The Yangtze River is becoming increasingly polluted, according to an official Chinese government report. ... Yangtze River pollution at dangerous levels. By Emma Young. 17 January 2002 ...

Yangtze river 'cancerous' with pollution (Reuters/Xinhua) Updated: 2006-05-30 15:17. China's longest river is "cancerous" with pollution and rapidly dying, threatening drinking water supplies in ...

Yangtze River protection authorities have reassured the public that the 33.9 billion tons of industrial waste poured annually into the Yangtze River would not degrade the quality of drinking water.

More information: Feng Hu et al, The impact of evolving synoptic weather patterns on multi-scale transport and sources of persistent high-concentration ozone pollution event in the Yangtze River ...

The pollution in some sections was getting worse and would become another heavily-polluted Yellow River or Huaihe River in five to 10 years if no action was taken, Lu Jianjian, a professor with ...

Some areas in the Yangtze River Basin still suffer from prominent pollution during the flood season, and the inadequate ecological infrastructure remains a salient problem.

This vast river – the biggest in Asia and third longest in the world – is also hugely important because of the variety of animals and plants living in or around it. But that wildlife has been ...

Research shows that green technology innovation significantly reduces PM2.5 and PM10 levels in China's river basins, ...

The Yangtze River is the longest river in Asia. It is approximately 3,915 miles (6,300 kilometers) long, the third longest river in the world.

The drought has already had a devastating effect on China’s most important river, which stretches an estimated 6,300 kilometers (3,900 miles) from the Tibetan plateau to the East China Sea near ...