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A green riverbank and a building are visible behind a river.
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Tracing Black Carbon’s Journey to the Ocean

Aaron Sidder, freelance science writer by Aaron Sidder 11 July 202510 July 2025

Scientists surveyed a trio of estuaries in pursuit of a missing source of oceanic dissolved black carbon.

A raging stream in Rocky Mountain National Park in north central Colorado
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Years-Old Groundwater Dominates Spring Mountain Streams

by Mark DeGraff 3 July 20253 July 2025

Alpine rain and snow take much longer to percolate into western U.S. streams than previously thought, adding complexity to long-standing hydrologic models.

A satellite image of a braided river shows many channels branching out and reconnecting.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Coherent, Not Chaotic, Migration in the Brahmaputra-Jamuna River

by Rebecca Owen 2 July 20252 July 2025

The channel threads in braided river systems may be more predictable than previously thought.

2 graphs from the article.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Obtaining Local Streamflow at Any Resolution

by Marc F. P. Bierkens 30 June 202530 June 2025

A new upscaling method ensures that global simulations at low resolution preserve the streamflow at local points of interest, such as stream gauges.

The uplifted toe of the May 2025 Yukon River landslide.
Posted inThe Landslide Blog

Images of the May 2025 Yukon River landslide

by Dave Petley 18 June 202518 June 2025

Derek Cronmiller of the Yukon Geological Survey has provided a stunning set of the images of the fascinating recent failure that partially blocked the Yukon River. Following my post yesterday about the May 2025 landslide on the Yukon River, Derek Cronmiller, who is head of Surficial Geology at the Yukon Geological Survey kindly made contact […]

The May 2025 landslide on the Burma River in Yukon.
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A large landslide on the Yukon River in Canada

by Dave Petley 17 June 202517 June 2025

In May 2025, a 950 m wide landslide occurred on the banks of the Yukon River in Canada. A few days ago, the Yukon Geological Survey posted some information to its Facebook site regarding a large landslide that has occurred on the banks of the Yukon River close to Burma Road. This was the information […]

A bird’s-eye view of the Mississippi River delta. The main river runs left to right across the photo and wispy clouds are visible in the foreground.
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Tracking the Sediment Carried by the Muddy Mississippi

by Delaney Dryfoos 10 June 20259 June 2025

New research shows that typically, less than 10% of land-building alluvium reaches the Bird’s Foot Delta region, the southernmost reach of the river, where it meets the Gulf.

Barcas pequeñas en un río pequeño y seco
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Los ríos de Brasil se están infiltrando

by Sofia Moutinho 3 June 202527 June 2025

La extracción desmedida de aguas subterráneas podría estar obligando a los ríos a infiltrar agua hacia el subsuelo, según muestra un nuevo estudio. Las regiones con actividades de irrigación intensivas son las más expuestas a este riesgo.

Chesapeake Bay, with its tree-lined waterfronts curving along the river toward the ocean, is pictured from above.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

River Alkalinization and Ocean Acidification Face Off in Coastal Waters

by Madeline Reinsel 21 May 202521 May 2025

Factors ranging from rainfall to nutrient runoff to changing mining and agricultural practices drove decades-long pH trends in the Chesapeake Bay.

Satellite image of a river channel.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Inferring River Discharge from Google Earth Images

by Guiling Wang 20 May 202515 May 2025

Critical flow theory can predict river discharge based on the spacing of standing waves captured by Google Earth images.

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