New insights, including research from NASA, reveal that China's colossal Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest hydroelectric power project, is having a measurable, albeit minuscule, effect on Earth's ...

HONG KONG—China has begun the construction of a giant hydropower project at the earthquake-prone edge of the Tibetan plateau, a spectacular engineering feat that is central to Beijing’s enduring ...

Following a deadly flood in 1953, the Dutch government undertook a massive flood control effort, building dams, dikes and sea gates that reconfigured the low-lying nation’s coastline and waterways.