A new study reveals that 59,000 kilometers, or nearly 37,000 miles, of tropical rivers have been damaged by mining, based on 7 million measurements taken from satellite images spanning four decades.

A new investigation reveals America’s groundwater crisis — draining aquifers at an alarming rate — is more substantial than commonly thought. “From an objective standpoint, this is a crisis. There ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Heavy snow, hail, rain -- it's become the new normal for Bay Area residents since the calendar changed over to 2023. But this week's forecast is poised to break the spirit of even the ...

Gold and mineral mining in and near rivers across the tropics is degrading waterways in 49 countries, according to a new study. Published in Nature, the findings represent the first physical footprint ...

They set out to study the Congo Basin's carbon cycle and in the process have become aware of one of the world's darkest blackwater rivers: the Ruki. In the first study on this major jungle river, an ...

Tropical inland waters don't produce as many greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as previously estimated, according to the results of an international research collaboration led by Charles Darwin ...

People living near the Waccamaw River in Longs and Conway are sharing how high waters are impacting them as the river rises into a major flood. The flooding is a result of Tropical Storm Debby, which ...

The water of the Ruki River in the Congo Basin is as dark as tea due to a high concentration of dissolved organic substances. When the researchers came upon the Ruki River, they were quite taken aback ...