Photo taken behind Duolun Lu by Slow Boat to China Sichuan earthquake AP: China holds funeral for panda killed by earthquake IHT: Flooding completes the doom of Chinese town below 'quake lake' Xinhua: China's main quake lake shrinks as drainage speeds up The Press Association: China says quake lake alert is over The environment AFP: China consuming twice what its ecosystems can supply: WWF The Age: China's 'footprint' a global concern AP: Report says......

Though reports are varied, it now appears that the current death from the Wenchuan earthquakes is somewhere between 17,000 and 20,000 (latter figure from the Time China Blog, although most of the media is still reporting the official count at a more conservative 15,000. It's still to0 early to say just how high that figure will climb once everything is said and done, but an earlier Time's estimate put that number at around 100,000 (their......

The environment NY Times: Disaster Set Off by Colliding Land Masses NPR: Geology, Engineering Contribute to Quake Damage Probe International: China's deadly quake: Is the Three Gorges Dam to blame? Treehugger: China earthquake threatens nearby dams, environment Rescue efforts The Guardian: Ill-equipped soldiers face losing battle in huge rescue operation Press TV: China rejects foreign rescue teams NY Times: Quake toll rises; China struggles to reach victims Xinhua: Wen: 90 more copters for quake......