River floods are becoming more likely globally because of climate change, but not in the waterway’s downstream sections where more people live. That’s according to a new study coauthored by a ...

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, ...

A new study has mapped 35 years of river changes on a global scale. The work has revealed significant effects on both downstream (44% decrease in water flow) and upstream (17% flow increase) rivers, ...

Less than two months after the removal of dams restored a free-flowing Klamath River, salmon have made their way upstream to begin spawning and have been spotted in Oregon for the first time in more ...

The first time I met former Children & Family Resource Center Executive Director Maurean Adams, she shared the “River Story” with me. As the story goes, a group of people were fishing on a beautiful ...

Frontline activists fight for clean water equity and climate justice across the U.S. There is a human connection to the rivers that flow through the heart of cities, towns, and rural areas. 50 years ...

MADRAS, Ore. (KTVZ) — Record numbers of nearly 1,000 adult steelhead returned to the Pelton Round Butte hydropower project on the Deschutes River during the 2024-2025 run, which ends this month, ...

WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis. (WSAW) - Consolidated Water Power Company (CWPCo) is temporarily lowering the water level of the river upstream of the Whiting Dam to repair a mechanical issue. “A failure ...

RANGELY, Colo.—The fossil fuel industry once boomed here. Oil pump jacks dot the landscape around the community and serve as a reminder of the town’s origins. Prairie dogs race across the two-lane ...

Upstream reservoirs in the Colorado River Basin might not have enough water to keep Lake Powell above a critical threshold indefinitely, federal officials have warned in recent weeks, as the West’s ...