The past 15 years or so have been pretty tough on the country’s water supply – constant drought and a booming population has meant that dam capacity has struggled to move upwards. If you want to know just how tough it’s been on our water supply, the Bureau of Meteorology has just released a free iPhone app to track Aussie dam levels. More »
Some scientists are claiming that the Sichuan Earthquake, which killed over 70,000 people, might have been caused by a 150m-high dam constructed just 170m from the fault line.