A beaver dam so huge, it was more than twice the length of the Hoover Dam. Located in Wood Buffalo National Park in Alberta, ...

When the Three Gorges Dam - the largest hydroelectric dam in the world - was built it put a very large obstacle in the way of a trade route that had bee used for hundreds of years. So, to solve ...

How tribal leaders, commercial fisherman and a few small environmental groups won an uphill campaign against dams.

A project to remove four dams and restore the Klamath River to ... the watershed once supported the third-largest salmon run ...

When completed, the dam will be the 10th largest in the world and will have 13 turbines that could produce 5 gigawatts of electricity — 2½ times as much as Hoover Dam. The river flows over the ...

By purchasing a subscription you are helping to ensure the future of impactful stories about the discoveries and ideas shaping our world today. THE largest movable wicket dam in the world and the ...

BEIJING--China has approved the construction of what will be the world’s largest hydropower dam, kicking off an ambitious project on the eastern rim of the Tibetan plateau that could affect ...

With an installed capacity of 5.15 gigawatts, the dam sits among the 20 largest in the world with its primary function being electricity production. Despite its many benefits, the dam has also ...