A drone image of the Blue Earth River upstream towards the Rapidan Dam in October of 2024. It shows the magnitude of impact following the release of sediment into the stream following the partial ...

Over the past two centuries, humans have quietly nudged the very axis of our planet. As thousands of dams have been built across the world, Earth's poles have tilted by over 1 meter (3 feet). The ...

When we talk about feats of engineering, very few megastructures on Earth rival the sheer scale of China's Three Gorges Dam. It's located in Hubei province, spanning the mighty Yangtze River, and it's ...

Human engineering appears to have moved the planet, literally. According to new research published this month, the global boom in dam construction over the past two centuries has caused measurable ...

The water quality of the Blue Earth River has declined severely since the Rapid Dan Dam failed last year. Our Randall Gimm attended a Minnesota Pollution Control event to learn more about the river's ...

SEATTLE - Water storage behind the Howard A. Hanson Dam on the Green River is being reduced for two weeks because of leaks in the earthen dam. The Army Corps of Engineers has not yet determined how ...

A new, $40 million earthen dam, designed to hold 30,000 acre feet of water near Meeteetse, has two water "seeps" that are being studied by a Denver-area engineering firm. Officials say they do not ...

Water continued to seep through Lake Needwood dam in North Rockville yesterday as engineers downgraded the risk of failure and began to map out long-term solutions to reinforce the structure.