EditorialElectric cables underground at the power plant for the Tamega complex near Ribeira de Pena, Portugal, Aug. 2022. (Matilde Viegas/The New York Times)
EditorialElectric cables underground at the power plant for the Tamega complex near Ribeira de Pena, Portugal, Aug. 2022. (Matilde Viegas/The New York Times)
EditorialAndrew Joseph, who moved into his home in Saugerties, a small town two hours north of New York City, on Feb. 17, 2022. Joseph found he was no match for beavers who dammed a brook on his property. (Tony Cenicola/The New York Times)
EditorialTibbetts Brook was dammed in the 18th century to create a pond that still exists in Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx. (Gregg Vigliotti/The New York Times)
Editorialjar with two ears of yellowish color, hand-worked to the sheen, and externally decorated with zig-zag. Dammed from above on the edge, pot, earthenware, height: 14.5 cm, prehistory 0-100, Netherlands, Friesland, Littenseradiel, Oosterend.
EditorialNegative - Shepparton District, Victoria, circa 1900, Using horse-drawn scoops to excavate an irrigation channel. The channel appears to be dammed behind the irrigation works.