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The restored floodplain of the South Fork McKenzie River in Oregon
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Why Rivers Need Their Floodplains

by E. Wohl 22 April 202128 March 2022

Floodplain storage of water, nutrients, and sediment is critical to sustaining river ecosystems but has been reduced by human activities.

Four charts showing optimal habitats in the floodplain for different stream insects.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Hydropower and Bugs

by E. Wohl 16 December 201911 January 2022

Alpine hydropower plants commonly flush sediment that accumulates at intakes, but the associated rapid rise in discharge, turbidity, and streambed instability put aquatic insects at risk.

Photo of the Yangtze River flowing through a valley lined with greenery and agricultural terraces in China
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Forgotten Legacies: Understanding Human Influences on Rivers

by E. Wohl 8 July 20198 October 2021

Logging, urbanization, and dam building are a few ways people have significantly altered natural river ecosystems. Understanding that influence is a grand challenge of our time.

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