In short, the Isthmus of Panama directly and indirectly influenced ocean and atmospheric circulation patterns, which regulated patterns of rainfall, which in turn sculpted landscapes.

The Panama Canal crosses the narrowest part of the isthmus between North and South America, allowing ships to move more quickly between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. It carries about 40% of U.S ...

The idea was ancient, likely dating to the reign of the Egyptian pharaoh Senusret III, who envisioned and commissioned a similar project in the 19th century B.C.E.The so-called “Canal of the ...

Some years ago a few private gentlemen of England resolved to have the Isthmus surveyed to ascertain if a ship-canal could not be constructed profitably as a stock operation. £5,000 were raised ...

Isthmus Montessori Academy Public is a charter school located in Madison, WI, which is in a large city setting. The student population of Isthmus Montessori Academy Public is 208 and the school ...

A federal lawyer says Nova Scotia and New Brunswick's legal attempt to determine who has jurisdictional responsibility for the infrastructure on the Chignecto Isthmus is a "waste and abuse" of the ...

Lawyers for the Nova Scotia government confirmed this week that they're not looking to the court to weigh in on a funding question that Premier Tim Houston wants answered about the Chignecto Isthmus.

A French company hires Ferdinand de Lesseps, builder of the Suez Canal in Egypt, to build a canal through the Colombian Isthmus of Panama. The 50-mile-long canal is expected to take 12 years to ...

A throat issue has forced promising mare Isthmus out of next Saturday’s Group 1 Black Caviar Lightning Stakes at Flemington, but a Royal Ascot trip in June remains an option. Isthmus competed in a pre ...

The Chignecto Isthmus, a low-lying strip of land connecting Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, is at risk of being destroyed by climate change by 2100 — but the provincial and federal governments ...

The Panama Canal crosses the narrowest part of the isthmus between North and South America, allowing ships to move more quickly between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. It carries about 40% of U.S ...

A federal lawyer says Nova Scotia and New Brunswick’s legal attempt to determine who has jurisdictional responsibility is a “waste and abuse” of the court’s time.