Microorganisms that live in seafloor sediments deposited beneath periodically anoxic waters near the mouths of rivers could chronicle the years when those rivers flooded for extended periods.

The Los Angeles River's two recreation zones, 1.7-mile Elysian Valley and the 2-mile Sepulveda Basin, will be open sunrise to sunset this year from Memorial Day through Sept. 30.

The zones are part of a larger more than 20-year effort to revitalize and transform the LA River into a recreational greenway. Only non-motorized steerable boats, such as kayaks and canoe, are ...

Since efforts to reduce human and industrial pollution in the river started in the 1960s and ’70s, so-called “dead zones” in the waterway have been largely reduced as well. Those dead zones had been ...

If you're eating a salad in Buffalo, Boston or Cincinnati, there's a pretty good chance the lettuce was grown near the U.S. Mexico border with water from the Colorado River. But the river is in peril.

Flooding remains one of the most destructive natural disasters in the United States, causing billions of dollars in damage annually. For decades, the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) has ...

This is causing open water zones in mid-winter, and an earlier break-up of ice. Engram worked with colleagues to develop the river ice classification system from data across eight Alaska rivers.

The year-round “no wake” zone stretches from the western part of the Detroit River, near St. Aubin Park Marina, down to the eastern part of Belle Isle near Conners Creek.

Columbus Fire and E-M-S are implementing the zones to help those who may be in an emergency situation like drowning or stuck on the rocks due to the water rising, identify a marker to give 9-1-1 ...