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Inside the Glen Canyon Dam

Environment

See inside Glen Canyon Dam as Lake Powell levels drop See inside Glen Canyon Dam as Lake Powell levels drop

By Luna Anna Archey / High Country News

a dam reservoir storing carbon

Environment

Dam reservoirs may be much bigger sources of carbon emissions than we thought Dam reservoirs may be much bigger sources of carbon emissions than we thought

By Philip Kiefer

Environment

They tried to tame the Klamath River. They filled it with toxic algae instead. They tried to tame the Klamath River. They filled it with toxic algae instead.

By Jeremy Deaton/Nexus Media

Technology

Michigan’s dam failures are just a small part of America’s aging infrastructure problem Michigan’s dam failures are just a small part of America’s aging infrastructure problem

Most large rivers don’t flow freely anymore

Environment

Most large rivers don’t flow freely anymore Most large rivers don’t flow freely anymore

Dams on the Amazon River could have widespread, devastating impacts—and we keep building more of them

Environment

Dams on the Amazon River could have widespread, devastating impacts—and we keep building more of them Dams on the Amazon River could have widespread, devastating impacts—and we keep building more of them

By Kendra Pierre-Louis