Government and civilization, the political scientist James C. Scott stressed, are not at all the same thing. In wide-ranging studies of how central authority is applied at ground level, Scott ...

China Floods The 1931 China floods are often cited as the deadliest weather event in recorded history. This calamity resulted in an estimated 1 to 4 million deaths, a staggering number that still ...

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 ...

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 ...