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Observed median July temperatures in eleven headwater streams by the Agashashok, Cutler, and Imelyak rivers in the Noatak river basin.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Thawing Permafrost May Cause Streams to Cool

by D. Moore 3 March 202124 February 2021

Permafrost thawing associated with climate warming increases contributions to streamflow by deeper, cooler groundwater flow paths, which may result in lower summer stream temperatures.

Stream surrounded by grassland.
Posted inNews

Waterways Change as Cities Grow Nearby

by Katherine Kornei 17 December 202029 September 2021

Using multidecadal data sets, researchers have traced how urbanization affects streamflow across the continental United States.

Young beaver in pool of water
Posted inNews

Are Beavers Nature’s “Little Firefighters”?

by Jenessa Duncombe 13 December 2019

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

Lupines bloom in Illilouette Creek Basin in Yosemite National Park.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Restoring Natural Fire Regimes Can Yield More Water Downstream

by Terri Cook 22 July 2019

Research in Yosemite National Park offers a new benchmark for understanding water balance changes in a mountainous basin 4 decades after its natural wildfire regime was reestablished.

A flooded neighborhood in San Diego, California.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

If Precipitation Extremes Are Increasing, Why Aren’t Floods?

by Terri Cook 17 April 2019

Improving our understanding of the relationship between changes in precipitation and flooding due to rising temperature is a new grand challenge for the scientific community, argue the authors of a recent commentary.

A view of drought-stricken Lake Mead
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Rising Temperatures Reduce Colorado River Flow

by Sarah Stanley 18 February 201919 February 2019

Hotter conditions have played a much greater role in reducing flow during the ongoing Millennium Drought than in a mid-20th century drought.

A river in Sweden’s Sarek National Park.
Posted inScience Updates

Can We Predict River Flows from Just a Few Observations?

by S. W. Lyon, V. Mansanarez and I. K. Westerberg 15 February 2019

Improving Discharge Data for Water Resources Management—Hydraulic Modelling as a Tool for Rapid Rating Curve Estimation; Stockholm, Sweden, 8 November 2018

Posted inEditors' Vox

The Value of Snow

by J. D. Lundquist 18 December 2018

Investments in snow pay high-dollar dividends.

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 2018

Bacterial DNA provides a good estimate of river discharge.

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 2018

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.

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