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China’s Receding Yangtze River Reveals Submerged Ancient Buddhist Statues

The summer of 2022 has seen record-breaking high temperatures across China. As a result, receding Yangtze River waters have revealed three Buddhist statues. As water levels of rivers and reservoirs go down, historical treasures and archaeological relics emerge. Amid this drought, the water levels of the Yangtze River have immensely dropped, and in the process, ...

November 26, 2022

Nathan Machoka

New Research Finds 2 Types of Drought Across China and How They Evolve

Flash drought across China is a rapidly intensifying the water deficit process accompanied by high temperatures over a short period of time. Recently, heat extremes have become more frequent in a warming climate, and have substantially increased the occurrence of two types of flash drought, which threatens crop yields and water supply. Dr. Linying Wang ...

November 3, 2018

Troy Oakes