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IEEE Spectrum
August 2006
William Sweet |
Yangtze's Power Is Unleashed The last cofferdam -- a temporary structure standing between the waters of the Yangtze River and the main wall of the Three Gorges Dam -- was recently blown up. Three Gorges has likely been the most controversial damn project ever.   |
Smithsonian
September 2007
Whitney Dangerfield |
Snapshot: Yangtze River A virtual vacation along China's mighty waterway. |
Geotimes
September 2006
Carolyn Gramling |
China's Massive Dam Alters Weather China's Three Gorges Dam is famed for its size -- and its reservoir may be large enough to change regional weather patterns. |
Popular Mechanics
February 2006
Susan Tweit |
Can't We Just Blow It Up? The world's biggest dam removal will return Washington's Elwha River to its free-flowing state. But the colossal three-year project proves there's a lot more to deconstruction than tons of TNT. |
Geotimes
July 2006
Fred Schwab |
Eating Dog and Breathing Hard: China, 2006 After visiting the country, the author concludes that the Chinese know that the indiscriminate spewing of waste into air and water and voracious burning of fossil fuels cannot continue. |
High on Adventure
February 2005
Giordano & Rosen |
China Photo Essay 2 Photos of Wuhan, the Hubei Province and the Three Gorges: The Museum of Jinzhou in Jinzhaou, Hubei Province... Hubei Provincial Museum, Wuhan... Cruising on the Yangtze River to experience the Three Gorges... |
Geotimes
October 2005
Naomi Lubick |
China's Changing Landscape As China continues its economic metamorphosis into the gorilla in the global sandbox, it has rapidly changed its physical environment. Home to some of the world's largest cities, the country contains several of the most polluted cities in the world, partly because of its reliance on coal for energy. |
Geotimes
January 2005
Naomi Lubick |
Grand Canyon Floods On Nov. 21, the Department of the Interior approved a release of water from the Glen Canyon Dam in an attempt to rebuild the beaches and other sedimentary environments. |
BusinessWeek
July 5, 2004
Dexter Roberts |
Power Shortages Are Zapping China China can't keep up with the soaring demand for energy. Will that hurt the export machine? |
Geotimes
September 2004
Naomi Lubick |
Breaking Down Dams There is definitely a trend toward removing smaller dams, and environmental organizations also have their eyes on the removal of much larger dams. |
IEEE Spectrum
January 2013
Eliza Strickland |
The Great Canal of China The South-to-North Water Diversion Project will realize an old dream of Mao Zedong: to bring water from monsoon-swept lands, where it's plentiful, to the north's booming industrial cities, where it's not. |
InternetNews
August 14, 2009 |
China Gives Up on Green Dam. Does It Matter? China's Green Dam content filtering software may not necessarily go into all new PCs sold in China after all. |
Outside
April 2007
Patrick Symmes |
Leaping Tiger, Drowning River The world's greatest Communist supereconomy needs all the power it can get. With dams rising up all around, the author joins a team of Chinese and American rafters as they outrun the concrete on a wild descent of the Yangtze. |
Geotimes
December 2004
Wallace Ulrich |
Seismic Success Story in Wyoming After years of hard work, the people of Wyoming have a new seismic network in a seismic "gap" of the West. This data will prove essential to planning and preparation in the community. |
Outside
August 2007
Cameron Walker |
Blowout The removal of 47-foot high Marmot Dam, on Oregon's Sandy River, will renew 11.5 miles of quality Class IV whitewater and 100 miles of steelhead habitat. Taking down a dam used to require an act of Congress. Now it's just good business. |
Popular Mechanics
February 2010
Joe P. Hasler |
Investigating Russia's Biggest Dam Explosion: What Went Wrong Just before 8 am on Aug. 17, 2009, workers on the morning shift stepped off a clattering Soviet-era tram and made their way past security and into position at the Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric power plant in south-central Siberia. |
Outside
March 2010
Elizabeth Hightower |
The Wild File: Dead Pool A dead pool is the level at which water can no longer be released from a reservoir and it may be happening sooner than you think. |
Wired
December 2004
Bruce Sterling |
The New Space Race Americans might wonder why developing countries like India and China would spend precious resources in space. But those countries have good reasons - more compelling ones than the US has. |
Real Travel Adventures
December 2008
Neely & Neely |
Three Wonderful Weeks in China We chose to go to China just before the Olympics, when we thought prices would be still very good and it would not be so crowded yet every place would be clean and ready |
IEEE Spectrum
May 2007
G. Pascal Zachary |
Thirst For Power Can thousands of small dams solve Africa's power crunch? |
BusinessWeek
May 3, 2004
Bremner et al. |
Headed For A Crisis? China's economy is overheated, its banks are shaky, and hot money continues to pour in. Can the new leaders rein in a runaway financial system? |
CIO
September 1, 2002
Xu & Varon |
The China Syndrome Companies hoping to do business in China will have to play by China's rules. The world's largest market hasn't changed, even with the country's joining the World Trade Organization last year. |
Chemistry World
November 21, 2015
Luisa Massarani |
Brazilian mine disaster releases dangerous metals The environmental disaster that has followed the collapse of a dam at a Brazilian mine on 5 November has caused unprecedented damage in that country and will have irreversible negative effects on human health and the environment |
Outside
May 2003
Bruce Barcott |
Last Flight Out The Macal River Valley in Belize is home to three-toed tapirs, elusive jaguars, and a rare subspecies of scarlet macaw. But if Belize Electricity Ltd. gets its way, one of the richest riparian habitats north of the Amazon will disappear beneath the waters of a controversial dam. |
BusinessWeek
January 19, 2004
Dexter Roberts |
Worrying About China Is it growing too fast? Can Beijing hold the financial system together? Will economic reform materialize? |
AskMen.com
Norman Brown |
Top 10: Crazy Construction Projects This installment of the Top 10 features all sorts of construction projects -- not just skyscrapers -- that are either in the process of being completed or for which the plans have been finalized. |
Entrepreneur
January 2004
Joshua Kurlantzick |
Promised Land More and more American entrepreneurs are embarking on the road to China -- and many have already found their fortunes. |
Science News
June 16, 2007 |
Timeline: From the June 12, 1937, issue What will the rivers do now?... Eros shaped like huge brick tumbling end over end in sky... Wallpaper patterns linked to atoms in study of design... |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
Does China Pose an Economic Threat to the United States? It would appear so, given the rhetoric in recent months by American politicians and some businesspeople, who have complained about the loss of U.S. jobs to China and unfair Chinese trade practices. But faculty members at business schools say the complaints are misplaced and driven by politics. |
Popular Mechanics
May 2008
Erik Sofge |
Rebuilding America Special Report: How to Fix U.S. Infrastructure American infrastructure is in trouble, from collapsed bridges to leaking dams. Here are some fresh ideas, smart engineering and new technology that can be used to fix it. |
Salon.com
July 13, 2000
Greg Villepique |
"Collapse: When Buildings Fall Down" by Phillip Wearne Read the hair-raising details of how and why man-made structures come tumbling to earth! |
Outside
November 2002
Tom Price |
Queen of the Dammed With western drought lowering Lake Powell daily, Glenn Canyon fans dream of going all the way. |
National Defense
May 2006
Robert H. Williams |
Unmanned Vehicle Speeds Dam Inspections Remotely operated vehicles produced by JW Fishers are now being used in several Canadian provinces to inspect hydroelectric dams. |
AskMen.com
Ross Bonander |
Top 10: Man-Made Disasters Excluding acts of war or terrorism, as well as transportation disasters, the following presents the top 10 man-made disasters whose negative effects were most profoundly experienced by people and the environment. |
InternetNews
June 29, 2009
Alex Goldman |
U.S. Deplores China's Flawed Green Dam A growing war of words between China and the U.S. grows - with Google taking the crossfire - as security flaws remain. |
