In China's Wuhan, visuals along the Yangtze River reveal an environmental turnaround
From heavy industry to green recovery. Once polluted waters are clearing and
Former docklands have been transformed into parks.

China Rebuilds Yangtze’s Environment

El Niño significantly impacts China by triggering extreme weather, including severe floods in the Yangtze River valley and droughts in northern regions, often leading to reduced agricultural yields and energy crises. Strong El Niño events often cause hot, dry conditions that reduce hydropower output, forcing higher fossil fuel usage. 


China Flags Energy Risks From El Nino

Continuous rainfall has triggered huge floods in China's eastern Hanui province, submerging villages and displacing residents...

China’s longest river, the Yangtze, bursts its banks

China's Yangtze River, Asia's longest and busiest waterway, has long suffered from bottlenecks that impede transportation efficiency, and there are rising requests for massive improvements to the artery to help enhance the local economies it connects.

China: Frequent 'traffic jams' on Yangtze river, calls rise for 'high quality' shipping

In Pics | Top 7 longest rivers in the world

Drought in China has caused Yangtze river to dry up. Lakes & ponds have reduced to rocks & pebbles. The receding water levels have revealed ancient Buddhist statues.

Drought in China causes Yangtze river to dry up; lakes & ponds reduced to rocks & pebbles

Residents living near a tributary of the Yangtze river have clambered along the dry river bed. The drying Yangtze river has revealed a trio of ancient Buddhist statues on a previously submerged Island.

WION Climate Tracker | China's drying Yangtze river reveals ancient Buddhist statues

China is reeling under a record-breaking drought. Its largest river Yangtze has dried up. Its largest fresh-water lake Poyang has been reduced to a trickle. The receding water levels have revealed 3 ancient Buddhist statues. Palki Sharma reports.

Gravitas: China's largest river Yangtze has dried up

Chinese officials have said that the iconic sights in Shanghai will not be lit for two nights to save power as drought hits the power supply. During a long drought and heatwave, power curbs were extended on consumption by China's scorched southwestern regions as they deal with dwindling hydropower output and surging household electricity demand.

China: 'The Bund' will not be lit for two nights to save power as drought hits power supply

As local governments race to maintain power and find fresh water supplies to irrigate crops ahead of the autumn harvest, China warned that severe drought conditions along the Yangtze river could last well into September.

Race to protect harvest: China's drought could last until September

China's Yangtze river has dried up in parts, forcing the regions that are dependent on the longest river to deploy pumps and cloud-seeding rockets. Yangtze's water levels have been depleted due to a drought, which is also posing risks to the crops.

China: Yangtze river shrinks; factories shut as drought hits hydropower

Archeologists have resolved the mystery of Chinese civilisation that vanished 4,000 years ago. The study, published in Life Advances, has been conducted by China's Xi'an Jiaotong University.

Archeologists resolve mystery of Chinese civilisation that vanished 4,000 years ago

China is being ravaged by floods and food crisis that seems to be going out of control. However, the country is trying to curtail the grimness of the dual crisis.

Double trouble: China faces food and flood crisis

China's Yangtze river overflows leaving 100,000 and a heritage site affected!

China has been facing its worst floods in 33 years. The floods and landslides have uprooted millions and dozens have been killed so far and the worst is yet to come.

After virus, China's Hubei province at risk as floods hit Yangtze River

The world's rarest turtle has moved a step closer to extinction after a female specimen died in a Chinese zoo, leaving behind just three known members of the species.

Death in China zoo puts rarest turtle on cusp of oblivion

China has approved construction of one of its tallest dams, a 239-metre (784-foot) hydroelectric structure on the upstream section of its longest river, the Yangtze, the state planning agency said on Tuesday.

China approves large new upstream dam project on Yangtze river

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China Rebuilds Yangtze’s Environment

China Flags Energy Risks From El Nino

China Flags Energy Risks From El Nino

China’s longest river, the Yangtze, bursts its banks

China: Frequent 'traffic jams' on Yangtze river, calls rise for 'high quality' shipping

In Pics | Top 7 longest rivers in the world

Drought in China causes Yangtze river to dry up; lakes & ponds reduced to rocks & pebbles

WION Climate Tracker | China's drying Yangtze river reveals ancient Buddhist statues

Gravitas: China's largest river Yangtze has dried up

China: 'The Bund' will not be lit for two nights to save power as drought hits power supply

Race to protect harvest: China's drought could last until September

China: Yangtze river shrinks; factories shut as drought hits hydropower

Archeologists resolve mystery of Chinese civilisation that vanished 4,000 years ago

Double trouble: China faces food and flood crisis

China's Yangtze river overflows leaving 100,000 and a heritage site affected!

After virus, China's Hubei province at risk as floods hit Yangtze River

Death in China zoo puts rarest turtle on cusp of oblivion

China approves large new upstream dam project on Yangtze river