Published: Friday, June 10, 2011 - 14:35 in Earth & Climate Related images(click to enlarge) Credit: SSAI/NASA, Hal Pierce Tropical Depression 05W has grown into a tropical storm and given the name Sarika as it heads toward China. Satellite i...

BEIJING (Reuters) – Heavy rain drenched a swathe of what had been drought-gripped southern and eastern China, killing 24 people and forcing more than 100,000 to evacuate, state media reported on Wednesday. The deaths have been concentrated in the po...

The survival of finless porpoises, a highly-endangered freshwater dolphin in China's Yangtze River, is under threat from lingering drought as the river's water level keeps dropping, experts warned Tuesday. Workers at a national natural reserve in Sh...

Central China's Hubei Province's lingering drought has affected 9.89 million people, about one sixth of its population, according to a survey conducted by the the provincial civil affairs department. In the more than 200 days since the end of last aut...

Persistent drought in the Yangtze River's middle and lower reaches in southeastern China has led to fears over grain yields and forced the government to discharge more water from the three Gorges Dam and send relief aid to the worst-hit areas, China N...

An ongoing drought has jeopardized rice crops in central China's Hunan and Hubei provinces, two major rice-growing regions in the country. A farmer stands in a rice field which cannot grow rice due to severe drought in Dapu Village, Yuanzhou Distr...

China's Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest hydroelectric project, began to increase its water release on Friday to ease severe drought plaguing downstream rice-growing areas. From May 20 to 24, the dam will accelerate its discharge rate to 10,000 c...

A lingering drought in central China's Hubei Province has rendered 1,392 reservoirs virtually useless as only dead water remains in them, said the local water authority Monday. Known as the "land of a thousand lakes," Hubei is suffering from a drought...

China's central and eastern provinces used artificial means to boost precipitation and relieve the ongoing drought, government sources said Monday. Aircraft, artillery and rockets were used in the operations in areas covering 10,000 square kilometers ...

I never knew Santa was such a badass, but this definitely proves it! At an aquarium in Shanghai, Santa Claus was recently spotted taking a swim in the shark tank in his red and white suit. Okay, so this Santa wasn’t in any real danger because he just so happens to ...

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