China has begun construction on the world’s largest hydropower dam, known as the Motuo Hydropower Station, on the eastern ...

Climate change-induced water loss in the Tibetan Plateau further challenges water security from Central to Southeast Asia. By Genevieve Donnellon-May September 17, 2022 Credit: Depositphotos ...

By building a gigantic dam just before the river exits Chinese-controlled territory, Beijing gains the power to manipulate cross-border flows.

In 2004, I traveled a thousand miles in the eastern Tibetan plateau by local bus, hitchhiking, and finally on a second-hand motorcycle, which I rode over 17,000-foot passes so remote I felt like ...

China's Tsangpo hydropower dam in Tibet raises concerns in India and downstream nations over water flow and environmental impact.

Using the dam on the Yarlung Tsangpo to share electricity could carry ‘significant strategic value’ for Beijing, analysts say ...

Millions of people depend on water from the glaciers of High-Mountain Asia. South-eastern Tibet, however, has some of the most rapidly melting glaciers in Asia. This is due to less summer snowfall ...

The Tibetan Plateau (TP) in central Asia has an average elevation of more than 4000 m asl and an area of approximately 2,500,000 km 2, and is now called "the Third Pole" of the Earth and the "Asian ...

Video You can watch the full webcast on our recap page. Watch Now As the largest reserve of fresh water outside the polar regions, the Tibetan Plateau is the source of long and significant rivers.