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China’s Three Gorges Dam: An Environmental Catastrophe? Even the Chinese government suspects the massive dam may cause significant environmental damage By Mara Hvistendahl on March 25, 2008 SHANGHAI—For over three decades the Chinese government dismissed warnings from scientists and environmentalists…
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If you travel this undersea network, you will be surprised at the beginning and you will be surprised at the end. It is an extraordinary journey Surfacing by Nicole Starosielski, Erik Loyer, and Shane Brennan Undersea fiber-optic cables are critical…
National Geographic – Big and Bigger Reinventing The Hoover Dam | Megastructures – National Geographic documentary click here Boulder, Colorado Flooding: Dams Breached, Thousands Evacuate ABC News 81,411 views Published on Sep 13, 2013 Roads have been…
Steven Solomon, a leading expert on Water speaks to the Carnegie Council:
Matthew Boulton and James Watt’s Steam Engine: Why the Industrial Revolution started only in Britain Steam Engine History A steam engine is a heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its working fluid. Since the late 1700s steam…
The Inca Empire -Nova The Inca Empire, also known as the Inka Empire or Incan Empire, was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America. The administrative, political, and military center of the empire was located in Cusco in modern-day Peru. The…
Cracking the Mayan Code – Nova CRACKING THE MAYAN CODE | NOVA Science documentary The ancient Maya civilization of Central America left behind an intricate and mysterious hieroglyphic script, carved on monuments, painted on pottery, and drawn in handmade bark-paper…