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

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 20253 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.
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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.

A river delta seen from a satellite. A narrow path of green spreads out to a larger area with branching rivers before giving way to a coastline.
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New Global River Map Is the First to Include River Bifurcations and Canals

by Rebecca Owen 15 May 202514 May 2025

GRIT provides a much more detailed look at how rivers merge and split, which could enhance hydrological modeling, flood forecasting, and water management efforts.

一张黑白卫星图像显示一条小河从一条大河中分出。
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那些科学上认为不应该存在的河流

by Rebecca Dzombak 8 May 20258 May 2025

乍一看,这些水道似乎毫无意义。一篇新的评论文章详细阐述了它们为何如此存在。

Diagram from the study.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

First Benchmarking System of Global Hydrological Models

by Kei Yoshimura 7 May 20257 May 2025

A benchmarking framework for global hydrological models, essential for Earth System Model evaluations, has finally been proposed.

Map of Lake Geneva and surrounding catchments.
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Organic Radiocarbon Reveals its Inorganic Ancestry in Lake Geneva

by Maximilian Lau 6 May 20256 May 2025

Organic and inorganic radiocarbon ages resolve the origin and dynamics of carbon in the largest natural lake of Western Europe.

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