Humans Have Been Changing Chinese Environment For 3,000 Years - TopicsExpress



          

Humans Have Been Changing Chinese Environment For 3,000 Years b4in.org/b4ji Ancient levee system set stage for massive, dynasty-toppling floods Known as the “cradle of Chinese civilization,” the Yellow River was the birthplace of the prosperous northern Chinese civilizations in early Chinese history. However, the Yellow River is also referred to as “China’s Sorrow” because of its frequent and devastating flooding. For thousands of years, Mother Nature has taken the blame for tremendous human suffering caused by massive flooding along the Yellow River, long known in China as the “River of Sorrow” and “Scourge of the Sons of Han.” Now, new research from Washington University in St. Louis links the river’s increasingly deadly floods to a widespread pattern of human-caused environmental degradation and related flood-mitigation efforts that began changing the river’s natural flow nearly 3,000 years ago. Much more b4in.org/b4ji
Posted on: Fri, 20 Jun 2014 05:54:59 +0000

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