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Walking through Asia’s water tower – the challenge of climate change on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau
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.
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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Medifakt, the health-to-earn DeSci ecosystem built on a cross-chain token economy, today announced the appointment of Preethika Mandadi as Chief Executive Officer. Preethika brings deep expertise in technology strategy, health innovation, and operations to the role, stepping in at a pivotal moment as Medifakt prepares for its global commercial launch.
About Preethika Mandadi
Preethika Mandadi is a technology strategist and health innovation leader who has driven Medifakt’s operations, product development, and go-to-market strategy. She holds a Master’s in Computer Information Technology from Purdue University, and brings enterprise experience from the State of Indiana and DXC Technology, where she led AI-driven analytics and business modernisation projects.
A certified Yoga Teacher (RYT 200), Preethika’s commitment to wellness is both professional and personal — the authentic foundation of the Medifakt mission. She is also the first author on a forthcoming peer-reviewed DeSci research paper on the Medifakt ecosystem, targeting a high-impact journal for December 2026 publication.
About Medifakt
Medifakt is a Decentralised Science (DeSci) health-to-earn ecosystem that rewards users for verified healthy behaviour through on-chain incentives. The company’s products include the FaktUp mobile application — a gamified mental wellness platform — alongside the Fakt-O-Band and Fakt-O-Ring BLE wearable devices that generate cryptographically signed, device-verified health data. Medifakt operates a dual-chain token economy: SOLFAKT on Solana serves as the earn-and-spend velocity token, while FAKT on Ethereum functions as the governance and store-of-value layer. Medifakt’s mission is to create a privacy-first, decentralised model for personal health data ownership — giving individuals full control over their wellness journey and rewarding them in real tradeable value.
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New Delhi, India, March 24th, 2026, ZEX PR WIRE, Edubuk, a fast-scaling AI and blockchain startup, has secured a $50 million strategic investment commitment from Nimbus Capital, marking a major milestone in its mission to redefine global hiring infrastructure, powered by its upcoming $EBUK reward token launch.
Founded by Apoorva Bajaj (CFA, IIT Dhanbad; IIM Kozhikode Gold Medallist, with work-ex in Global Financial Markets with Goldman Sachs, DE Shaw, GlobalData) and Shivani Mehrotra (MBE from Lucknow University, Topper, UGC NET Qualified ex- Professor, Education leader, Microsoft Innovative Educator, Women in AI APAC finalist), Edubuk is tackling one of the world’s largest yet overlooked problems, fake credentials and broken verification systems, impacting over 500 million profiles globally, a $50billion+ issue.
- $50M strategic backing from Nimbus Capital
- 100,000+ on-chain verifications
- Expanding across India, South East Asia, Middle East, Europe & Africa
At the core is TruCV, a blockchain-powered, tamper-proof CV platform integrated with DigiLocker, enabling instant credential verification, and TruJobs, an AI-driven job matching platform for employers.
Backed by global recognition and awards from G20, MIT, Harvard, GITEX, CNBC, CNN, Leap-to-Unicorn, STPI, and others, Edubuk is not just building a product; it is building the trust layer for the future of work.
This isn’t just a startup, it’s the infrastructure for a transparent, skill-first global workforce.
Website: https://www.edubuk.io/
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Traverse City executive Steve Valdiserri outlines the operational trends he sees accelerating across revenue cycle management, AI adoption, and value-based care performance in 2026 and beyond.
Healthcare Finance Is Changing Faster Than Most Organizations Are Ready For
Michigan, USA, 24th March 2026, ZEX PR WIRE — The back end of healthcare finance has historically been defined by manual processes, siloed data systems, and reporting volumes that require significant staff time to produce and interpret. Steve Valdiserri, SVP of Operations at Tally and Accurio and Founding Partner of Avanti Strategy Group, has spent the past year working at the intersection of these systems and the AI tools designed to replace or augment them. He identifies three shifts that healthcare executives and operators should be tracking closely.
Shift One: AI Adoption Is Moving from Strategy to Operationalization
The question in healthcare AI has shifted. Organizations are no longer asking whether AI belongs in revenue cycle or financial reporting. They are asking how to operationalize it within existing workflows and regulatory constraints. Valdiserri sees this as meaningful progress, though he notes that the distance between adopting a tool and realizing its financial benefit remains significant for most organizations. The gap is typically operational, not technological.
At Tally, where he leads operations, the focus is on building the infrastructure that allows AI automation to produce consistent results for organizations managing insurance verification, claims submission, AR follow-up, and financial reporting. The tool is only as effective as the operational environment it runs in.
Shift Two: Attribution Is Becoming a Recognized Strategic Priority in Value-Based Care
For years in value-based care, attribution management was treated as a technical function handled by data teams with limited connection to executive strategy or operations. Valdiserri has argued consistently that this framing understates its importance. The patient panel determines the performance baseline for every value-based care program. If attribution is broken, the downstream investment in care management, quality programs, and payer engagement produces less return than it should.
He notes a growing recognition among VBC leaders that attribution deserves a dedicated operational strategy, including systematic payer engagement and ongoing panel validation. The organizations beginning to treat it that way are seeing earlier identification of performance gaps and more accurate financial projections from their risk-based contracts.
Shift Three: Healthcare Finance Metrics Are Being Simplified, Not Expanded
Counter to the general trend toward more reporting, Valdiserri sees leading healthcare finance teams moving toward fewer, higher-quality metrics. The volume of data available to healthcare organizations has grown faster than the capacity to interpret it strategically. His view, developed across a decade of VBC operations and now applied in revenue cycle contexts, is that most organizations need a small number of metrics that describe financial health clearly rather than a comprehensive dashboard that requires significant analysis time to interpret.
For revenue cycle, his working framework focuses on AR days, write-off rate, and gross charge distribution as core indicators. Other metrics matter, but these three describe the financial condition of the business in terms that allow for direct operational response.
What These Shifts Mean for Healthcare Operators
Each of these shifts rewards organizations that prioritize operational discipline over technology adoption speed. AI tools deliver better results in organizations that have already clarified their processes. Attribution strategy produces better financial outcomes when it is connected to executive decision-making rather than siloed in analytics. Simplified metrics work when an organization has already done the harder work of understanding which numbers actually drive performance.
Valdiserri’s current work across Tally, Accurio, and Avanti Strategy Group reflects a consistent thesis: the organizations that will benefit most from the changes underway in healthcare finance are the ones that invest first in the operational foundations that make those changes productive.
About Steve Valdiserri
Steve Valdiserri is a healthcare operations executive and entrepreneur based in Traverse City, Michigan. He serves as SVP of Operations at Tally and Accurio and as Founding Partner of Avanti Strategy Group. He previously held senior operational roles at VillageMD over approximately a decade. He completed a certificate in AI in Health Care from Harvard Medical School in October 2025 and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from DePauw University. Connect with him at stevevaldiserri.com.
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