Migratory fish along Pennsylvania’s Susquehanna River have faced the same problem for more than one hundred years. American shad and river herring are two species that migrate upstream as part of ...

The Hoover Dam is one of the most remarkable engineering projects ever built, overcoming significant technical and environmental challenges of its time. Careful planning, construction innovations, and ...

Eighty-six years after America's worst civil engineering disaster, the lessons appear painfully obvious. Engineers now know that each big project has its own set of unique challenges; there's no ...

Old Mission Dam tells the story of San Diego’s early mission era, showcasing a 200-year-old engineering project.

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the U.S., has made national ...

Study by civil engineers finds that the history of the Jagersfontein dam deviates from best engineering practice. On 11 September 2022, a diamond mine waste storage facility, known as a tailings dam, ...

For our nations’ first engineering force, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, dams and the massive reservoirs of fresh water they preserve, have become an essential element of its overall mission. Allen ...

Fatih Çevik, general manager of Limak Construction, based in Ankara, Turkey, has had a longstanding affection for the Çoruh River in the country’s mountainous northeastern region, which he describes ...

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is going to be Africa's largest Dam and one of the largest mega projects in the region.

On the night of 9 October 1963, one of the worst dam-related disasters in European history unfolded in northern Italy. A ...

New research suggests that the two large structures near the Red Pyramid site at Dahshur, Egypt, are parts of an ancient dam, ...

Growing up, we got to play with all kinds of things in miniature. Cars, horses, little LEGO houses, the lot. What we didn’t get is a serious education with miniature-sized dams. This recreation of the ...