CHONGQING, China (Reuters) - The 2,000 residents of Muhe, whose village was moved to higher ground a decade ago to escape the rising Yangtze River, have tried to make the most of their remaining land ...

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

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 River, is ...

Dams cause harm all over the world. They destroy habitats, disrupt rain patterns, worsen water scarcity and cause mass death.

The Three Gorges Dam in China is a structure so huge that it controls one of the world's most powerful rivers—and even slightly slows down the Earth’s rotation. It was built to generate electricity, ...

Trace 5,000 years of dam engineering, from ancient marvels to China's Tsangpo project, amid the rising race for Himalayan hydropower.

China's Three Gorges Dam has effectively changed Earth's axis by nearly an inch since it was built nearly 18 years ago, ...

Edward Burtynsky’s Three Gorges Dam Project exposes the environmental ramifications of the controversial Chinese dam, a $180 ...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - As China counts the costs of its most punishing flood season in more than three decades, the role played by the massive and controversial Three Gorges Dam - designed to help tame ...

Correspondent returns after seven years and sees many changes. Dec. 4, 2007 — -- Yu Falun is a retired metals factory worker, and I met him on the banks of the Yangtze River above Yibin, picking ...