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70 years on, Chinese scientists preserve plateau highway on permafrost

Xinhua | December 24, 2024

Trucks pass through a road section of the Qinghai-Xizang Highway built on permafrost flanked by metal pipes, which serve as conductive heat pipes to stabilize the temperature of the permafrost layer, on the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau in northwest China's Qinghai Province, Dec. 2, 2024. (Xinhua/Jiang Fan)

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