May 31 (UPI) --When it comes to repairing the tallest dam in America, sometimes it helps to shrink the problem to a more manageable size. That's why California water officials are relying on a scale ...

Beavers and the dams they build promote sediment deposition and modify channel and floodplain morphology and physical complexity. Beaver activities may result in increased watershed-scale water and ...

When the Oroville Dam spillway cracked and failed after a wet California winter, a team of scientists created a one fiftieth–scale model of the damaged concrete and eroded hillside to help guide the ...