The idea for the Three Gorges Dam isn’t new. It dates back to 1919 when Sun Yat-sen, often called the father of modern China, proposed harnessing the power of the Yangtze River. He believed a ...

Amid growing concerns over China's plans to construct the "world's largest dam" on Brahmaputra, experts from India and Bhutan ...

The dam is an engineering colossus—more than ... for her book Yangtze Remembered. "The Yangtze River" Courtesy of Flickr user sullivan_ng. "Yangtze Fall." Courtesy of Flickr user Quiltsalad.

the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River in central China. The Yarlung Tsangpo originates in Tibet and flows into India, where it is called the Siang in Arunachal Pradesh. As it moves further ...

Miscommunication and misunderstood geography are confounding discussions about China’s planned dams on the Yarlung Tsangpo ...

Dams are a big issue too. More than 50,000 dams have been built in the Yangtze basin since 1950, and more are planned. Dams divert and disrupt the natural flows of the river, which affects wildlife ...

the role played by the massive and controversial Three Gorges Dam - designed to help tame the Yangtze river - has come under fresh scrutiny. Amid some of the heaviest rainfall on record ...

And then the spring snowmelt would come, and the water would rise, and all that history would disappear once more beneath the timeless river. Now that the dam is closed, the Yangtze no longer ...

The U.S. does not have enough electricity to continue powering the AI boom, according to experts and studies. How can Memphis ...

Subsequent dams have placed new ... Heavy shipping traffic, overfishing, and water pollution have also plagued Yangtze River waters and taken a heavy toll on these aquatic behemoths.