“巔峰使命”珠峰科考于2022年4月28日全面啟動，第二次青藏科考隊聯合西藏登山隊，組織了西風-季風協同作用、亞洲水塔變化、生態系統與生物多樣性、人類活動變化、地球動力學勘測等5支科考分隊的16個科考小組共270余名科考隊員參與了此次活動。“巔峰使命”珠峰科考首次應用先進技術、方法和手段，創造了多項科學考察研究的世界紀錄：在海拔8830米成功架設了世界上海拔最高的自動氣象站，首次建成了梯度聯網的巔峰站，實現了數據實時傳輸，成為地球之巔科學燈塔；首次利用高精度雷達測量了珠峰頂部的冰雪厚度并獲得連續冰雪厚度剖面準確數據；首次取得海拔梯度間隔100米樣品支撐的珠峰頂部冰雪樣品；采用國內自主研發的先進儀器首次獲得珠峰地區地面到上空39公里的臭氧濃度及溫度、濕度、風速與風向的垂直變化；首次利用直升機觀測拉薩-珠峰地區大氣溫室氣體濃度；創造了浮空艇環境觀測的9032米最高海拔世界紀錄。“巔峰使命”珠峰科考是自2017年第二次青藏科考啟動以來學科覆蓋面最廣、參加科考隊員最多、采用的儀器設備最先進的綜合性科考，是人類在珠峰地區開展極高海拔綜合科學考察研究的一次壯舉。
China launches new scientific expedition on world's highest peak
Photo shows the beautiful scenery of Mount Qomolangma. [Photo/Xinhua]
LHASA -- China has started a new comprehensive scientific expedition on Mount Qomolangma, the world's highest peak on the China-Nepal border.
The expedition is part of China's second scientific research survey on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, which started in 2017.
More than 270 scientific research members from 16 squads are participating in the expedition, according to the second Qinghai-Tibet Plateau comprehensive scientific research team on Thursday.
With the most disciplines covered, the most scientific research participants, and the most advanced equipment utilized, the expedition is the largest since China's second scientific research survey on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau began.
The expedition focuses on major scientific issues such as westerly wind-monsoon synergy, Asian water-tower change, ecosystems and biodiversity, and human activities in the Mount Qomolangma area.
A total of eight weather stations will be set up during the expedition, four of which are planned to be over 7,000 meters above sea level. The highest weather station, at an altitude of 8,800 meters, will be the highest automatic weather station in the world if it is established successfully.
The expedition team will also conduct studies on environmental changes, changes in greenhouse gas concentration, ecosystem carbon sink functions, and human adaptation to extreme environments in extremely high altitude areas of the Mount Qomolangma against the backdrop of global warming, according to the research team.
The expedition is expected to provide scientific data about the changes in the atmospheric environment and cryosphere in the Qomolangma area, and reveal the laws of environmental change in Qomolangma's extremely high-altitude areas in the context of climate warming.
Launched in 2017, the second scientific expedition to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is of great significance to advancing the sustainable development of the region and promoting global environment protection.
Source:https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202204/29/WS626b4ccaa310fd2b29e5a1f8.html