The glaciers in 8,844-metre-high Mt Everest, known as Mt Qomolangma in Tibet, have been shrinking "remarkably" which leads to swelling glacial lakes and rivers downstream, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hunan University of Science and Technology and Mount Qomolangma Snow Leopard Conservation Centre said in a report said.
At the same time, the ecological environment in the area is getting better with increased forest coverage around the Everest.
Last month a report released by Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research said Tibet regarded as the roof of the world faced grim scenario as its glaciers were retreating and natural disasters were on the rise due to rising temperatures and increasing human activity.
Glacier loss in the Tibetan plateau is most prominent in the Himalayan Mountains and the southeastern Tibet, whereas glacier stays relevantly stable, even progressing, in the Karakoram and Western Kunlun region due to increasing precipitation, the report said.
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Natural disasters are on the rise on the Tibetan plateau as the region due to global warming and increased human activity. Disasters including snow disasters, landslides and torrential floods are expected to increase and fires will be more difficult to prevent and extinguish, it said.
The report also noted that the area and growing stock of forest on the plateau have increased significantly since 1998, from 7.29 million hectares in 1997 to 14.72 million hectares in 2013 and 2.09 billion cubic meters in 1997 to 2.26 billion cubic meters in 2013, respectively.
The increase is mainly attributed to efforts of forestry conservation and restoration, the report said.