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China's Engineering Marvel: How the Three Gorges Dam is Nudging Earth's Rotation

New insights, including research from NASA, reveal that China's colossal Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest hydroelectric power project, is having a measurable, albeit minuscule, effect on Earth's ...
BGR

Does China's Biggest Dam Actually Slow Down The Earth's Rotation?

When we talk about feats of engineering, very few megastructures on Earth rival the sheer scale of China's Three Gorges Dam. It's located in Hubei province, spanning the mighty Yangtze River, and it's ...
The New York Times

Three Gorges Dam

Liao Ran, a corruption analyst at Transparency International, discusses the fall of Zhou Yongkang, China’s former security chief, and the consolidation of power by President Xi Jinping. By Didi ...
Reuters

Record floods raise questions about China's Three Gorges Dam

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 ...
Reuters

China uncovers more accounting problems with Three Gorges Dam

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese government auditors have found more accounting problems with projects linked to the $59-billion Three Gorges dam, the world's biggest hydropower scheme, following a ...