Explore the fascinating process of mini dam construction in this time-lapse video. Watch as a miniature concrete dam is built ...

Thousands of miles from China’s populous coastline, a sharp bend in a remote Himalayan river is set to become the centerpiece of one of the country’s most ambitious – and controversial – ...

China has begun construction on the world's largest hydropower dam, a project so massive that Premier Li Qiang called it the "project of the century." But the dam could also create a big problem for ...

When Jawaharlal Nehru called dams “temples of modern India” in 1954, he was expressing a belief shared by all the dominant faiths: to dam a river was to develop a nation. Over the course of the ...

China has built more dams than any other country and more large dams than the rest of the world combined. This month, it officially acknowledged construction of the biggest dam ever conceived in human ...

India fears Chinese dam will reduce flow on major river by up to 85% in dry season Delhi says a mega dam of its own will mitigate risks, but faces heavy local resistance Beijing building world's ...

After centuries of dam building, a nationwide movement to dismantle these aging barriers is showing how free-flowing rivers can restore ecosystems, improve safety, and reconnect people with nature. A ...

For millennia, humans have been settling where water naturally flows, gaining access to the life-sustaining liquid before modern distribution and drilling technology developed. The same can be said ...

Some dangers hide in plain sight — what looks like a peaceful lake or a simple hole in the ground can, in reality, be a dam. These man-made barriers hold back massive amounts of water, and when they ...