When four dams were removed along the Klamath River in the Pacific Northwest, it meant giving up a source of renewable energy. But clean energy wasn’t the only factor the company had to consider.

Nearly a century after it last broke, the dam faces serious deficiencies and a rainier climate. What was once a 25-year storm near Oklahoma City – 6 inches in a day – has become nearly 20% ...

traveling into habitat that until recently had been blocked since the early 1900s by a series of dams near the Oregon and California state line. “He totally surprised me,” Volpert said with a ...

In April 2021, Cox took me on a walk along the American River ... and its spillway couldn’t be used until the water was near the crest of the dam. In the probable inundation zone for New ...

We are geotechnical engineers who have studied tailings dam collapses. Here, we outline six questions people living near mines should ask mine management to ensure they understand the key hazards ...