River

Beavers are often called ecosystem engineers because they can radically alter stream or valley bottom ecosystems, said Melinda Daniels, an associate professor…

“Freshwater mussels are very sensitive to a variety of problems, including pollution, dams, water flows, loss of forests, and harvesting for their shells and…

A new report from the National Research Council says that more organized and systematic procedures for gathering and evaluating data on Missouri River sediment…

On spring winds, something wicked this way comes–at least for the mountains of the Colorado River Basin and their ecosystems, and for people who depend on…

The study, led by a NASA scientist and funded by the agency and the National Science Foundation, showed peak spring runoff now comes three weeks earlier than…

Urban flood protectionClimate change and, more especially, the economic expansion of the last few decades have meant that existing flood protection systems in…