The Tibetan Plateau, known as Asia's water tower, is becoming increasingly unstable, as a study using entropy analysis reveals growing chaos in its complex system.
The research was published in Nature Communications
Aug 29, 2026
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What's the storyA recent study has shown that "Asia's water tower," the Tibetan Plateau, is becoming more unstable and unpredictable.
The research, published in Nature Communications, looked at the entropy of the region to measure how much disorder was building up in this complex system.
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