. “And fortunately, there are other small lakes within Yankee Springs Recreation Area that can provide recreational ...

The state of Nevada bought the Marlette Lake water system in 1963 for $1.65 million. The system still supplies water to ...

The state says it will lower Hall Lake by as much 6 feet by the end of June 2026, saying the dam that holds the water back is not in good enough repair to maintain the current water level.

After Egypt’s 1952 revolution, President Gamal Abdel Nasser embraced plans for the Aswan High Dam, an earth-fill embankment 111 metres high and 3.5 kilometres long. Begun in 1960 with Soviet ...

Over the past two centuries, humans have locked up enough water in dams to shift Earth's poles slightly away from the ...

A new study has found that dams are so effective at 'impounding' massive amounts of water that they've effectively shifted ...

Water in the Muhuri River has risen above the danger level, triggering embankment collapses at five points in Feni’s Fulgazi ...

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From 1835 to 1954, a surge of dam building in North America and Europe nudged the poles toward the equator. During this ...