(SP)CHINA-ZHEJIANG-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-TORCH RELAY (CN)

(SP)CHINA-ZHEJIANG-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-TORCH RELAY (CN)

(230920) -- HANGZHOU, Sept. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Torch bearer Zhong Tianshi (R) and Shen Wenqiang pose during the torch relay of the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 20, 2023. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)

Chinese researchers performing "physical checkup" on Mount Qomolangma glacier

STORY: Chinese researchers performing "physical checkup" on Mount Qomolangma glacier DATELINE: May 6, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:04 LOCATION: MOUNT QOMOLANGMA BASE CAMP, China CATEGORY: SCIENCE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Chinese scientific expedition team 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): WANG WENQIANG, PhD, Center for the Pan-Third Pole Environment, Lanzhou University STORYLINE: Chinese scientific researchers are performing a "physical checkup" of the East Rongbuk glacier at 6,350 meters above sea level on Mount Qomolangma. The checkup will provide first-hand data for the study of glacier changes on Qomolangma, ranging from visible glacier changes to high precision 3D laser scanning at the millimeter level, as well as more microscopic scientific observations. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): WANG WENQIANG, PhD, Center for the Pan-Third Pole Environment, Lanzhou University "We will collect ice and snow samples of the East Rongbuk glacier, as well as soil samples and runoff samples along the way. We will take these samples back to analy

Straw checkerboards help with sand control in China's Ulan Buh Desert

STORY: Straw checkerboards help with sand control in China's Ulan Buh Desert DATELINE: April 4, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:59 LOCATION: HOHHOT, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of Ulan Buh Desert 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): HE WENQIANG, Staff of sand prevention and control bureau of Dengkou County, Inner Mongolia 3. various of the desert STORYLINE: In the heart of Ulan Buh Desert, China's eighth largest desert in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, straw checkerboards are playing a key role in sand control work. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): HE WENQIANG, Staff of sand prevention and control bureau of Dengkou County, Inner Mongolia "We usually use straws of 30 to 40 centimeters to pave a square of 1 meter by 1 meter. These straw checkerboards have three advantages. The first is to reduce wind speed; the second is that it enables us to plant sacsaouls in it and provide them with fertilizers; the third is it can hold water so that the sacsaouls can have enough water to grow." Ulan Buh Desert covers an area of a