Phys.org
Why rivers matter for the global carbon cycle
3 min · · In a new journal article, EPFL professor Tom Battin reviews our current understanding of carbon fluxes in the world's river networks. He demonstrates their central role in the global carbon cycle and… · Shared by 90, including Jane
The Guardian
Diversity returns to Lakeland stream after restoration puts its bends back
3 min · · Nature ‘in charge again’ at Swindale Beck for first time in 200 years as award-winning conservation project bears fruit · Shared by 98, including Jane, Svein Tveitdal
High Country News
Alaska’s Arctic waterways are turning orange, threatening drinking water
4 min · · Scientists think climate change may be the culprit. · Shared by 98, including David Wallace-Wells, Jane
hakai.org
The Demon River | Hakai Institute
· An extraordinary flood on British Columbia's Nicola River laid waste to homes and lives—and the idea that we can control nature. · Shared by 184, including Jane, Colin Wright
The Washington Post
Drought threatens Colorado River with ‘complete doomsday scenario', officials say
· A once-unfathomable scenario — Lake Powell dropping to historic lows and shutting down power generators that serve millions — could start as soon as July. · Shared by 113, including Jonathan Overpeck, Dan Gillmor is at mastodon.social/@dangillmor, Andrew Dessler, Jane, Deborah Blum, @mcgeoff@mastodon.social, Svein Tveitdal
The New York Times
Climate Change Is Ravaging the Colorado River. There’s a Model to Avert the Worst.
8 min · · Success in the Yakima River Basin in Washington holds lessons for the seven states at war over water in the American West. · Shared by 56, including Jane, Jonathan Overpeck
The Guardian
Rivers brought me heart-shattering loss
6 min · · Author Amy Jane Beer’s fascination with these elemental environments was halted by tragedy, but with time she has returned to find a deep sense of connection · Shared by 50, including Jane
The Guardian
Sewage sleuths: the men who revealed the slow, dirty death of Welsh and English rivers
19+ min · · The long read: A tide of effluent, broken laws and ruthless cuts is devastating the nations’ waterways. An academic and a detective have dredged up the truth of how it was allowed to happen – but will… · Shared by 27, including Emmy van Deurzen☀️🌍 🌻🌹🌳🇪🇺🇫🇷🇳🇱🇬🇧🇺🇸⭐️, Dorothy Bishop, Jane, Robert Macfarlane
Hakai Magazine
The Controversial Plan to Unleash the Mississippi
20+ min · · Our long history of constraining the river through levees has led to massive land loss in its delta. Can we engineer our way out? And at what cost? · Shared by 1304, including Jane, Colin Wright
serc.carleton.edu
Flume – Low head dam installation effects on coarse sediment transport, medium shot
1 min · · Flume – Low head dam installation effects on coarse sediment transport, medium shot To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Flume… · Shared by 7, including StanChan, Jane
Popular Science
Some rivers suddenly change course, and we may finally know why
4 min · · With enough flooding and other edits to a landscape, rivers may abruptly chart new, more favorable paths, known as avulsions. · Shared by 607, including Jane, Nico Müller 🇺🇦
disappearingwest.org
Disappearing Rivers
· The rivers of the American West have shaped the pattern of human development across the region. In turn, human activities are rapidly changing the rivers that sustain them. Today, nearly half - 49% -… · Shared by 51, including Jane
NPR
Reporter's Notebook: Fall On A River In The Adirondacks
2 min · · NPR's Brian Mann sends us an audio postcard from a canoe trip down a wild river in New York, in search of autumn color. · Shared by 75, including Jane
The Washington Post
Opinion | America’s rivers need help. I should know — I swam in 108 of them this summer.
· Competing in a fun, absurd challenge revealed plenty of natural beauty, but way too much that was just disgusting. · Shared by 4, including Jane
Orion Magazine
A River Reawakened
8 min · · In this web exclusive, a filmmaker witnesses ten years of rewilding Washington State's Elwha watershed. · Shared by 88, including Liv 😷 💙, Jane, Robert Macfarlane
The New York Times
A Journey Along the River That Separates Russia From China
6 min · · As he neared 80, the travel writer Colin Thubron took a trip along the 10th longest river in the world, chronicled in “The Amur River.” · Shared by 77, including Jane