Why this matters: When the rest of the region is flooding, one thing you don't need to worry about is the LNVA's irrigation canals. It almost defied logic to see the Lower Neches Valley Authority ...

The eyes of the world have been on the West Midlands canal network after an embankment collapsed, dragging boats into a giant ...

Peanut butter and jelly. Hall & Oates. Now there’s a duo that could literally and figuratively be even more powerful: solar panels and canals. What if instead of leaving canals open, letting the sun ...

Since the dawn of civilization in Mesopotamia, people have constructed canals for irrigation. Over time, these evolved into transportation arteries. Although ancient canals have vanished, those on ...

Historic canals provide “vital” corridors of waterways, hedgerows and habitats for wildlife to move through the landscape, the charity which cares for them has said. The Canal & River Trust, which is ...

Researchers mapped over 4,000 canals in the Mesopotamian region around Eridu, history’s first city. The research team found that the canals irrigated more than 700 farms in the region, which was ...