the lack of proper pollution prevention measures in some docks meant industrial and domestic waste water was directly discharged into the Xiao River, a major tributary of the Yangtze. The Meixi ...

The Three Gorges Dam in China is a structure so huge that it controls one of the world's most powerful rivers—and even ...

And in recent years, Chinese scientists have explored the possibilities of channeling the plentiful waters of the Yangtze River to the water-deficient north. The Yangtze River starts at he ...

A botched demolition at a cement plant in central China’s Hunan province has been identified as the source of a toxic leak ...

In recent years, Wujiang District of Suzhou City has worked together with Qingpu District of Shanghai and Jiashan County of ...

Wetlands in the Middle Yangtze River Basin (MYRB) are facing significant ecological challenges due to climate change and ...

Biqiong Wu is at the Hubei Key Laboratory of Intelligent Yangtze and Hydroelectric Science, China Yangtze Power Company, Yichang, China. China’s Yangtze River is the longest in Eurasia and the ...

When reviewing the photos, he saw something he hadn’t noticed before: A mountain shaped like a dog’s head rested on the ground next to the Yangtze River, its snout perched at the water’s edge.

A third of all the inhabitants of China (which means more than 400 million people) live in the area covered by the Yangtze’s river basin. The Yangtze basin provides about half of all the fish eaten in ...

Last year, 227 species of native fish were found in the Yangtze River basin. This is 34 more than the previous year. The report gave an excellent rating for the overall water quality of the ...

The Yangtze river’s finless porpoise is one of the very few porpoises (relatives of dolphins and whales) that live in fresh water. Its small size and cute 'smile' make it much loved in China and ...