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, ...

One of the biggest environmental disasters that needs to be addressed ASAP is the immense plastic pollution in the oceans. According to the nonprofit organization The Ocean Cleanup Project, the best ...

Global map of the GRIT network. The network is shown for all reaches wider than 30 m as well as their downstream segments. The width is scaled by partitioned drainage area here for visualization ...

The world's rivers flow like so many rainbows in a map by Hungarian cartographer Robert Szucs, who sells his creations as digital downloads on Etsy. The maps are scientifically accurate, with the ...

A team led by researchers at the University of Oxford has created the most complete map of the world's rivers ever made, offering a major leap forward for flood prediction, climate risk planning, and ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A U.S.-French satellite that will map almost all of the world’s oceans, lakes and rivers rocketed into orbit Friday. The predawn launch aboard a SpaceX ...

Globally 16% of rivers are in protected areas, such as the Merced River in Yosemite National Park, but much of the world has far lower levels of protection and large rivers have considerably lower ...

We all know what a winding blue line on a map means, but until we this cartographer’s work we had no idea a little color could transform the world’s rivers into amazing art. A post shared by ...

As the world’s waterways continue to be fragmented, people and wildlife might no longer benefit from free-flowing rivers. ByKatherine J. Wu Wednesday, May 8, 2019 NOVA NextNOVA Next To mitigate the ...

To be stuck “up a river without a paddle” is an expression for a sticky situation you just can’t get out of. But if that river happens to be in the northern hemisphere this summer, it’s likely the ...

There’s more than trash and microplastics polluting the world’s waterways. Close to half of all rivers on the planet are contaminated by pharmaceutical drugs, a new study has shown. Researchers found ...