Hydrology/Water Resources

Credit: S A Chen For decades geoscientists have been trying to detect the influence of climate on the formation of rivers, but up to now there has been no systematic evidence. A new study, led by scientists from the University of…

By using age-mortality and species-selection profiles from prehistoric East Asia, researchers identified carp aquaculture in Henan Province, China, thousands of years earlier than previously reportedCredit: Mark Hudson In a…

Credit: Gabriel de Oliveira LAWRENCE -- Throughout August and early September 2019, media around the world have reported on the extensive forest fires ravaging Brazil's Amazon rainforest. Much of the concern stems from the…

Increased rainfall may threaten food securityCredit: Edouard Sagues / Rutgers Groundwater is essential for growing crops, but new research shows climate change is making it harder for soil to absorb rainfall. While the idea that…

Credit: Lukas Kleine, IGB The water regime of a landscape commutes more and more between the extremes drought or flooding. The type of vegetation and land use plays an important role in water retention and runoff. Together with…

Credit: Phil Bart, LSU Phil Bart has traveled to Antarctica seven times since the late 1980s--a feat that very few can say. Thirty years is a microscopic blip on a geological time scale, and although the continent's ice cover may…

Royal Society of Canada recognizes 'major contributions to our understanding of the nature and causes of climate change'Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - Internationally recognized climate scientist and Distinguished Professor…

Credit: University of Basel A research team led by the University of Basel and the University of Montreal examined how the ongoing climate warming affects the "behavior" of lakes. The researchers found out why, in near-bottom waters,…

By performing numerical simulations on a mobile flat sand bed, researchers gained new insights into sediment motion and flow conditionsCredit: Hongwei Fang WASHINGTON, D.C., September 10, 2019 -- If you've ever looked closely at a 3D sand…

Credit: Jennifer Ruesink By area, tidal flats make up more than 50 percent of Willapa Bay in southwest Washington state, making this more than 142-square-mile estuary an ideal location for oyster farming. On some parts…