River floods are becoming more likely globally because of climate change, but not in the waterway’s downstream sections where more people live. That’s according to a new study coauthored by a ...

A new study has mapped 35 years of river changes on a global scale. The work has revealed significant effects on both downstream (44% decrease in water flow) and upstream (17% flow increase) rivers, ...

The nearly 3 million rivers that weave across the world are experiencing rapid and surprising changes, with potentially drastic implications for everything from drinking water supplies to flood risks, ...

Less than two months after the removal of dams restored a free-flowing Klamath River, salmon have made their way upstream to begin spawning and have been spotted in Oregon for the first time in more ...

(CN) — Rivers are undergoing a dramatic transformation worldwide, with headwater streams swelling and downstream basins shrinking. A comprehensive study published Thursday in Science has mapped 2.9 ...

The first time I met former Children & Family Resource Center Executive Director Maurean Adams, she shared the “River Story” with me. As the story goes, a group of people were fishing on a beautiful ...

Frontline activists fight for clean water equity and climate justice across the U.S. There is a human connection to the rivers that flow through the heart of cities, towns, and rural areas. 50 years ...

RANGELY, Colo.—The fossil fuel industry once boomed here. Oil pump jacks dot the landscape around the community and serve as a reminder of the town’s origins. Prairie dogs race across the two-lane ...

Upstream reservoirs in the Colorado River Basin might not have enough water to keep Lake Powell above a critical threshold indefinitely, federal officials have warned in recent weeks, as the West’s ...