As China’s glaciers continue to melt, scientists scramble to understand the changes taking place, writes Niu Yuhan for China Dialogue Wen Xu recalls first climbing Muztagh Ata in Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang, back in 2004. “The snow was thigh deep and we had to use snowshoes to spread our weight. Snow bridges allowed us to cross crevasses.” The scientist and explorer has now made the trip a dozen times, to collect …
