Australia now has more than enough evidence that proposals to build big dams consistently underestimate both the construction costs and the harm they do.

China is planning to build a series of enormous hydropower dams. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Georgetown University professor Mark Giordano about the project and its effect on Sino-Indian relations.

LAOAG CITY — The province of Ilocos Norte is set to construct more small water impounding dams, as well as farm reservoirs and solar-powered irrigation systems, to cushion the effects of climate ...

These students are building dams over the summer — with hopes to lure beavers back By Kristian Foden-Vencil (OPB) Aug. 31, 2024 6 a.m.

Previously installed “beaver deceivers” were successful in driving beavers out of Memorial Park, but they've been building a metropolis upstream, including a dam, a hut and a sizable pond.

Building sand dams on these rivers, where people can scoop the sand to fetch the water or use hand pumps, helps minimize water loss through evaporation and recharges groundwater.

One of the first dam builders at Kilbourn was Joseph Bailey, whose work on the dam and the financial disaster it turned out to be for him was revealed in the book, "Hero of the Red River, The Life ...

China is planning to build a series of enormous hydropower dams. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Georgetown University professor Mark Giordano about the project and its effect on Sino-Indian relations.