As illegal mining alters the riverbeds and drains life from these once-thriving arteries, the need for sustainable management becomes urgent. To preserve rivers as living, life-giving entities, we ...

New research finds that despite large rivers and seas of liquid methane, Saturn's moon Titan seems mostly devoid of river deltas, raising new questions about the surface dynamics on this alien world.

Despite its Earth-like rivers and lakes of liquid methane, Saturn’s moon Titan seems oddly lacking in river deltas — ...

IN a drought-hit Mexican border region at the centre of growing competition with the United States for water, conserva­tionists are working to bring a once-dying river delta back to life.

Researchers at Louisiana State University’s Coastal Systems Ecology Lab, led by wetland scientist and professor Robert ...

A droplet of water travels 2,350 miles from the Riverhead to the Mississippi River Delta, which takes 90 days. 1. Mississippi River: Threatened by FEMA’s uncertain future and role in guiding ...

A Delta passenger jet caught fire on the tarmac at Orlando International Airport on Monday and passengers had to evacuate via the emergency slides, the Federal Aviation Authority said Monday.

Dust-on-snow is a major threat to water in the Colorado River, yet no snowmelt forecasts integrate dust-accelerated melt. Using pioneering remote sensing techniques, new research is the first to ...

The MARB drains more than 40% of the continental United States. A droplet of water travels 2,350 miles from the Riverhead to the Mississippi River Delta, which takes 90 days.

For scientists who want to learn about the geological history of a planet, river deltas are a great place to start. Deltas gather sediment from a large area into one place, which can be studied to ...