This aerial image of the San Andreas Fault in the Carrizo Plain shows numerous curved drainages where fault slip has stretched stream channels to the left. Eventually, the channels get ‘reset’ when ...

The temperature of rivers is something most people think about only if they plan to go swimming, kayaking or spend a day ...

Climate models attempt to represent the entire Earth system including the land, atmosphere, and ocean. This project will use advanced local models to ‘see’ mountain ranges; Represent river headwaters, ...

Rivers deliver freshwater, nutrients, and carbon to Earth's oceans, influencing the chemistry of coastal seawater worldwide. Notably, a river's alkalinity and the levels of dissolved inorganic carbon ...

River temperature is a critical variable that influences the physical, chemical, and biological functions of ecosystems. Climate change is predicted to increase river temperatures worldwide, adding ...

Louisiana has lost about 2,000 square miles of coastline in the last 80 years according to estimates — an area about the size of Delaware. Coastal erosion and seawater damage have a lot to do with it.

The Mississippi River—it’s a big deal, OK? The combined ports of South Louisiana and New ­Orleans move more cargo, ton for ton, than any other US port. So figuring out the Mississippi’s ...

As tectonic plates slip past each other, the rivers that cross fault lines change shape. The shifting ground stretches the river channels until the water breaks its course and flows onto new paths. In ...

Model of the lower Mississippi River at the River Center at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge in October 2023. (Sabrina Canfield/ Courthouse News Service) BATON ROUGE, La. (CN) — Louisiana ...