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The San Juan River has carved deep, improbably curvy meanders into the desert landscape.

Human activities have become intertwined with how water is distributed across the continents. A new study brings their effects into…

Drought and an ailing aquifer were major topics of conversation when NASA scientists visited with farmers in the Texas High…

Dissolved organic matter and suspended sediment mingle in the southernmost extent of James Bay.

Snow drought and unusually warm temperatures in the Colorado Basin in 2026 helped drive down reservoir water storage in the…

The meandering Congaree River sustains towering forest ecosystems and fashions oxbow lakes as it shifts across its floodplain.

Drought in the Rio Grande basin contributed to New Mexico’s largest reservoir dwindling to its lowest level in decades.

Snow-capped mountains carved by deep river valleys preside over northwestern Washington state.

Sediment eroded from ice-capped mountains splays out across a broad river valley on Russia’s Severny Island.


