Water Resources Research Archives - Page 3 of 19

Satellite images of four different river basins.

Editors' Highlights

Disentangling River Water Turbidity and its Flow

by Simone Bizzi 3 November 202214 March 2024

A new study shows why fine sediments in rivers are not simply proportional to the water flow across the United States.

Aerial view of tributaries entering a larger river with an inset close-up of aquatic plants

Research Spotlights

High-Frequency Monitoring Reveals Riverine Nitrogen Removal

by Saima May Sidik 25 October 202226 October 2022

Years of daily readings provide an unprecedented view into how a submerged aquatic meadow kept nitrogen from reaching the St. Lawrence Estuary as well as insights on how climate change may alter it.

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Deep Learning for Hydrologic Projections Under Climate Change

by Stefan Kollet 24 October 202219 October 2022

Extrapolation or not? Big data may help deep learning to go places where it has not been before by transferring learned hydrologic relationships.

View of a lake in the distance with mud cracks in reddish soil in the foreground.

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Surprise Hydrological Shifts Imperil Water Resources

by Sarah Stanley 15 September 202213 October 2022

Mounting evidence suggests the need for improved water planning strategies and revamped hydrological models.

This photograph shows the rocky shore of a placid blue lake in front of green forested mountains. The shore is strewn with white and brown rocks and driftwood. A person dressed in black walks along the shore carrying a fishing rod, and there is a small boat visible on the left side of the image.

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The Fate of a Lake After a Dramatic Mining Disaster

by Sarah Stanley 9 September 202212 October 2022

Researchers tracked long-term sediment dynamics in Canada’s Quesnel Lake following the 2014 failure of a dam that spilled record-breaking amounts of contaminated mining waste.

A boy in a striped t-shirt and shorts steers a long, narrow, and shallow boat with a long pole across a shallow body of water. The boat is laden with rocks. In the background is a marshland with a small group of people and a few tents, and beyond that are forests and mountains. One patch of forest on the right side of the mountains has been stripped bare by a past landslide.

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Bangladeshis Feel Increased Consequences of Sedimentation

by Saima May Sidik 30 August 202230 August 2022

In northern Bangladesh, residents are losing their livelihoods, homes, and personal safety when water carries sand and gravel into their communities.

Burned landscape of the Indian Creek watershed in southern Colorado after the Spring Creek Fire

Research Spotlights

How Wildfires Affect Snow in the American West

by Saima May Sidik 11 August 202211 August 2022

Data from 45 burned sites help researchers better understand climate change and wildfires’ impact on snowpack.

Diagram showing the nine hypotheses discussed in the paper.

Editors' Highlights

Nine Reasons Why Extreme Floods may be Worse Than Expected

by Jim Hall 1 August 20221 December 2022

The implications of nature not conforming to statistical assumptions can be devastating; researchers describe why extreme floods may be bigger than we assume.