Whether the U.S. or Panama own the Panama Canal, one of the largest routes for ship traffic in the world still faces horrible ...

A recent drought in Panama was so severe that the canal had to reduce traffic. How is climate change impacting Panama -- and how does that ripple out to the global economy?

In recent years the operation of the Panama Canal has been increasingly affected by changes in rainfall, and some data ...

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 ...

Panama has been looking for solutions to a long-term problem. Every time a ship passes through the Panama Canal, more than 50 ...

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 ...

The canal forms the backbone of Panama’s economy, and the proposed dam would secure the water ... supplement the main supply of water from Lake Gatun — a large manmade lake and part of the ...

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 ...

In his inaugural address last month, Donald Trump described the US decision to hand full control of the canal to Panama, in ...

In his inaugural address last month, Donald Trump described the US decision to hand full control of the canal to Panama ... from ocean level up 85ft to Gatun Lake – at the time the largest ...