A team of Virginia Tech geoscientists has found a new way to examine the widespread effects of dams on river temperatures: ...

It’s been one of the wettest years in California since records began. From October 2022 to March 2023, the state was blasted by 31 atmospheric rivers—colossal bands of water vapor that form above the ...

Across the world, large dams stand as some of humanity’s most ambitious engineering achievements. They are built not only to generate electricity, but to control floods, support agriculture, and ...

Climate change and biodiversity loss are mounting threats to Australia's water security. So we often hear calls for more dams. But is that the answer? Our recent research reveals large dam projects ...

Wending its way from the Olympic Mountains to the Strait of Juan de Fuca, Washington’s Elwha River is now free. For about century, the Elwha and Gilnes Canyon Dams corralled these waters. Both have ...

The Shasta Dam in California is an example of a human reservoir that could affect local climate. Photo by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Researchers investigating how large dams can affect local ...

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 ...

A database developed by the Global Dam Watch (GDW) consortium is set to transform the global understanding of dams and reservoirs. Coordinated and led by members of a research lab at McGill University ...

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After two dams in northeastern Libya failed, thousands of people are dead, thousands more are unaccounted for, and tens of thousands are displaced in the city of Derna and surrounding towns. The dams ...