A team has created the most complete map of the world's rivers ever made offering a major leap forward for flood prediction, climate risk planning, and water resource management in a warming world.

Rivers around the world are quietly running out of oxygen — and climate change is emerging as the main culprit. A sweeping ...

Rivers have served as lifelines for civilizations throughout history, shaping landscapes and cultures across continents. These mighty waterways continue to fascinate researchers and explorers today, ...

A study published in Nature shows that many of the world's major river deltas are sinking faster than sea levels are rising, potentially affecting hundreds of millions of people in these regions. The ...

In the summer of 2022, extreme heat and unprecedented drought drove parts of the world’s third largest river, the Yangtze, to dry up. The impacts for hydropower, shipping and industry in China were ...