A glacial lake outburst flood in the Himalayas in October 2023 damaged more than 30 bridges and destroyed a 200-foot-high (60-meter) hydropower plant. Residents had little warning. By the time the ...

Researchers conducted a thorough study, monitoring 1,800 stones over a seven-year period, to better understand the impact of ...

The effects are immediate and dramatic. Scientists witness unexpected changes in rivers after knocking down dams: 'We didn't ...

Dammed if you do." In the small, placid, suburban community of Chesterfield a war broke out with beavers — yes, the furry rodents — on one side and humans on the other. Residents of the ...

Sunday’s town hall at Lobero Theatre marks the beginning of a long-term conservation effort for the endangered Southern ...

Lake Powell snakes through Glen Canyon National Recreation Area at the Utah-Arizona border. Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images ...

Just six years on from the horrific Brumadinho disaster, it is still difficult to talk about mine tailings without recalling those events. The sudden failure of the dam at the Córrego do Feijão ...

A worker examines a water sample from hydraulic dewatered stacks at the El Soldado mine in Chile. Credit: Anglo American. Just six years on from the horrific Brumadinho disaster, it is still difficult ...

The Superintendence of Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape of Salerno and Avellino revealed in a Facebook post that, in order to allow for archaeological examination, the famed underground river had ...

In a Cabinet meeting held on February 2, 2024, the Sikkim government decided to divest its entire 60.8 per cent stake in Sikkim Urja Ltd (SUL), the company that owns the Teesta III project, in favour ...

In many high mountain areas, where glaciers have receded, they leave behind areas where deep lakes often form, dammed by unstable rocky debris. These dams periodically collapse, leading to a ...