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Tibet experiencing warmer winters

Lhasa, Jan 6 : Tibet has been experiencing warmer winters since the 1990s, indicating a rising trend in temperatures in the region, reports Xinhua.

Tang Xiaoping, an engineer from the local climate centre, has analysed average winter temperatures in the region over the past 30 years. He found that the temperature in the region has shown an upward trend. In 1998 and 2000, the region had "abnormally warm" winters.

In small sub-regions, warm winters were getting increasingly noticeable, Tang said.

The northeastern part of Tibet experienced eight "abnormally warm" winters in the past 30 years.

The occurrence of more warm winters in the region is related to global warming, Tang acknowledged. He didn't give detailed explanation.

In the past four decades or so, the average temperature in the region has increased 0.26 degrees Celsius every 10 years.

The speed is five to 10 times higher than the country's average and also higher than the speed of global warming.

Relative links:

• Tibet Weather & Climate
• Latitude, Altitude and Average Temperature in different places of Tibet