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The Three Gorges Dam: A Ticking Time Bomb?
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 ...
The National Interest6d
Cascading Effects: Will China’s New Dam Create A Himalayan Rift?
Chinese hydroelectric power plans in Tibet threaten to destabilize the Himalayan region’s ecology and politics.
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How the world's largest dam works
Today, there are over 30,000 dams in the world. Most of them are created according to standard projects and are designed to ...
Dam plan busted? World's biggest hydropower project in the balance
He says years of delays and numerous changes of partners are "normal" for a major infrastructure project like the Inga Dam. He points to the UK's Mersey Tidal Project - which if successful would be ...
The world's largest man-made lake that connects two countries and took 5 years to build
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.
The New York Times25d
China’s Large and Mysterious Dam Project Is Alarming Neighbors and Experts
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 ...
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Hydropower’s dark underbelly: unravelling the costs of transboundary hydropower
Although a promising green alternative to fossil fuels, hydropower can also come with geopolitical, environmental and social ...
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NASA states that China has the potential to slow down Earth’s rotation with a single action
The Three Gorges Dam in China is often praised as a marvel of modern engineering, but according to NASA, this colossal ...
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Dam plan busted? World's biggest hydropower project in the balance
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 ...