Human engineering appears to have moved the planet, literally. According to new research published this month, the global boom in dam construction over the past two centuries has caused measurable ...

It isn't surprising to know how insignificant-looking smaller changes can ripple through our lives, resulting in huge waves that we might never expect. Just as a tiny shift in the mechanisms of the ...

Over the past two centuries, the construction of thousands of dams has done more than just tame rivers – it has shifted the Earth’s North Pole about a meter from its original position. By storing ...

New research suggests that the thousands of dams built over the past two centuries have caused the Earth's poles to drift more than a meter. Reading time 2 minutes Humans have built so many dams ...

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New research has revealed that humans have built so many dams that the Earth's poles have shifted slightly. According to research, nearly 7,000 dams have been built globally, storing enough water to ...

Underground dams construction can offer a potential way forwards in the quest to source sustainable water supplies when ...

Cambodia has begun clearing more than 7,300 hectares (18,000 acres) of protected rainforest in Kravanh National Park to build an irrigation dam, with nearly 4,000 hectares (10,000 acres) to be ...

LEXINGTON, S.C. — Nearly a century after its construction began, the Dreher Shoals Dam — better known as the Lake Murray Dam — has been officially recognized as a National Historic Civil Engineering ...