Michael Yamashitaさんのインスタグラム写真 - (Michael YamashitaInstagram)「Headwaters: the sacred source of the Mekong River is a frozen river bed 17,000 feet above sea level on the Tibetan Plateau in China's Qinghai Province. Here the Mekong is called by the first of its many local names -- Dza Chu -- which means Water of Stone, for its origins in the bare rock pinnacles of the Plateau. Sadly, the name may come to describe the entire river due to glacial loss. Tibet is estimated to contain 14 percent of the world’s glaciers mass, and the river and those who live along it depend on the snows and glacial run-off from Tibet's glaciers. That is why it is known as the Water Tower of Asia, as water for irrigation, drinking water and hydropower is stored and distributed from there. A temperature rise of 1.3 Celsius, almost three times the global average, over the past 50 years, has resulted in the shrinking of Tibet’s glaciers, which in turn has already begun to have a profound effect on the river downstream. #mekong #mekongriver #climatechange #tibetanplateau #qinghai #zadoi . A limited number of signed copies of Mike’s out-of-print book “A Journey on the Mother of Waters: Mekong” are available to purchase form our website michaelyamashita.com or the link in our profile.」6月11日 4時57分