Heading to high altitude! "Peak Mission" Everest scientific expedition is underway

The reporter learned from the Second Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Comprehensive Scientific Expedition Research Team on the 1st that

The "Peak Mission" Mount Everest scientific expedition glacier and pollutant investigation team set out from the Mount Everest Base Camp on the same day

Go to the East Rongbuk Glacier area at an altitude of more than 6,000 meters

Collecting ice and snow samples for air pollutant monitoring

Advanced instruments are used to scan the terrain to observe changes in glaciers.

The team's investigation will last 7 to 10 days

"Peak Mission 2022-Comprehensive Scientific Investigation and Research on the Extremely High Altitude Areas of Mount Everest" is being carried out in the Mount Everest area of ​​Tibet

More than 270 members from 16 expedition teams from five expedition teams participated in the expedition.

This is the first time since the launch of the 2017 Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Comprehensive Scientific Expedition.

Comprehensive scientific expedition with the widest coverage of subjects, the largest number of participants, and the most advanced instruments and equipment

It is reported that this expedition will focus on environmental changes in the Everest region.

Conduct a comprehensive survey of the atmosphere, water, ecology, and surface processes

Researchers will use advanced technologies, methods and means for the first time

Conduct research on major scientific issues such as westerly-monsoon synergy, changes in the Asian water tower, ecosystems and biodiversity, and human activities

An important task of this expedition to Mount Everest

8 weather stations were built from 5200m to 8800m above sea level.

Four of them are above 7,000 meters above sea level.

Once the 8,800-meter weather station is successfully set up

It will become the world's highest automatic weather station

This scientific expedition will obtain valuable data for understanding the atmospheric environment and cryosphere changes in the Everest region

And provide scientific and technological support for the construction of ecological civilization in extreme environments

Uncovering the law of environmental changes in the extremely high altitude areas of Mount Everest under the background of climate warming

Propose an innovative scientific plan for the protection of Mount Everest

Reporter: Jiang Fan, Tian Jinwen, Sun Fei

Source: Xinhua Viewpoint