‘In Praise of Floods’ Review: Let the River Run
Government and civilization, the political scientist James C. Scott stressed, are not at all the same thing. In wide-ranging ...
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What’s Killing the Yellow River?
The first part of this ongoing project looked at China’s coal industry and the effect it’s had on the country. Since 2011 I’ve been working on the second part: following the Yellow River ...
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Deadliest floods in the history of the world
The 1931 China Floods rank among the deadliest natural disasters ever recorded. Heavy rain and unusually heavy snowmelt caused the Yangtze River, along with other major rivers like the Yellow and ...
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Researchers unravel flood dynamics in China's Kumalak River Catchment in Tianshan Region
A recent study published in npj Climate and Atmospheric Science has shed light on the factors influencing floods in the Kumalak River catchment, China. The study, led by Prof. Chen Yaning from the ...