What's happening with glaciers in Xizang?

2025 is the International Year of Glacier Preservation, and this week marks both World Day for Glaciers (March 21) and World Water Day (March 22)—a crucial moment to spotlight these vulnerable giants. What can we do to slow down the loss? And what does the future hold for the Third Pole? Climate Watch spoke with Ding Minghu with the Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences. With 20 years of experiences studying glaciers on the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau and beyond, he shares insights on glacier melting, rising disaster risks, and how these changes impact ecosystems, water resources, and even global weather patterns.