Beijing’s mega-dam on Tsangpo River threatens Tibet as much as India and Bangladesh
When The Global Times announced that Beijing was going to build a cascade of nine large HPPs on the Yarlung Tsangpo, human ...
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Lessons from Nepal’s landslides
A TEAM of Bangladeshi development professionals recently visited Nepal to study its disaster risk management strategies, ...
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‘Dam for a dam’: India, China edge towards a Himalayan water war
Despite protests from locals, India is building a giant hydro dam on the Siang River to counter a Chinese dam.
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Global Watch | Why Tibet Has Become A Hotspot For Natural Calamities
Geologically, the Tibetan Plateau ranks among the most seismically active areas worldwide, serving as a convergence zone for the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates ...
Two earthquakes jolt Tibet in the early hours of Tuesday
Tibet, January 21 (ANI): Two earthquakes jolted Tibet in the early hours of Tuesday, as per the National Center for ...
Scientists know where the big earthquakes will hit. They just don’t know when
A lurch in the Earth’s tectonic plates can wreak havoc at any time – as we’ve just seen in Vanuatu. How do scientists measure ...