The canal forms the backbone of Panama’s economy, and the proposed dam would secure the water ... supplement the main supply ...

Water levels in Gatun Lake, the rainfall-fed principal reservoir that floats ships through the Panama Canal’s lock system, have “continued to decline to unprecedented levels for this time of ...

The Panama Canal Authority (ACP ... decision was made in light of the current and projected water levels in Lake Gatun for the coming weeks. The ACP also announced an additional transit quota ...

The canal connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans Before the canal, ships had to sail 13,000 miles around the tip of South America An artificial lake across Panama connects the oceans. The Gatun ...

To avoid a repeat due to drought exacerbated by climate change, the plan to dam the Indio River was revived. It received a boost this summer with a ruling from Panama’s Supreme Court. For years, ...

Stevens would dam the mighty Chagres to create the vast Gatun Lake in Panama's interior. A series of locks would raise ships from the Atlantic side to the level of the lake. The boats would cross ...

Born from “gunboat diplomacy,” the Panama Canal is under threat from ... Corps of Engineers raised ships from ocean level to Gatun Lake, the largest man-made lake at the time, where they ...

It might also be fueling ecological upheaval. Scientists with the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute on Lake Gatún in Panama during nighttime field work.Credit... Supported by By Raymond ...

Opening of the Panama Canal showing American Steamship SS Ancon leaving the west chamber of the upper Gatun locks and entering Gatun Lake, Panama, August 15, 1914. - PhotoQuest/Getty Images The US ...

Where are they now? Leila Nilipour In the mid-sixties, almost 50 years after the creation of the artificial Gatun Lake for the operations of the Panama Canal, the Health Bureau of the Panama Canal ...