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 ...

The dam west of Mankato that failed during major flooding in June will be removed, ending a years-long local debate over what to do with the aging infrastructure. The Blue Earth County Board voted ...

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, ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Star trails above the Three Gorges Dam in Yichang, Hubei province, China. Large dams like this one are shifting the Earth's poles ...

BLUE EARTH COUNTY, Minn. — Officials in southern Minnesota confirm a "partial failure" has occurred at the site of the Rapidan Dam on the Blue Earth River south of Mankato. In a news release Monday ...

Part of a house perched on the edge of the Blue Earth River in Minnesota collapsed into raging waters as deadly flooding that hit the Midwest threatened the nearby Rapidan Dam, which was built in the ...

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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 ...

MANKATO, Minn. — On Tuesday, the Blue Earth County Board of Commissioners voted to remove and replace a road and dam near Mankato. The Rapidan Dam on the Blue Earth River was overrun with water and ...