(THE CONVERSATION) Along the U.S. West Coast, atmospheric rivers are dreaded for the damage they can cause, but they are also essential to the region’s snowpack and water supply, as Qian Cao, a ...

ABSTRACT This article examines the evolving global politics of resources through two recent geopolitical flashpoints: the U .

Oregon is experiencing two atmospheric river surges, bringing heavy rain and strong winds through the middle of the week. The weather event is expected to cause rising rivers and potential flooding, ...

Merced River levels leapt by roughly 4 feet over the weekend at the Happy Isles Bridge gauge in Yosemite Valley, California, after an atmospheric river brought torrential rain to the area. It was the ...

A new proposal by the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority to reclassify the water quality of the Charles River — which would allow for the continued spillage of sewage into the waterway — has ...

SRP hopes a huge flume on the Verde River watershed will help measure the flow of water more accurately. The flume will be able to melt ice in the winter, solving a problem SRP has dealt with when ...

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – A major engineering project has reversed the flow of water in a century-old canal to protect the Indian River Lagoon and restore a natural watershed divide in Brevard County.

The city's Emergency Medical Services department asked the Fall River City Council for $243,000 to lease a new building at the Aug. 12 meeting. The request was struck down, but a lease was rumored to ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – The Oregon Health Authority is expanding its advisory for a harmful algae bloom on the Willamette River. Officials are warning about a cyanobacteria bloom. Now they are testing ...

AMHERST, Mass. — An international team of researchers led by the University of Massachusetts Amherst has tracked changes in more than 114,000 rivers in High-mountain Asia over a 15-year period. The ...