Chinese authorities have declared a yellow alert as the country continues to be hit by a persistent drought following weeks of high temperatures that have dried up parts of the Yangtze river ...

with temperatures exceeding 40 degrees for over a month mainly in the middle and downstream areas of the Yangtze River. The lack of rain has also put the nation in its most severe drought in ...

Wetlands in the Middle Yangtze River Basin (MYRB) are facing significant ecological challenges due to climate change and ...

The study also showed that midday depression in photosynthesis increased by around 3% during the 2022 drought in the Yangtze River Basin, and that the seasonal peak of photosynthesis occurred ...

Biqiong Wu is at the Hubei Key Laboratory of Intelligent Yangtze and Hydroelectric Science, China Yangtze Power Company, Yichang, China. China’s Yangtze River is the longest in Eurasia and the ...

The drought and heat have wilted crops and caused rivers including the giant Yangtze to shrink, disrupting cargo traffic. State media say the government will try to protect the autumn grain ...