The study, published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, studied the effects of dams built in coastal estuaries, where rivers and ocean tides interact. Those massive infrastructure ...

Rising more than 700 feet above the raging waters of the Colorado River, Hoover Dam was called one of the greatest engineering works in history. 5,000 working men and their families came to live ...

Forty hydropower dams are to be built in the Vu Gia - Thu Bon River Basin, Quang Nam Province, just upstream of the ancient town of Hoi An, a UNESCO World Heritage site in central Vietnam. Scheduled ...

Wooden barriers have been built on hillsides near a Leicestershire town to try to protect it from flooding. So-called "leaky dams" have been placed close to brooks near Loughborough to try to slow ...