Large dams may cause shifting regional weather extremes, causing scientists to wonder if aging dams around the world can withstand the extreme weather events they may inadvertently generate.

To wit: large dams seem to be altering rainfall patterns. Geophysicists have suspected as much for years, notes a team of scientists in a paper in the Dec. 1 issue of Eos, ...

The existing 50,000 "large dams"—the term itself is misleading—supply 15% of global electricity production and provide irrigation water for feeding 800 million people.

Like most of the world’s 58,700 large dams, those in California were built for yesterday’s more stable climate patterns. But as climate change taxes the world’s water systems—affecting ...

The 3,700 large hydroelectric dams in the works globally could bring jobs and electricity but also ecological disaster, scientists warn. IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our ...

The actual costs of large dams were 96% higher than the estimate, on average, and implementation took 44% longer than scheduled. The new report thus explicitly states that large dams are not ...

Fish to benefit if large dams adopt new operating approach Date: December 18, 2017 Source: University of Washington Summary: Recognizing that many large dams are here to stay, a team is ...

Taming the water. Dams, both large and small, serve various purposes, said Andrews (large dams are mostly those taller than 15 meters—roughly the height of a four-story building).

A Federal judge asked the government to look at decommissioning and dismantling four dams on the lower Snake River near the Tri-Cities in Washington State in order to save salmon runs. But it ...

Like many dams around the world, the Wadi Derna dams in Libya were built in the 1970s during the era of peak global dam construction, when 1,000 large dams were installed each year.