By trapping huge amounts of water on land, big dams built by humans have slightly changed how Earth spins and where its poles ...

Ephemeral desert rivers known as wadis – lifelines for biodiversity and water in some of the world’s driest landscapes – are being dangerously constricted by human activity, new research has found. A ...

A team of international researchers and educators created an educational framework called “River Literacy” to help ...

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, ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. A night fishing trip 30 years ago showed Brazilian public health doctor Apolo Heringer the meaning of health: a clean river full of fish — a notion ...