Sinuous, meandering streams produce diverse and wildlife-rich habitats and are the aim of many river restoration efforts, but until now, the bank, water flow and sediment conditions required to form ...

How do rivers choose their paths? Why do some rivers form single channels, while others divide into many threads? The questions may sound simple, but they are plagued by dynamic and complex forces ...

SEATTLE — You've probably heard more and more about “atmospheric rivers” in western Washington over the winter, but it is not a new weather event for the Pacific Northwest. An atmospheric river is a ...

How do rivers choose their path? Why do some rivers form single channels, while others divide into many threads? The questions may sound simple, but they are plagued by dynamic and complex forces that ...

Submarine canyons form in places where the seafloor is steepest, redefining how sediments and carbon travel to the depths of ...

California's historic severe drought, which is now entering its third year, is the latest dry spell to plague the nation's most populous state. But this week, a parched California is finally seeing ...