May 29, 1879: The French Attempt Two years after a French team completes their own survey of Panama, their government approves Ferdinand de Lesseps' plan for a sea-level canal. The cost is ...

But after completing the Suez Canal in Egypt in 1869, French diplomat Ferdinand de Lesseps directed a team of engineers to construct a sea-level canal in Panama in 1880. The builders encountered ...

Rarely do Panamanians unite on political topics, but threats to the ownership of the canal go to the heart of national ...

The Gatun Lake is 85 feet above sea level. How do the ships get raised and lowered? The canal has a water lock system that acts like a massive elevator. When ships enter the locks, they're raised ...

Suez Canal Authority Chairman Osama Rabie said on Wednesday that the Red Sea crisis did not create a sustainable route to ...

And Ploughshare men are sure that they can blast a wide sea-level canal in a couple of years at a fraction of the cost of conventional digging. Ploughshare optimism is based on studies of a long ...

Speaking to The Conversation, Honolulu Environmental Services Director Roger Babcock discussed past wastewater spills, and ...