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A crew in safety vests uses nets and holding tanks to rescue salmon from the Fraser River
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Remote Landslide Puts Fraser River Salmon on Shaky Ground

Lesley Evans Ogden, Science Writer by Lesley Evans Ogden 22 January 20205 January 2023

An alliance of First Nations, provincial, and federal leaders worked with scientists, engineers, and emergency responders to rescue critical salmon stocks in western Canada.

A stream running through a forest
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The Shape of Watersheds

Hannah Thomasy, Science Writer by Hannah Thomasy 21 January 20201 March 2023

Streams in flatter watersheds have carbon cycles more sensitive to temperature increases.

Land use map of the Selke river catchment in central Germany
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New Isotope Model Predicts Denitrification from Riparian Zones

by D. Scott Mackay 13 January 202015 November 2022

A new model quantifies the relative contributions of denitrification and other processes of nitrogen uptake, such as by plants, from groundwater in riparian areas around streams.

The Nile River flows through the metropolis of Cairo, Egypt.
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The Eternal Nile Is Even More Ancient Than We Thought

Mary Caperton Morton, Science Writer by Mary Caperton Morton 27 December 201911 January 2022

Deep-mantle flow helps maintain the river’s steady course.

Four charts showing optimal habitats in the floodplain for different stream insects.
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Hydropower and Bugs

by E. Wohl 16 December 201928 February 2023

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.

Young beaver in pool of water
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Are Beavers Nature’s “Little Firefighters”?

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 13 December 201915 November 2022

It’s about dam time: Beavers are acknowledged for their firefighting skills in five recent blazes.

Brightly colored soil layers and a yardstick or ruler
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Looking for Prehistoric Pollen? Check the Floodplains

Mara Johnson-Groh, Science Writer by Mara Johnson-Groh 3 December 20197 February 2023

A new methodology calculates the soil properties most likely to preserve pollen.

Map of Kuparuk river floodplain showing elevation
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Permafrost Thaws Rapidly as Arctic River Flooding Increases

by Amy E. East 21 October 201920 October 2021

As climate warms, Arctic rivers carry higher flows and flood earlier in the spring, causing underlying permafrost to thaw rapidly.

River through a green mountain valley
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Dry Rivers Offer a Preview of Climate Change

by S. Larned 19 September 20198 November 2022

As the climate warms, many rivers that are currently perennial may become intermittent.

Green, grassy wetlands along Louisiana’s coast
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Diverting the Mississippi River May Not Save Louisiana’s Coast

Kate Wheeling, freelance science writer by Kate Wheeling 18 September 201910 February 2022

New research finds that man-made river diversions have previously led to land losses.

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