{
  "id": 18056344,
  "title": "Chinese scientists discover thickening ground ice in parts of warming Tibet",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/chinese-scientists-discover-thickening-ground-ice-in-parts-of-warming-18056344",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-11-04T02:00:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3373097/chinese-scientists-discover-thickening-ground-ice-parts-warming-tibet"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Tibetan Plateau, home to the world’s largest expanse of alpine permafrost, is warming at about twice the global average but, counter-intuitively,researchers have found that ice in parts of the Tibet autonomous region is actually thickening. A team from Peking University found that shallow ground ice has unexpectedly increased over the past 20 years, affecting more than a third of the…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}