ANSO Collaborative Research Supports 2024 Project in China Arctic Yellow River Station

Pathogenic risk in the cryosphere of the Tibetan Plateau and polar regions

11 09, 2024

From July 25 to August 12, LIU Keshao, assistant researcher from The Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research (ITP), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) carried out 2024 field trips in China Arctic Yellow River Station to implement tasks of the ANSO Collaborative Research project entitled “Effect of climate change on the potential pathogenic risk in the cryosphere of the Tibetan Plateau and polar regions”. This project aims to explore the diversity and function of microbes in glaciers and permafrost of the three poles. LIU carried out the field trips of the Arctic glacier ecosystem from China Arctic Yellow River Station.

The project team also carried out field trips on the regions of Midtre Lovenbree, Austre Brøggerbreen, Vestre Lovenbreen and Austre Lovenbreen. Samples of glacial meltwater, glacier forefields, glacial lake and runoff were collected. These glacial samples provide basic data support for the study of the impact of climate change on the microbial structure and function of the Arctic glacial and forefields ecosystems.