A notorious earthen dam near Chimayó — which topped the state Dam Safety Bureau’s priority list for several years — seemed on the path to being fixed. Both the state Legislature and the federal ...

Building dams has quietly tilted Earth’s axis by three feet, shifting poles and slowing rotation. A hidden planetary cost of ...

When completed in 1930, the structure — stretching 1.5 miles long and rising 210 feet high — was the largest earthen dam in ...

AMES, Iowa -- Iowa State University engineering students hope that auctioning a rare work of folk art can help fund construction of an earthen dam for an African village. The artwork is a painted ...

Dams built to protect the Icelandic town of Grindavík from rushing lava may not be enough, a volcanologist cautions. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Human engineering appears to have moved the planet, literally. According to new research published this month, the global boom in dam construction over the past two centuries has caused measurable ...

BLUE EARTH COUNTY, Minn. — Blue Earth County officials moved to purchase and demolish the Rapidan Dam Store building due to concerns of continuing soil erosion. The officials initially brought a ...