Chemical weathering can control how susceptible bedrock in river beds is to erosion, according to new research. In addition to explaining how climate can influence landscape erosion rates, the results ...

Rivers are Earth’s arteries. Water, sediment and nutrients self-organize into diverse, dynamic channels as they journey from the mountains to the sea. Some rivers carve out a single pathway, while ...

Rivers are Earth's arteries. Water, sediment and nutrients self-organize into diverse, dynamic channels as they journey from the mountains to the sea. Some rivers carve out a single pathway, while ...

River-channel migration is a key geological process that strongly influences society and the environment — it determines the viability of human settlements, infrastructure and ecology on the bank, and ...

A resident of East Bahuka village in Bangladesh’s Sirajganj district shows where land he used to own was lost to growing erosion along the Jamnua River. THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION/Syful Islam As ...

Slowing erosion along stream banks is the priority for landowners and others who want a cleaner, healthier Illinois River, planners for the watershed agree. The Arkansas Natural Resources Division and ...

Extreme erosion along the lower Osage River has produced a multitude of issues for the waterway and environment around it. River conditions are diminishing endangered aquatic species, carving down ...

Charlotte Milne receives funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and the Public Scholars Initiative at UBC. The research mentioned in this article received funding ...

As high water recedes, communities on the coast and along the lower Kuskokwim River are taking stock of flood damage and erosion after two windy storms in quick succession filled rivers and streams ...

Rivers are Earth’s arteries. Water, sediment and nutrients self-organize into diverse, dynamic channels as they journey from the mountains to the sea. Some rivers carve out a single pathway, while ...