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Increased winter flows in the Tanana River have puzzled researchers—until now
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Why Are Arctic Rivers Rising in Winter?

by E. Underwood 5 September 20173 March 2023

Increased glacial melt is boosting winter streamflows by filling aquifers, a new study on an Alaskan river suggests.

Researchers use a simplified model to reassess assumptions about floods
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Deciphering Deluges

by S. Witman 31 August 20173 June 2022

New modeling approach reexamines two key assumptions about flooding.

Researchers examine how slope determines stream shape.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

What Controls the Shape of Steep Mountain Streams?

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 28 August 201727 April 2022

The shape of steep river streams changes systematically with channel slope, but field data and theoretical analysis reveal that slope is not the sole factor in setting a channel’s form.

Researchers use cosmogenic isotopes to study ocean river transport.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Tracing Land to Ocean River Transport with Cosmogenic Isotopes

by S. Witman 23 August 201728 January 2022

Beryllium stored in marine sediments can help scientists study erosion and other environmental changes.

Posted inEditors' Vox

Small Streams Make Big Contribution to Carbon Cycle

by A. Marx, R. van Geldern and J. Barth 18 August 201716 February 2022

A recent paper in Reviews of Geophysics discussed the carbon dynamics of headwater streams.

New research suggests rain and stream gauges are still key to better data for water resource management.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Improving Water Resources Management from the Ground Up

by S. Witman 15 August 201724 February 2023

The key to sustainable water resources management isn’t satellite technology yet—it’s a new spin on time-tested rain and stream gauges.

Flooding at a home on the Saint Lawrence River.
Posted inNews

What Caused the Ongoing Flooding on Lake Ontario?

JoAnna Wendel, freelance science writer and illustrator by JoAnna Wendel 3 August 20179 March 2023

The floodwaters have also affected residents downstream along the Saint Lawrence River. Although politicians quickly blamed regulations, scientists say it was a perfect storm of natural factors.

Researchers assess how past flooding influences river meanders
Posted inResearch Spotlights

A New Model for River Meanders

by E. Underwood 2 August 201726 July 2023

A river’s twists and turns are shaped by its past flood events.

McFLI calculations can assist with water management decisions at tourist attractions like Bruarfoss near Reykholt, Iceland.
Posted inScience Updates

Tracking River Flows from Space

by C. J. Gleason, P.-A. Garambois and M. T. Durand 26 July 20179 February 2023

Satellite observations, combined with algorithms borrowed from river engineering, could fill large gaps in our knowledge of global river flows where field data are lacking.

An irrigation ditch near the Mont Saint-Michel World Heritage Site in France.
Posted inScience Updates

Protecting Water Resources Through a Focus on Headwater Streams

by B. W. Abbott, G. Pinay and T. Burt 7 July 20179 May 2022

Where Land Becomes Stream: Connecting Spatial and Temporal Scales to Better Understand and Manage Catchment Ecosystems; Rennes, France, 7–8 March 2017

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