Recent Nepal floods highlight Himalayan vulnerabilities and cascading disaster risks. China's Yarlung Tsangpo dam project ...

Some researchers have argued that the enormous weight of water stored behind the dam may have altered stresses on an underlying fault, potentially contributing to what scientists call ...

A Chinese hydrologist has described China’s new mega-dam project in the Tibet Autonomous Region as a political endeavor of communist leader Xi Jinping aimed at reviving national pride rather than ...

India says the proposed new mega-dam could counteract rival China’s building of a likely record-breaking dam upstream in Tibet by stockpiling water and guarding ...

The real threat from China’s mega dam in Tibet is not Beijing turning off the Brahmaputra’s tap, but what happens when ...

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If you liked this story, share it with other people. Ethiopia inaugurated Africa’s largest hydroelectric dam in 2025, positioning itself as a regional energy exporter while millions of its citizens ...

On a football field ringed by misty mountains, the air rang with fiery speeches as tribesmen protested a planned mega-dam—India's latest move in its contest with China over Himalayan water. India says ...

Brazil’s mega dams rank among the most powerful in the world, but droughts driven by climate change have decreased the dams’ output to as low as 3% of their potential. Hydropower accounts for around ...