Along with this stunning image is the first-ever global estimate of river water discharge and overall sediment suspension.

In the face of climate change and worsening cycles of drought, California water managers have been increasingly focused on the precise tracking of water resources. Snowpack in the Sierra Nevada is ...

Long river waves, known as flow waves, have been measured by satellite for the first time, researchers announced May 14, a breakthrough that could expand understanding of river dynamics, floods and ...

Geologists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a technique that allows scientists to see how fast rivers flowed on Mars billions of years ago and currently do on Titan, ...

ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL, Ill. — This story was originally published in May 2019. It has been updated as necessary for 2023. Measuring a historic crest is no easy task, especially when it's unexpected. The ...

This makes the story of how the Green and Colorado Rivers met so perplexing to geologists like Adam Smith at Scotland’s University of Glasgow. According to the coauthor of his team’s study published ...

A new study has mapped 35 years of river changes on a global scale. The work has revealed significant effects on both downstream (44% decrease in water flow) and upstream (17% flow increase) rivers, ...