Changes in the permafrost temperatures from 2003 to 2015 in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Alterations in the permafrost due to a warming climate increases the risk of permafrost thawing, accelerates carbon release, lowers super-permafrost groundwater, strengthens desertification, and destroys infrastructure. The permafrost temperature in six boreholes up to 40 m depth was measured from 2003 to 2015 along the Qinghai–Tibet Railway. Results showed an increase in the permafrost temperature, with an average of 0.14 °C decade−1 at 10 m...