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Photo of a scientist drilling into lake ice to take a sample.
Posted inEditors' Vox

A Future Without Ice Cover

by Steven Sadro and Marguerite A. Xenopoulos 11 July 202221 July 2022

Winter is fading away, but the answers may be beneath the ice; a new collection on winter limnology tackles the unknowns.

Floating water hyacinths with trapped plastics.
Posted inNews

Remote Sensing Tracks Down “Plastic Plants” in Rivers

by Clarissa Wright 28 June 2022

Researchers are using remote sensing to track floating mats of plastic trapped in water hyacinth plants.

Aerial view of the Pemali delta in Indonesia
Posted inNews

Why Do Rivers Jump Off the Beaten Path?

by Carolyn Wilke 21 June 2022

Researchers sifted through 50 years of satellite imagery and came up with new clues to where and why rivers avulse, suddenly changing their course.

Mississippi River levee at Gretna, La.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Algorithm Detects Thousands of Missing Levees from U.S. Database

by Rachel Fritts 17 June 202221 February 2023

An existing levee database accounts for just one fifth of the country’s actual total levee count, limiting the study of how these embankments affect riparian ecosystem health in the United States.

Photographs of natural jamming of boulders in canyon constrictions and slit dams.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Good or Bad Jam? Modeling Boulders’ Fate at Constrictions

by Mikaël Attal 23 May 202215 November 2022

A new modeling framework to assess the likelihood of jamming at constrictions can be used to support the design of effective mitigation measures and reduce risk in debris flow prone areas.

Series of photographs of North St. Vrain Creek showing changes over time for one specific logjam.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Logjams May Be Transient but Their Effect is Long Lasting

by Patricia Saco 20 May 202215 November 2022

Even though natural logjams in rivers continuously change and maybe short-lived, their effects in terms of geomorphic diversity and habitat can be surprisingly long-lasting.

River flow paths in Iceland derived from HydroSHEDS.
Posted inAGU News

Charting Paths to New Knowledge

by Heather Goss 20 May 20221 June 2022

In our June issue of Eos, we home in on the unique ways researchers are using maps to better understand Earth and beyond.

The Valfredda River in the Italian Dolomites, pictured at three different dates, changes configuration in response to precipitation and dry cycles in the landscape.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

A Probabilistic Model for Classifying Temporary Rivers

by Morgan Rehnberg 17 May 202221 December 2022

The model relies on measurable broad-scale attributes, increasing its flexibility for use in diverse environments.

Average annual water consumption in each province of China
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Improved Understanding of Runoff Dynamics in the Yangtze River Basin

by Le Chang 2 May 20227 September 2022

Satellite data combined with in-situ observations on terrestrial water storage change and human water consumption provides a more accurate picture of runoff dynamics at sub-basin scale.

Netravati River in Karnataka, India
Posted inNews

A New Index to Quantify River Fragmentation

by Rishika Pardikar 27 April 202220 March 2023

Researchers have developed a new analysis based on a river’s catchment area as opposed its length.

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