Once again, China has won the world’s highest peak, Mount Qomolangma, also known as Mount Everest in the West, on Wednesday. Thirteen members of the Chinese Earth Summit Mission 2022 scientific team have successfully established an automatic climate monitoring station at an altitude of more than 8,800 meters, the highest in the world, at Mount Qomolangma on the China-Nepal border, to accomplish the landmark mission of the second largest land survey on the planet’s surface.
A group of 13 soldiers left their camp at an altitude of 8,300 feet at 3 a.m. Wednesday and reached an altitude of 8,800 feet and set up an automatic air station at 12:46 pm, according to China Central Television (CCTV) covering their live journey with a high-resolution camera. All 13 team members finally reached the summit at 13:28 pm and displayed the Chinese national flag with pride. The team also measured snow and ice intensity for the first time with the most accurate radar, collected snow and ice samples, and conducted tests on the human body’s ability to move to higher altitudes, according to CCTV.
News of the successful climb of China’s Qomolangma trek and displaying the national flag was one of the top topics on social media platforms such as Twitter, Sina Weibo, which attracted more than 30 million people.
Qinghai-Xizang Plateau dubbed the “roof of the earth” and “Asian water tower,” Qinghai-Xizang Plateau is not only the third pillar of the Earth but also an important barrier to China’s environmental protection and strategic resources and important conservation culture is a feature of the Chinese nation. The recent scientific expedition to the region is expected to further assist in exploring the cause of natural changes in the plains and will play a key role in advancing the sustainable development of the Qinghai-Xizang Plains and promoting the creation of China’s national natural and global nature environmental protection, Yao Tandong, a specialist at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said in an interview with the media on Wednesday.
China introduced the complete Qinghai-Xizang scientific research in the early 1970s and the second began in 2017.According to Yao, who is also the Honorary Director of the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Science, the first was “explained” and intended to achieve what we have, but the second was to look for change, and to provide evidence to support policy making in improving regional social and economic development and environmental protection of the local area.China has invested in five under-16 teams, more than 270 researchers, covering a wide range of labor-intensive sectors since the launch of the second full-scale campaign in the region.
China now has eight stations established from 5,200 meters to 8,800 meters at Mount Qomolangma, with more than 7,000 meters by 7,028 meters, 7,790 meters, 8,300 meters and 8,800 meters. The newly collected data will close the gap on weather records at higher altitudes on Mount Qomolangma, the Global Times learned from inside the mission. These weather stations at different altitudes mainly monitor temperature, relative humidity, wind direction, wind speed, pressure and radiation changes in the region, and can detect remote data transfer in real time, they explained.
The automatic weather station will be used to study temperature and gradient changes in the area, as well as temperature changes and altitudes of the third Earth, reports CCTV. Meanwhile, it shows that the establishment of a climate monitoring program on Mount Qomolangma in China has been completed first, which is very important to monitor changes in high snowfall and snowfall. Typical weather forecasts are usually less than 5,000 feet [5,000 m] and rarely more than 5,000 feet [5 m] high, and observations of such heights are rarely present, said Zhao Huabiao, a researcher at the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, on Wednesday.
“The reason for building a 8,800 meter space instead of 8,848 meters is that the snow and ice at the top are not suitable for repairs, and in this case, the weather station is built on a 8,800 meter bed, which is simple,” said Zhao. Automatic weather stations operate with solar panels and can be used for two years under normal conditions, experts explain.
The growth of China’s full potential and advances in the country’s science and technology have supported the development of travel goods. Yao said tools such as drones, unmanned ships, noisy balloons and airplanes were included in the second investigation, and helicopters joined the operation for the first time in history. Yao noted that with the support of major national research programs, China has advanced to the first global level in many fields, including research on climate change and climate change. Yao said he believes that as China continues its research and shares global findings and new developments, China will have a greater say in related fields.
The Chinese survey team arrived at Mount Qomolangma summit on May 27, 2020 and measured the peak. Nepali explorers arrive at the top of the mountain in May 2019. In May 2020, eight Chinese warriors conquered the world’s highest point in an effort to measure mountain height, with the help of a series of Chinese technologies such as the BeiDou Satellite Navigation System and 5G communication technologies and in December 2020, China and Nepal jointly announced the new elevation of Mount Qomolangma by 8,848.86 meters.
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