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Walking through Asia’s water tower – the challenge of climate change on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

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Article·Hengduan Mountain Research Society

As a global meteorological outpost, the mechanism and influence of climate change on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau are complicated. In October 1998,he led the “Yarlung Zangbo River scientific rafting expedition”, drifted 1,600 kilometers from the Jiemayangzong Glacier in Zhongba County, Tibet, the source of the Yarlung Zangbo River, to Pai Township (today’s Pai Town) in Mainling County. After that, he crossed the Grand Canyon on foot and spent 35 days crossing the Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon. In 2010, he launched another bold project, “Asian Water Tower — International River Survey on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau” and spent six months visiting a majority of international rivers on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Although he had explored most of the rivers on the Tibetan Plateau over the past 20 years, in this mission, he did a systematic, complete, inch-by-inch survey of the headwaters of Asian great rivers that originate on the Tibetan Plateau.

During the investigation, he felt the benefits that the implementation of the River Chief System in recent years has brought to the protection of both water resources and the relevant environment on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and he could clearly see the efforts of climate actions such as the layout of clean energy and de-coaling. But the unprovoked accusations, such as artificial rainfall on the Tibetan plateau, are always discouraging. Regardless of the standpoint of science, the well-rounded artificial rainfall, as a very scientific and rigorous scientific practice, has been used in the United States, Australia and other countries. However, many people still believe that artificial rainfall is to release some cold air into the clouds. The most important fact is that the Tibetan Plateau region of China has a small population and the natural ecology has been able to meet the need of local living conditions. Therefore, large-scale artificial rainfall has no practical application scenario and practical significance at all. To top it all off, some people believe that China is just competing with India for rainwater.

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he have heard similar rumors and prejudices at many South Asian Non-governmental organizations’ symposium on international rivers. Most of the participants remarked, “It is amazing how little the media of each country knows about its neighbors.” In this environment of lack of communication and political suspicion, debate is often driven by lack of information and political smear, and alarmist media reports are more likely to fan the flames of national conflicts.

There has always been controversy around the discussion of climate change, especially the various claims of the scientific interpretation of the mechanism of climate change. What is even more puzzling is that negotiations on climate action, without strong scientific support, seem to only strive for profit, and humanity will lose its way if it continues like this. The scientific community has long believed that the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is the frontier of the earth science, with many key issues to be broken through. Tackling climate change will be futile or even disastrous before it is solved.

What are the main causes of climate change and glacier melting on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau? In recent years, some researchers have suggested that when the solar system moves out of the Quaternary Ice Age and into a higher background energy field, it is the cause of the temperature rise. However, he believe that the temperature rise at the altitude of 5,000 to 6,000 meters is mainly caused by the fact that a large amount of greenhouse gases emitted by human beings absorb heat in the atmosphere of the Tibetan Plateau in the atmospheric circulation. Therefore, they should face and share the responsibility together instead of making groundless accusations against any one country in order to deal with climate change on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and even over the whole world.

Vice President of the United States Harris pointed out recently, the war for water resources will come soon. In he’s opinion, both water resources and the influence of global warming on the Tibetan Plateau are a fait accompli, the unilateral effort of each country is only a temporary solution. Environmental protection is not just a matter of pure science, but if there is too much political manipulation and rancour involved, the problem gets trickier. The growth of all creatures depends on harmony. China and south Asian countries around the Tibetan Plateau create a new win-win cooperation of climate governance in such aspects as scientific research, the meteorological disaster warning, can not only monitor the secondary disasters caused by climate change, to avoid the life and property loss. More importantly, a collaborative and vivid climate action can provide the international community with a set of effective experiences that can be replicated in climate governance.

Climate change is already causing serious environmental problems on the Tibetan Plateau and the Brahmaputra River basin as I have proposed many times in international seminars. The international community should build consensus and join hands in tackling these threats especially the neighboring countries. Partha J. Das, a scientist from the Indian NGO Aaranyak, also pointed out at the symposium that these warnings apply to the Indian government as well. The Indian government plans to build 70 water projects on the upper reaches of the Brahmaputra River. China and India need face the common threats in cooperation. Referred to the outburst floods from the upper reaches of the Brahmaputra in June 2000, Das said: “Most of the damage could have been avoided if the media in both China and India had reported it widely.”  Obviously, China and India are both on the same page at environmental and climatic changes on the Tibetan Plateau.  He also claimed that China and India should enhance cooperation on flood early warning both in the Government and Non-governmental, signing a bilateral agreement and sharing hydrological observation data.

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LightingGuide.org Launches New Lumens vs Watts Guide to Help Consumers Understand Brightness

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LightingGuide.org’s new Lumens vs Watts guide helps consumers compare bulb brightness, wattage, and LED equivalents with easy conversion charts.

New York City, NY, United States, 8th May 2026 – LightingGuide.org has launched a new Lumens vs Watts guide to help consumers compare bulb brightness, wattage, and LED equivalents with more clarity. The new online resource explains how lumens and watts differ, includes a practical lumens to watts conversion chart, and helps readers choose the right light bulb for common rooms and everyday lighting needs.

As LED lighting becomes the standard in homes and businesses, many shoppers still rely on wattage when trying to judge bulb brightness. That can make buying the right bulb more confusing than it should be. LightingGuide.org’s new guide breaks that down in simple terms by explaining that watts measure energy use, while lumens measure brightness. For anyone comparing LED bulbs, incandescent bulbs, or replacement options, lumens are often the better number to watch.

The new Lumens vs Watts Conversion Chart gives readers a straightforward way to compare common brightness levels with estimated wattage across bulb types. It includes helpful examples showing how traditional incandescent wattages translate to approximate lumen output and modern LED equivalents. For example, a 60 watt incandescent bulb typically produces about 800 lumens, while an LED bulb can often produce similar brightness using only 8 to 10 watts.

In addition to the chart itself, the guide explains how to estimate LED wattage from lumens using a general efficiency range for modern LED bulbs. It also gives practical context for how brightness may vary depending on where the bulb is used. Readers can quickly compare recommended lumen ranges for spaces such as living rooms, bedrooms, kitchens, and bathrooms, making the guide useful not just for technical comparison, but for real purchasing decisions.

The resource was created for homeowners, renters, DIY shoppers, and anyone trying to understand the difference between brightness and energy consumption before buying replacement bulbs. Whether someone is searching for a 60 watt equivalent LED, trying to understand how many lumens they need for a kitchen, or comparing LED watts to incandescent watts, the guide is designed to make the answer easier to find and easier to understand.

LightingGuide.org also connects readers to additional educational content on common brightness levels, including what 100 lumens, 500 lumens, 800 lumens, 1000 lumens, 1500 lumens, 2000 lumens, and 3000 lumens look like in practical use. Together, these resources help users move beyond outdated wattage based shopping and make more informed lighting decisions based on brightness, efficiency, and room function.

With the launch of this new Lumens vs Watts guide, LightingGuide.org continues expanding its consumer lighting resources with practical, seaeducational content focused on light bulb brightness, LED conversion, and energy efficient lighting choices.

The new Lumens vs Watts Conversion Chart is now live at https://lightingguide.org/lumens-brightness/lumens-vs-watts-conversion-chart/

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ClinicBooking.com: Connecting Patients with Trusted Doctors and Hospitals Worldwide Through AI-Powered Transparency

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ClinicBooking.com: Connecting Patients with Trusted Doctors and Hospitals Worldwide Through AI-Powered Transparency —  Since 2010, ClinicBooking.com has served as a vital bridge connecting patients with trusted doctors, clinics, and hospitals worldwide, evolving from a dedicated directory into a sophisticated global medical ecosystem. Over the past decade and a half, the platform has meticulously expanded its network to ensure that high-quality medical expertise is accessible to every individual, regardless of their geographic location. Today, the company reinforces its position as a leading global healthcare marketplace, utilizing an upgraded AI-enhanced platform to simplify how patients search, compare, and book medical care across every specialty and border. This transformation is driven by a deep commitment to modernizing the patient experience through innovative IT infrastructure and a user-centric approach to global health logistics.

A Direct Connection for Global Healthcare
ClinicBooking operates as a transparent connection layer between patients and healthcare providers, ensuring that every interaction is efficient and data-driven. Driven by the mission to help people everywhere make confident health decisions, ClinicBooking removes hidden brokers to provide direct access to verified information. By eliminating these intermediaries, the platform empowers patients to communicate directly with clinical staff, fostering a relationship built on clarity. With safety and accessibility as defaults, the platform ensures that the patient journey—from primary care to complex procedures—is built on a foundation of “Trust That Matters.”

Strategic Global Alliances and Specialty Care Corridors
The platform has established trusted care corridors in leading medical destinations, including Mexico, Turkey, Colombia, South Korea, and Thailand, where medical excellence meets patient demand. By partnering with internationally accredited hospitals and elite surgical centers, clinicbooking ensures patients can access high-quality treatments such as Plastic Surgery, Hair Loss treatments, and Dental care. These alliances are carefully vetted to maintain international safety standards, providing a seamless transition for patients traveling abroad. This global footprint strengthens the role of the marketplace as a reliable partner for safe and transparent medical tourism, connecting diverse regions through a shared commitment to clinical excellence.

Advanced IT Infrastructure and Smart Practice Management
The platform offers a robust suite of tools designed to modernize clinical operations for providers while simplifying the experience for patients. These solutions include sophisticated algorithms that pair patients with the right providers based on specialty and location. Furthermore, ClinicBooking.com provides a secure system for managing appointments and automated reminders via SMS or WhatsApp, alongside seamless secure video and private messaging capabilities, providing patients with 24/7 access to medical expertise.

Verified Integrity and the ServiceScore Standard
To maintain the highest level of marketplace fairness, clinicbooking employs a unique ServiceScore™. This proprietary metric measures provider responsiveness, profile quality, and dispute rates. Combined with over 618,000 trusted patient reviews and identity/licensure checks conducted worldwide, the platform prioritizes truthful information over advertising bias, maintaining strict anti-abuse checks and human moderation to ensure the integrity of every verified recommendation.

Expanding Global Reach and Care Navigation
Recognizing that healthcare is a worldwide necessity, the marketplace facilitates global access and inclusion. The platform’s “Country Hubs” and treatment guides assist patients in making strategic decisions regarding medical care across borders. To support this, clinicbooking provides 24/7 help and care navigation, alongside specialized travel and logistics assistance for those seeking treatment internationally, ensuring a seamless patient journey.

Commitment to Privacy and Accountable AI
ClinicBooking.com is founded on the principles of privacy by design and accountable AI, ensuring that every patient interaction is secure and transparent. By combining strict identity checks with human moderation, the platform guarantees that healthcare decisions are supported by truthful information. This commitment reinforces the mission to deliver a secure environment for medical scheduling and global care management worldwide.

About ClinicBooking.com
ClinicBooking is a global healthcare marketplace dedicated to connecting patients with verified doctors and hospitals. Founded on the values of privacy by design and accountable AI, the platform provides a secure environment for medical scheduling, e-consultations, and global care management.

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Story of the Boy Who Would One Day Be Known as Zeami The World Is Dancing Premieres on July 2nd

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Reveals Key Visual, Main Trailer and New Casts! Unveils the Opening Theme Song “shusho” performed by Macaroni Empitsu

Tokyo, Japan, 8th May 2026 – CyberAgent, Inc. is excited to share that the TV anime The World Is Dancing (co-produced by Shochiku and CyberAgent) will officially start broadcasting and streaming on July 2, 2026.

Along with the announcement, the key visual and main trailer have been revealed. The newly revealed main trailer features the opening theme song “Shusyo” performed by Macaroni Empitsu which is also unveiled for the first time.  Additionally, comments from the new cast members, Takahiro Sakurai as the powerful shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, and Nobuo Tobita, Mamiko Noto, Inori Minase, and Hazuki Seto. 

Character illustrations and heartfelt comments from each cast member have also arrived.

The World Is Dancing is a manga by Kazuto Mihara that ran in Kodansha’s Seinen magazine Morning. Despite being only six volumes long, it drew strong attention for its carefully constructed story and themes that still resonate today.

The English version of the original manga is available online on Chapter 1 – Free Preview.
In an era of constant conflict, a beautiful, intensely curious boy named Oniyasha meets people, laughs, cries, and faces his own weaknesses as he shapes a new form of dance born from life in an ever-changing world.

This is a “dancing story” that might have unfolded when the boy who would one day create Noh—Zeami—was still known as Oniyasha, carried across 600 years to the present.

The anime is produced by animation studio, Cypic (Umamusume: Cinderella Gray, The Summer Hikaru Died). Toshimasa Kuroyanagi, known for his work on the TV anime The Great Passage, the animated film Love Me, Love Me Not, and both the TV and theatrical versions of the Backflip!! series.

 

TV Anime The World Is Dancing Premieres This July

Main Trailer & Additional Cast Unveiled!

Main Trailer on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Zu45LJG7Chs

The main trailer opens with a breathtaking dance sequence that sets a striking tone for the series. It depicts the fateful encounter between Oniyasha (the boy who will later be known as Zeami), voiced by Yumiri Hanamori, and the powerful shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, voiced by Takahiro Sakurai.

With this trailer, a lineup of new characters and their prestigious cast members has been revealed. Joining the previously announced cast—Maaya Uchida (Kogane), Romi Park (Zojiro), Simba Tsuchiya (Ishiya), and Katsuyuki Konishi (Kan’ami)—are figures who shaped the history of Noh: Nobuo Tobita as Nijo Yoshimoto, the historical patron of Zeami, and Mamiko Noto as Nariko, Yoshimitsu’s lawful wife.

The trailer also introduces anime-original characters who add new layers to the story: Chiharu (voiced by Inori Minase), Satsuki (voiced by Hazuki Seto), and the mysterious Inuo.

Furthermore, the trailer offers the first reveal of the opening theme song “shusho” by Macaroni Empitsu. The track, which deeply resonates with Oniyasha’s spirit, heightens the anticipation for the upcoming broadcast, promising a visceral and emotional experience.

Opening Theme Artist: Macaroni Empitsu

A four-piece rock band formed in 2012. Led by vocalist/guitarist Hattori, the band is known for their expressive sound and emotional lyrics. They have successfully completed multiple arena tours and remain at the forefront of the Japanese rock scene.

 

Cast and Character Illustrations Released!

Copyright: ©Kazuto Mihara, KODANSHA/”The World Is Dancing” Production Committee.

The third shogun of the Muromachi shogunate, a man of great ambition and strong pride. Despite holding the absolute authority of a shogun, his youth leaves him frustrated when things don’t go as he expects, and he spends his days searching for answers. To unify a world overflowing with conflicting laws, he seeks a “flower” capable of drawing people together.

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu (CV: Takahiro Sakurai)
Nijo Yoshimoto (CV: Nobuo Tobita)
Nariko (CV: Mamiko Noto)
Chiharu (CV: Inori Minase)
Satsuki (CV: Hazuki Seto)

New Staff

Series Composition/Script: Sawako Kawamitsu

Profile: Completed the Screenwriting course at the Graduate School of Film and New Media, Tokyo University of the Arts. Her notable screenwriting credits include the film Stella of the Neighborhood (Tonari no Stella), the dramas I, KILL and Mr. Bride (Watashi no Oyome-kun), and web dramas such as ANIMALS and Ohsama Sentai King-Ohger: The Secret of King Racules.

About The World Is Dancing

STORY:

In 1374, amid the turmoil of the Northern and Southern Courts’ long running conflict, a boy named Oniyasha is born into a family of sarugaku theater performers. He spends his days in a kind of quiet gloom, haunted by a simple but persistent question: Why do people dance? Then, one day, he witnesses a dance that he feels to be “good”—and everything begins to change. This is the story of the beautiful young boy who would one day shape the art of Noh and be remembered as Zeami.

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Official Website: https://sh-anime.shochiku.co.jp/worldisdancing-anime
Official X: https://x.com/wid_anime (@wid_anime)

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