In this video, we investigate how the Panama Canal Locks are used to raise millions of tons of ships up 87ft, from sea level to the height of Gatun Lake. We will also find out how water-saving basins ...

The Panama Canal is an extraordinary feat of engineering. This waterway, which slices 50 miles across the isthmus of Panama to connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, is an artery of world trade and ...

The Panama Canal is one of the most important waterways in the world, with about 7% of global trade passing through. It also relies heavily on rainfall. Without enough freshwater flowing in, the canal ...

The great ship churned through the night, knifing the jet-black Caribbean Sea on its approach to a lush, magical land. Dawn broke, the fog started to lift, and then, imperceptibly at first, something ...

Deforestation rates in Panama are set to show a decline as the Central American nation ramps up its efforts to stop the illegal logging of forests largely driven by the expansion of agriculture, ...

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Born from “gunboat diplomacy,” the Panama Canal is under threat from US saber rattling once again. More than 100 years after the construction of the engineering marvel that linked the Atlantic and ...