Raising global concerns, the Three Gorges Dam is showing signs of deformation ... Is this iconic megastructure at risk of collapse, or can modern engineering prevent a disaster?

The most recent dam collapse, that at Gonghe in Qinghai Province, occurred in August 1993 with the loss of more than 300 lives. The two provinces most affected by the Three Gorges dam, Sichuan and ...

A few days ago, officials admitted that certain “peripheral” structures of the massive Three Gorges Dam deformed due to the building water pressure. Stunning pictures of water being released ...

When the Three Gorges Dam - the largest hydroelectric dam in the world - was built it put a very large obstacle in the way of a trade route that had bee used for hundreds of years. So, to solve ...

Lodge, George C., and Cate Reavis. "U.S. Export-Import Bank and the Three Gorges Dam (A), The." Harvard Business School Case 900-017, May 2000. (Revised July 2000.) ...

the role played by the massive and controversial Three Gorges Dam - designed to help tame the Yangtze river - has come under fresh scrutiny. Amid some of the heaviest rainfall on record ...

The Three Gorges Dam, China’s marvel on the Yangtze River, is one of the world’s largest engineering projects—the product of 37 million cubic yards of concrete. Its final feature ...

Chinese scientists plan to build a colossal 0.6-mile-wide solar power station in space, designed to beam energy back to Earth, likened to an orbital "Three Gorges Dam." To construct the massive ...

July 21, 2023 Brazilian arm of China Three Gorges withdraws from IPO The Brazilian ... including a 4,800-megawatt dam that has already been committed to Chinese and Spanish developers.