The continent has a growing movement to remove old and unnecessary dams to improve river health and save species. It comes as pressure on Europe’s water resources strengthens. 0:18 Fisherman Tore ...

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States are recognizing the ecological benefits of ripping out dams and reconnecting rivers. By Cara Buckley Today, I published an article that surprised me as I was reporting it out. We often hear ...

More miles of the country’s rivers were reconnected last year thanks to dam removals than at any other time in history. The Raystown Branch of the Juniata River in Bedford, Pa., where two dams stood ...

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 ...

Glen Canyon Dam, completed in 1963, was not designed to be operated at extremely low water levels in Lake Powell. The decline of Lake Powell is putting hydropower generation and downstream water ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Cambodia has begun clearing more than 7,300 hectares (18,000 acres) of protected rainforest in Kravanh National Park to build an irrigation dam, ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The inauguration of Cameroon’s Nachtigal dam has boosted the country’s electricity supply. The dam’s construction has also led to loss of ...

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An anti-dam protest at the Mekong School in Chiang Khong, Thailand. Credit: Chiang Khong Conservation In Chiang Khan, a picturesque Thai tourist town bordering the Mekong River, the new year brought ...

IT IS SOMETIMES called the “Everest of rivers” owing to its extreme topography. One section of the Yarlung Tsangpo falls 2,000 metres over a stretch of 50km (31 miles). But what interests Chinese ...