The saga of the Klamath provokes a more fundamental, yet often ignored, set of questions: What is a river for? Irrigation?

One Maine town, built on water-powered mills during the Industrial Revolution, is joining a dam-removal revolution moving ...

Students at Colorado State University are now testing and studying a model of a dam that will one day be built northwest of ...

While casual visitors might not know it, Kawuneeche Valley on the west side of Rocky Mountain National Park was once a ...

Researchers are tracking how much sediment has been excavated since the river cut its new path. They hope to share the information with other communities with aging, at-risk dams.

Large and complex sunspot groups characterize the surface of the dynamic sun during its activity cycle. A new camera system at the Vacuum Tower Telescope (VTT) at the Observatorio del Teide on ...

Opponents of the large-scale diversion, including those with fisheries interests, have floated the idea of using the money to build smaller sediment diversions. But whether funding can be ...

Supporters of the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion project took to the State Capitol steps Monday afternoon, urging state leaders to advance the stalled coastal restoration project.

Nineteen dams will get funding through the state’s Dam Risk Reduction Grant Program for safety upgrades to reduce the risk of dam failure in Michigan.

Imagine a creature so powerful, yet so unassuming, that its daily routines can transform barren landscapes into thriving, ...

China recently approved the construction of the world’s largest hydropower dam, across the Yarlung Tsangpo river in Tibet. When fully up and running, it will be the world’s largest power plant ...

The recent storm sent ash and mud from the Eaton Fire scar in the mountains into the dam. The danger is that the sediment will clog up a valve outlet that allows controlled releases of water to ...