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Active fault line threatens worldโ€™s biggest hydropower project, Chinese geologists warn

Chinese geologists have determined that an active fault line directly beneath the worldโ€™s largest hydropower project poses a threat to the mega dam now being built on Tibetโ€™s Yarlung Tsangpo (Brahmaputra) River. The scientists said a fracture in the Earthโ€™s crust in the eastern Himalayan region would significantly affect the integrity of the massive hydropower projectโ€™s infrastructure. In a paper published last month in the Chinese-language journal Sedimentary Geology and Tethyan Geology,...