This video showcases a mini hydroelectric construction project, exploring the science behind dam engineering and the ...

Some structures are so large they cross the line from engineering into planetary physics. The Three Gorges Dam, the enormous ...

The Colorado River is approaching thresholds its dams were never meant to cross. What happens next could transform how water and electricity move across the American Southwest.

The world’s largest dam removal in history is slated for 2023. Led by Indigenous tribes in partnership with organizations, lawyers, scientists and activists, the project will remove four dams, ...

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Almost 4,100 dams are categorized at the same risk level and condition — or worse — as the Rapidan Dam, according to an NBC News analysis. The partial failure of Minnesota’s 114-year-old Rapidan Dam ...

CHESTER, W.Va. — When work began on a strange new reservoir in the hills outside this Ohio River town, local officials promoted the project as offering something for everyone: an aquatic playground ...

A hydroelectric dam under construction in Angola has led archaeologists to one of the country's most important historical discoveries. Before the area disappears beneath the dam's reservoir, ...

A TikToker filmed himself attempting a viral trick at the Hoover Dam. Others haven’t been able to replicate it. Here’s what the science says.