With tears in their eyes, mothers of children who died in Brazil's worst environmental disaster - the 2015 Mariana dam ...

A catastrophic acid spill from a Chinese-owned copper mine in Zambia has contaminated a major river, sparking fears of ...

Trump’s early actions, including ordering the US Army Corps of Engineers to open two California dams, have led to concerns ...

The 2023 breach of the Kakhovka dam drained a huge reservoir and exposed a vast area of toxic sediment, creating a debate ...

Experts are warning that Trump administration workforce cuts at federal agencies overseeing U.S. dams are threatening their ...

A groundbreaking study, led by the University of Southampton (UK), has revealed that brown trout can successfully navigate beaver dams – obstacles which were previously thought to pose a significant ...

The study highlights the “positive cost-benefit ratios” of investing in natural schemes that soak up water and slow its flow, ...

Natural flood prevention measures from beaver dams to "wild driveways" can deliver 10 times the value of every pound invested ...

Explosions obliterated the dam and the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant in Russian-occupied Ukraine on June 6 2023, flooding low-lying areas either side of the Dnipro River with 14.4 billion ...

The report has been criticized by groups that worry the dams will result in the collapse of endangered Atlantic salmon and sturgeon populations.

Federal regulators are recommending that four Kennebec River dams receive new licenses, with some additional requirements to enhance endangered fish passage that go beyond what the dams' operator had ...