How dams have reshaped our planet
By Richard Fisher and Javier HirschfeldFeatures correspondent
Chunyip Wong/Getty ImagesA century-old triangular-shaped dam holds back the Kowloon reservoir in Hong Kong… (Credit: Chunyip Wong/Getty Images)Few human structures can change a landscape quite like a dam. In a new series about humanity’s impact on the planet, we look at the legacies these giant barriers will leave for our descendants.
Of all the things that humanity builds from concrete or stone, there are few structures that influence the surface of Earth quite as profoundly as a dam.
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