@chineseembassyinnepal: Is the mudslide along the China-Nepal border linked to climate change? Following a mudslide at Gyirong Port, located along the China-Nepal border in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, experts have weighed in on whether climate change was a contributing factor. Climate change is continuously reshaping the cryosphere and its ecosystems, environment, and disaster patterns worldwide. On the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, glaciers are shrinking and retreating at an accelerating rate, creating an important backdrop for the increasing frequency of geological disasters in the region. https://t.co/TnMi6YNnpx