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 ...

Over the past two centuries, humans have quietly nudged the very axis of our planet. As thousands of dams have been built across the world, Earth's poles have tilted by over 1 meter (3 feet). The ...

The construction of thousands of dams since 1835 has caused Earth's poles to wobble, new research suggests. Scientists found that large dams hold so much water they redistribute mass around the globe, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Garrison harks back to the era of mega public works projects. It was one of six dams built on the upper Missouri River in ...

The whole point of a dam is to store water in one place, thus preventing it from spreading across a larger surface area. That's great for hydropower, recreation, and ensuring there's enough water for ...

Historic dams can sometimes have beneficial impacts on surrounding wildlife, plants, and waterways, as with the dam that created Ames Pond in Shutesbury that sustains a rare natural bog ecosystem. / ...