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An Indian Army truck drives along a road to Tawang, near the Line of Actual Control, neighbouring China, in India's Arunachal ...
In the far southwest of China, plans to build massive reservoirs as part of hydroelectric dam projects have condemned dozens ...
As rivers either rage or fade from climate change-caused extreme weather, the debate is intensifying as to what role dams should or shouldn’t play in managing it.
Almost 15 years ago, the top official at the U.S. government's Bureau of Reclamation, which is responsible for building massive dams throughout the American West, declared that the "era of big ...
Beavers are renowned for building dams, which the animals construct from trees and branches they cut using their strong front teeth, according to the National Park Service. The rodents also use ...
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.
Building the dams that doomed a valley. In 1927, Jerome Spurr ’27 headed to Western Massachusetts for his first job. He and his colleagues would help pull off a feat of modern engineering that ...
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.