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Wired
July 2006
David Wolman |
Train to the Roof of the World China's new 1,200-mile railway crosses some of the harshest terrain on the planet. Plug in your oxygen supply. All aboard the Tibet express.   |
Geotimes
August 2007
Fred Schwab |
The "Roof of the World" is Leaking If China's recent history of environmental stewardship is any guide, the future of Tibet is as hazy as Beijing's sky. China's push to develop Tibet may irreparably damage it. |
Geotimes
April 2007
Nicole Branan |
Found: Tibet's Missing Anchor Through new seismic work, researchers may have found a clue to why the Tibetan Plateau is as high as it is. A chunk of upper mantle that's been "missing" for some 15 million years may have contributed to the region's uplift, they say. |
TIME Asia
August 16, 2010
Austin Ramzy |
Engines of Growth At a time when infrastructure in the U.S. and Europe is aging fast, China's railways may give it a competitive edge over the world's leading economies. |
AskMen.com
December 24, 2002
Harry Marks |
Tibet: A Wonder In The Mountains With a challenging landscape and tumultuous political situation, the culture and sights Tibet has to offer are often overlooked, despite being of great interest to inquisitive travelers. |
British Heritage
Bruce Heydt |
Isambard Kingdom Brunel's Atmospheric Railway Take a ride on Isambard Kingdom Brunel's short-lived Atmospheric Railway and learn why it failed. |
Geotimes
July 2005
Megan Sever |
Carbon Leaching Out of Siberian Peat New research is showing that as temperatures rise across the Arctic, carbon once locked up in permafrost soils may begin escaping into the area's waterways. |
Geotimes
September 2004
Jay Chapman |
Warming up to Rock Falls Last summer climbers became stranded on the slopes of the Matterhorn when the mountain literally began to crumble under their feet. Now, researchers are blaming record-breaking summer temperatures in 2003 for the destabilization of the Alps. |
Geotimes
April 2006
Naomi Lubick |
Tibetan Plateau Timing Exactly how and when the Tibetan Plateau's uprising began remains debated. New data suggest that the southern half of the plateau reached its current height before 35 million years ago. |
Geotimes
July 2004
Jay Chapman |
Earthquake Rattles Tibet Early Monday morning, an earthquake shook the sparsely populated Gangdise Mountains in Tibet. |
The Motley Fool
March 7, 2008
Saibal Saha |
China's Olympian Infrastructure Plans Huge projects stretching far beyond 2008 beckon companies from around the world. |
IEEE Spectrum
January 2010
Sandra Upson |
Winner: IBM Helps Reinvent Russia's Railroad IBM overhauls Russian Railways' software infrastructure |
AskMen.com
Nick Clarke |
Top 10: Train Trips Yes, train journeys are making an unexpected comeback -- thanks in large part to delayed planes, seasickness and dodgy road trips. |
Geotimes
September 2005
Sara Pratt |
Shrinking and Growing Arctic Lakes Now, in the latest addition to the growing body of evidence that global warming is significantly affecting the Arctic, two recent studies suggest that thawing permafrost is the cause of two seemingly contradictory observations -- both rapidly growing and rapidly shrinking lakes. |
BusinessWeek
December 2, 2010
Nadja Brandt |
Luxury Hotels Reach New Heights in China A five-star spa comes to Tibet with the St. Regis Lhasa |
