One result of these changes is a higher risk of major floods. The shifts in river flow patterns also pose problems for the businesses and communities that rely on the affected rivers. Declining ...

A comprehensive study published Thursday in Science has mapped 2.9 million rivers from 1984 to 2018, revealing significant changes in global river flow patterns and highlighting the evolving role of ...

Human impact on river flow Human activities are altering river flow patterns worldwide, both directly through flow regulations such as reservoirs, and indirectly through land use change and the ...

Scientists mapped the flow of water through every single river on the planet ... which is shifting rainfall patterns and accelerating snowmelt. Previous studies have tended to focus on water ...

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation released a torrent of water from Glen Canyon Dam last month as a way of shoring up the sandbars and beaches along the Colorado River. Thanks to the watchful eye of ...