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

The Three Gorges Dam, China's colossal hydroelectric marvel, stands as a testament to human engineering prowess. This massive ...

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 ...

Witness the unimaginable devastation as the 7,661-foot Three Gorges Dam fails, unleashing billions of cubic meters of water across China. Explore the catastrophic aftermath and its far-reaching global ...

One of the largest and most remarkable human-made structures in the world, China’s Three Gorges Dam, has achieved feats far beyond energy production. This colossal dam, built on the Yangtze ...

NASA reports that the construction and operation of China's Three Gorges Dam have slightly slowed Earth's rotation by 0.06 microseconds. This effect is due to the redistribution of water mass ...

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 ...

China's ambitious engineers are at it again, not satisfied with the already colossal Three Gorges Dam, which towers at over 600 feet and stretches nearly 8,000 feet wide. This engineering marvel ...

Last week China announced that it is building the world's largest dam in Tibet - even larger than the Three Gorges Dam, which according to NASA, has slowed the Earth's rotation by 0.06 seconds.

China’s Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River. The announced cost is $137 billion. The Economist calls the new dam “the world’s most expensive infrastructure project.” And perhaps it is ...

China’s Three Gorges Dam is one of the world's largest, standing over 600 feet tall and extending for nearly 8,000 feet. The dam is so massive, it’s reputed to have slowed the Earth’s rotation.

That would more than triple the 88.2 billion kWh designed capacity of the Three Gorges Dam, currently the world’s largest, in central China. The project will play a major role in meeting China ...