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Researchers track dissolved organic carbon in high-elevation lakes to understand how lakes have been affected by acid rain and a changing climate.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Effects of Acid Rain, Climate Change on Freshwater Lakes

Aaron Sidder, freelance science writer by Aaron Sidder 11 July 201821 March 2022

New England lakes weathered years of acid rain. A new study tracks how they are faring after 30 years of regulation and how climate change factors into the equation.

The Mississippi River with the Fort St. Philip Crevasse complex shown to the right.
Posted inFeatures

Rethinking the River

by A. S. Kolker, A. M. Dausman, M, A. Allison, G. L. Brown, P. Y. Chu, K. de Mutsert, C. E. Fitzpatrick, J. R. Henkel, D. Justic, B. A. Kleiss, E. McCoy, E. Meselhe and C. P. Richards 19 June 201819 September 2023

The Mississippi River and its delta and plume provide insights into research-informed approaches to managing river-dominated coastal zones.

Lab-built streams reveal new insights into turbulence-driven transport in gravel streambeds
Posted inResearch Spotlights

A Closer Look at Turbulent Transport in Gravel Streambeds

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 15 June 20186 February 2023

Lab-built streams reveal new insights into turbulence-driven exchange of dissolved substances between stream water and sediments below.

Supraglacial lakes on Petermann glacier in Greenland
Posted inNews

Rare Glacial River Drains Potentially Harmful Lakes

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 14 June 201810 April 2023

Antarctic lakes have contributed to ice shelf breakup in the past, but a glacier in Greenland appears safe from a similar fate, thanks to a river that drains away water.

Researchers look to bacterial DNA to understand river flow.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Using Microbes to Predict the Flow of Arctic Rivers

by E. Underwood 15 May 20184 January 2023

Bacterial DNA provides a good estimate of river discharge.

Posted inEditors' Vox

On Integrating Sedimentology and Hydrogeology in Streambeds

by D. Partington, C. T. Simmons, R. Therrien and P. Brunner 27 April 20183 March 2023

A new modeling blueprint seeks to unify sedimentology, hydrology, and hydrogeology in the modeling of streambeds.

Researchers use satellite data to calculate how fast the Nile Delta is sinking
Posted inResearch Spotlights

How Fast Is the Nile Delta Sinking?

by E. Underwood 24 April 201819 September 2023

New study calculates the delta’s subsidence on the basis of satellite data.

Researchers examine the chemical relationships between water, sediment, and organisms that thrive beneath riverbeds
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Life in the Hyporheic Zone

by S. Witman 23 April 201822 December 2021

Defining the chemical relationships between water, sediment, and organisms that thrive beneath riverbeds.

Citizen scientists can use smartphone apps to collect hydrological information from the streams they encounter.
Posted inScience Updates

Testing the Waters: Mobile Apps for Crowdsourced Streamflow Data

by S. Kampf, B. Strobl, J. Hammond, A. Anenberg, S. Etter, C. Martin, K. Puntenney-Desmond, J. Seibert and Ilja van Meerveld 12 April 20189 February 2023

Citizen scientists keep a watchful eye on the world’s streams, catching intermittent streams in action and filling data gaps to construct a more complete hydrologic picture.

Posted inEditors' Highlights

Untangling Sediment Transport Through River Networks

by J. Buffington 19 February 201824 February 2022

A stochastic sediment routing model for river networks is inverted to determine sediment source areas based on point observations of grain size and sediment flux at the basin outlet.

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