Chinese scientists: Three Gorges Dam caused earthquake

As told 5

“They claim that this big Three Gorges Dam they're building — these new gigantic lakes created are precisely above the area of key breaks beneath in the earth.”
~0:02 First as Tragedy, then as Farce2010-01-05 · 2:21:08

“these earthquakes were probably the product of human activity.”
1:05:00 We’re Only Human2009-10-20 · 1:20:27

“these earthquakes were probably the product of human activity... the gigantic lakes they created have changed so much the pressure on different strata”
1:05:00 No Sex please, We are Post-Human2009-01-20 · 1:20:27

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contents · one story, 3 jobsuses

Anthropocene ×3 risk society ×1 nature doesn't exist ×1

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~0:02 First as Tragedy, then as Farce2010-01-05 · 2:21:08

Half-dissident Chinese scientists reportedly hold that the huge lakes created by the Three Gorges Dam disturbed fault lines and contributed to or directly caused the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, illustrating how human power produces unpredictable geological effects (Anthropocene)., illustrating ecology-climate,Anthropocene,unintended consequences

1:05:00 We’re Only Human2009-10-20 · 1:20:27

Chinese seismologists reportedly found that the massive lakes created by the Three Gorges Dam increased pressure on tectonic strata, contributing to the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, exemplifying the contemporary condition where human activity generates opaque, uncontrollable catastrophic risks., illustrating risk society,freedom of choice as ideology

1:05:00 No Sex please, We are Post-Human2009-01-20 · 1:20:27

Chinese scientists privately suggested the 2008 Sichuan earthquakes may have been triggered by the pressure changes from Three Gorges Dam reservoirs, illustrating how human activity now generates risks whose consequences are opaque to us., illustrating ecology-climate,freedom of choice as ideology

59:06 Are Catastrophes Virtual?2010-10-13 · 1:41:41

Chinese earthquakes may have been caused or intensified by the weight of the Three Gorges Dam's artificial lakes pressing on underground cliffs, evidence that humans have become geological agents (the Anthropocene)., illustrating Anthropocene,ecological catastrophe as systemic,human as geological agent

21:31 Living in the End Times2010 · 50:10

A Chinese geologist source reveals that the catastrophic central China earthquake may have been the first man-made earthquake, caused by the giant artificial lakes of the Three Gorges Dam sitting above fault lines. Illustrates the Anthropocene: human omnipotence we don't control., illustrating Anthropocene,ecology-climate,nature doesn't exist