMOLANGMA-SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION-METEOROLOGICAL SUPPORT (CN)

(220503) -- MOUNT QOMOLANGMA BASE CAMP, May 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on May 3, 2022 shows the camp of the meteorological support team for China's new comprehensive scientific expedition on Mount Qomolangma. China has started a new comprehensive scientific expedition on Mount Qomolangma, the world's highest peak on the China-Nepal border. Weather factors such as temperature, wind speed and humidity will directly affect the completion of scientific research tasks and the safety of research personnel at high altitude. Therefore, a meteorological support team has been launched in safeguards of the scientific expedition. The team is composed of staff members from the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, and the Meteorological Bureau of Tibet Autonomous Region, etc. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)

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(InTibet)CHINA-MT. QOMOLANGMA-SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION-METEOROLOGICAL SUPPORT (CN)

(220503) -- MOUNT QOMOLANGMA BASE CAMP, May 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Staff members of the Meteorological Bureau of Tibet Autonomous Region exchange opinions on weather situation in a meteorological emergency support vehicle at the Mount Qomolangma base camp on May 3, 2022. China has started a new comprehensive scientific expedition on Mount Qomolangma, the world's highest peak on the China-Nepal border. Weather factors such as temperature, wind speed and humidity will directly affect the completion of scientific research tasks and the safety of research personnel at high altitude. Therefore, a meteorological support team has been launched in safeguards of the scientific expedition. The team is composed of staff members from the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, and the Meteorological Bureau of Tibet Autonomous Region, etc. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)

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How difficult to build world's highest automatic weather station on Mt. Qomolangma?

STORY: How difficult to build world's highest automatic weather station on Mt. Qomolangma? DATELINE: May 2, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:38 LOCATION: LHASA, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY/ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the expedition camp in Mount Qomolangma 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZHAO HUABIAO, Researcher with Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research (ITP), Chinese Academy of Sciences 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): ZHAO HUABIAO, Researcher with Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research (ITP), Chinese Academy of Sciences 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): ZHAO HUABIAO, Researcher with Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research (ITP), Chinese Academy of Sciences STORYLINE: Chinese scientists are mounting efforts to establish a meteorological monitoring station at an altitude of 8,800 meters on Mount Qomolangma, the world's highest peak, on the China-Nepal border. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZHAO HUABIAO, Researcher with the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences "Our mission is to set up the world's highest automati

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CHINA-MT. QOMOLANGMA-WEATHER STATION (CN)

(220501) -- LHASA, May 1, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on April 29, 2022 shows an automatic meteorological station set up at an altitude of about 5,800 meters on Mount Qomolangma. Chinese scientists are mounting efforts to establish a meteorological monitoring station at an altitude of 8,800 meters on Mount Qomolangma, the world's highest peak, on the China-Nepal border. If the station is established successfully, it will replace the one at an altitude of 8,430 meters set up by the British and U.S. scientists on the south side of the mountain in 2019, to be the world's highest of its kind, according to the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research (ITP), Chinese Academy of Sciences. TO GO WITH "China Focus: World's highest automatic weather station to be set up on Mt. Qomolangma" (Xinhua)

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CHINA-MT. QOMOLANGMA-WEATHER STATION (CN)

(220501) -- LHASA, May 1, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on May 1, 2022 shows a view of the Mount Qomolangma base camp at an altitude of 5,200 meters. Chinese scientists are mounting efforts to establish a meteorological monitoring station at an altitude of 8,800 meters on Mount Qomolangma, the world's highest peak, on the China-Nepal border. If the station is established successfully, it will replace the one at an altitude of 8,430 meters set up by the British and U.S. scientists on the south side of the mountain in 2019, to be the world's highest of its kind, according to the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research (ITP), Chinese Academy of Sciences. TO GO WITH "China Focus: World's highest automatic weather station to be set up on Mt. Qomolangma" (Xinhua)

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CHINA-MT. QOMOLANGMA-WEATHER STATION (CN)

(220501) -- LHASA, May 1, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on April 24, 2022 shows an automatic meteorological station set up at an altitude of about 5,200 meters on Mount Qomolangma. Chinese scientists are mounting efforts to establish a meteorological monitoring station at an altitude of 8,800 meters on Mount Qomolangma, the world's highest peak, on the China-Nepal border. If the station is established successfully, it will replace the one at an altitude of 8,430 meters set up by the British and U.S. scientists on the south side of the mountain in 2019, to be the world's highest of its kind, according to the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research (ITP), Chinese Academy of Sciences. TO GO WITH "China Focus: World's highest automatic weather station to be set up on Mt. Qomolangma" (Xinhua)

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CHINA-MT. QOMOLANGMA-WEATHER STATION (CN)

(220501) -- LHASA, May 1, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on April 24, 2022 shows an automatic meteorological station set up at an altitude of about 5,200 meters on Mount Qomolangma. Chinese scientists are mounting efforts to establish a meteorological monitoring station at an altitude of 8,800 meters on Mount Qomolangma, the world's highest peak, on the China-Nepal border. If the station is established successfully, it will replace the one at an altitude of 8,430 meters set up by the British and U.S. scientists on the south side of the mountain in 2019, to be the world's highest of its kind, according to the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research (ITP), Chinese Academy of Sciences. TO GO WITH "China Focus: World's highest automatic weather station to be set up on Mt. Qomolangma" (Xinhua)

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CHINA-MT. QOMOLANGMA-WEATHER STATION (CN)

(220501) -- LHASA, May 1, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Zhao Huabiao, a researcher with the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research (ITP), Chinese Academy of Sciences, is seen on his way to set up an automatic weather station on Mount Qomolangma, April 28, 2022. Chinese scientists are mounting efforts to establish a meteorological monitoring station at an altitude of 8,800 meters on Mount Qomolangma, the world's highest peak, on the China-Nepal border. If the station is established successfully, it will replace the one at an altitude of 8,430 meters set up by the British and U.S. scientists on the south side of the mountain in 2019, to be the world's highest of its kind, according to the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research (ITP), Chinese Academy of Sciences. TO GO WITH "China Focus: World's highest automatic weather station to be set up on Mt. Qomolangma" (Xinhua)

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CHINA-MT. QOMOLANGMA-WEATHER STATION (CN)

(220501) -- LHASA, May 1, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on April 30, 2022 shows a view of the Mount Qomolangma base camp at an altitude of 5,200 meters. Chinese scientists are mounting efforts to establish a meteorological monitoring station at an altitude of 8,800 meters on Mount Qomolangma, the world's highest peak, on the China-Nepal border. If the station is established successfully, it will replace the one at an altitude of 8,430 meters set up by the British and U.S. scientists on the south side of the mountain in 2019, to be the world's highest of its kind, according to the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research (ITP), Chinese Academy of Sciences. TO GO WITH "China Focus: World's highest automatic weather station to be set up on Mt. Qomolangma" (Xinhua)

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World's highest automatic weather station to be set up on Mt. Qomolangma

STORY: World's highest automatic weather station to be set up on Mt. Qomolangma DATELINE: May 1, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:11 LOCATION: LHASA, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY/ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the expedition camp in Mount Qomolangma 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): ZHAO HUABIAO, Associate researcher with Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research (ITP), Chinese Academy of Sciences STORYLINE: China is to establish a meteorological monitoring station at an altitude of 8,800 meters on Mount Qomolangma, the world's highest peak, on the China-Nepal border. Researchers say the equipment weighing some 50 kg will be distributed to mountaineers. Each of them will carry no more than 7 kg up onto the mountain for the task. If the station is established successfully, it will become the world's highest of its kind. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): ZHAO HUABIAO, Associate researcher with Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research (ITP), Chinese Academy of Sciences "Once completed, it will be the highest meteorological monitoring station in

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Weather panel sees August climate as abnormal

TOKYO, Japan - Masahide Kimoto, professor at the University of Tokyo's Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute and head of a meteorological analysis panel at the Japan Meteorological Agency, meets reporters in Tokyo on Sept. 3, 2014, following the panel's conclusion that Japan's weather conditions in August were abnormal. (Kyodo)