Upper Yangtze News Today

Open access notables A survey of interventions to actively conserve the frozen North, van Wijngaarden et al., Climatic Change:

The Permian marine mass extinction is considered to be the largest mass extinction in Earth’s history. Click to read more.

CHONGQING, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) -- A pure electric sightseeing boat has been commissioned on the upper Yangtze River, the longest waterway in China, in an effort to

This documentary—available in full on ChinaFile throughout January courtesy of filmmaker Gary Marcuse—follows a group of environmental activists trying to prevent the construction of dams on the Nu (Salween) and the Upper Yangtze (Jinsha) rivers in Yunnan province in southwest China. Waking the Green Tiger uses archival footage of the Mao era mission to “conquer nature” to

China Fiction: by Kathie Johnson

Floodwaters exceeded warning levels on May 22 across five major monitoring stations of the Yangtze River that runs from ...

Claude Arpi | Hydro, rail projects in Tibet a threat to India Published Apr 6, 2021, 7:23 am IST Updated Apr 6, 2021, 7:23 am IST A series of nine hydropower plants in cascade will definitely threaten life across the whole of India’s Northeast region  The YarlungTsangpo, which becomes the Siang on entering Arunachal Pradesh and later the Brahmaputra in Assam (and the Meghna in Bangladesh) is one of the most eco-sensitive regions of the planet. (Representational image: AFP) Recent develo...

Geographical Magazine In pictures: Jonk wins Earth Photo competition with stunning series of abandoned buildings Written by  Geographical 2020 The winner of the Earth Photo competition was Jonk with a set of photos depicting abandoned buildings overtaken by nature Jonk: Overall winner of Earth Photo plus winner of the Place category Theatre, Abkhazia region of Georgia (2019) Jonk is a self-taught freelance photographer whose work focuse...