Multinational researchers carry out core drilling project in world's highest saltwater lake

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This photo taken on July 12, 2024 shows the samples collected from the lake core of 402.2 meters on Nam Co, in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region. Multinational researchers have successfully drilled 402.2 meters of lake core in Nam Co, the world's highest saltwater lake in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region on Friday.

The team have been carrying out a core drilling project in Nam Co since early June, providing data on climate and environmental changes on the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau over the past million years.

The joint scientific expedition team comprises a lake and environmental change research team from the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and scientists and drilling technicians from countries including Germany, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Nam Co, located in the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, with a lake-surface elevation of 4,718 meters, is the second largest lake in the region and an important scientific research base. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)