Rivers

Issued on: 20/08/2022 - 22:24 Weeks of baking drought across Europe have seen water levels in rivers and lakes fall to levels few can remember, exposing long-submerged…

Factories grinding to a halt, crops devastated, cargo ships forced to carry smaller loads and millions facing a risk of blackouts — these are just some of the drastic consequences of record low river levels during droughts that are gripping…

By GIOVANNA DELL'ORTO and RODRIGO ABD - Associated Press ALONG THE PILMAIQUEN RIVER, Chile (AP) — A ceremonial dip in the frigid waters of the fast-flowing Pilmaiquen River in southern Chile was the…

By GIOVANNA DELL'ORTO - Associated Press MELIPEUCO, Chile (AP) — Mist suddenly arose from the Truful Truful River as it flowed below the snow-covered Llaima volcano, and Victor Curin smiled at the…

By DEEPA BHARATH - Associated Press ALONG THE COLUMBIA RIVER (AP) — James Kiona stands on a rocky ledge overlooking Lyle Falls where the water froths and rushes through steep canyon walls just before…

By NICK PERRY - Associated Press WHANGANUI, New Zealand (AP) — The Whanganui River is surging into the ocean, fattened from days of winter rain and yellowed from the earth and clay that has collapsed…

The LSU report, though, became best known for its proposed solution, which focused on counteracting levees. The authors suggested that some water and mud be diverted out of the Mississippi, back into the marshland. Let the river resume the…

Sudden big changes in river water levels threaten fish. Credit: Shutterstock, NTB "Why do we allow hydropower plants with outlets into rivers…

We’re all aware of plastics’ harm to the environment. Yet, the convenience they bring us is difficult—no, impossible—to sacrifice in a fast-paced, grab-and-go world. Upcycling plastics serves as one method to practice eco-consciousness.…

Meanwhile invasive Russian olive and tamarisk trees have moved in beneath the canopy, all fire-prone species. Fires in the bosque were once virtually nonexistent; now they routinely break out. In 2017, the Tiffany fire in southern New…