The record reveals dramatic swings. Three dry intervals brought less than 700 millimeters of rain per year, while two wet ...

BEIJING, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- Chinese scientists have recently quantified the correlation between prehistoric human population fluctuations and climate cycles in the lower Yangtze River region, ...

Off the coast of Shanghai, near Hengsha, archaeologists recovered Yangtze No. 2, a wooden trading vessel that sank around 150 years ago. River silt sealed the ship for generations. Inside lay ...

Stronger scientific support, infrastructure investment and public awareness are needed to mitigate rising risks from extreme weather after a year marked by unusually severe natural disasters, a ...

For decades, scientists have warned that Shanghai, one of the world’s largest and most densely populated coastal megacities, has been slowly sinking because of how humans have used the land beneath it ...

The Yangtze River Basin, a global biodiversity hotspot, has endured severe ecological degradation over several decades due to ...

A doubling of fish biomass along Asia’s longest river shows hope for large-scale conservation efforts and a lifeline for the ...

Employees at the New Colgate Powerhouse in Yuba County were forced to evacuate Friday afternoon after a large water pipe failed, sending a surge of water through the facility and sparking a ...

SYDNEY, Feb 15 (Reuters) - New Zealand's weather forecaster on Sunday warned more flooding could hit the country's North Island, a day after floods caused power outages, road collapses, home ...

By Miguel Pereira COIMBRA, Portugal, Feb 11 (Reuters) - Part of Portugal's main motorway collapsed on Wednesday night after a levee broke underneath amid heavy rain and flooding that have been ...

Storm Nils has killed two people and kept parts of southwestern France on high flood alert as power crews race to restore electricity.