As the dominant vegetation type in the permafrost regions of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP), alpine grassland provides important ecosystem service functions, such as permafrost conservation. Over the last few decades, about 90% of alpine grassland has already suffered obvious degradation due to climate warming and overgrazing, which led to extensive permafrost degradation.
Click here for original story, Revegetation in extremely degraded grassland improves permafrost stability on Qinghai-Tibetan plateau
Source: Phys.org