What would happen if the Three Gorges Dam suddenly failed? From mass flooding to economic ruin, we break down the terrifying consequences of a potential dam disaster in China. Could this be one of the ...

Chinese hydroelectric power plans in Tibet threaten to destabilize the Himalayan region’s ecology and politics.

By Tiffany May Isabelle Qian and Suhasini Raj Step aside, Three Gorges Dam. China’s latest colossal infrastructure project, if completed, will be the world’s largest hydropower dam ...

Today, there are over 30,000 dams in the world. Most of them are created according to standard projects and are designed to ...

Lake Kariba lies between Zambia and Zimbabwe in southern Africa and is the world's largest man-made reservoir by volume - but it has recently been hit by severe droughts.

Although a promising green alternative to fossil fuels, hydropower can also come with geopolitical, environmental and social ...

The structure would be called the Grand Inga Dam. Located in the Democratic Republic of Congo, it would have twice the power generation of China's Three Gorges and, therefore, be the world's ...

China will launch a one-kilometer-long renewable energy station into space, capable of generating in one year the equivalent ...

The Three Gorges Dam in China is often praised as a marvel of modern engineering, but according to NASA, this colossal ...