A devastating earthquake that rocked the Indonesian island of Sumatra in 1861 was extended considered to be a sudden rupture on a formerly quiescent fault. But new exploration finds that the tectonic plates under the island experienced been bit by bit and quietly rumbling from each and every other for […]
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Hengduan Mountain alpine flora history shown to be longest on Earth
The alpine biome harbors distinct communities tailored to demanding environmental conditions. For crops, the world’s most species-abundant temperate alpine biota occurs in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP), Himalaya, and the Hengduan Mountains (THH). Threatened by international warming, alpine species are vulnerable. To understand how alpine biotas shaped in reaction to historical […]