Researchers have discovered an extensive and remarkably well-preserved system of ancient irrigation canals in the Eridu ...

Seeing the north coast of Peru for the first time, you would be hard-pressed to believe it's one of the driest deserts in the ...

However, the apparent success of this system masks an underlying ... without the need for further irrigation. Critics might point out the difficulty of scaling up ancient technologies for global ...

However, the apparent success of this system masks an underlying ... without the need for further irrigation. Critics might point out the difficulty of scaling up ancient technologies for global ...

This is the nation's agro-industrial heartland, and, thanks to irrigation canals, almost every inch of the floodplain is blanketed in lucrative export crops, such as sugarcane, asparagus and ...