Record Heat Meets a Major Snow Drought Across the West
At this point in a typical year, as the seasons officially turn from winter to spring, snowpack would…
Great Lakes Otters Are a Conservation Success Story with Populations Flourishing in US and Ontario
A river otter the moment it was released into the Rio Grande – Credit J.N. Stuart, CC 2.0.…
Dani Guindo’s Dramatic Aerial Photos Reveal the Ghostly Outline of an Icelandic Glacier — Colossal
In the spectacular, lofty photos of Dani Guindo, heavy clouds and mercurial pools glow amid an Icelandic landscape.…
Durango braces for a water crisis coming after historically low snowpack (Opinion)
Denver never stops seeking more water for its burgeoning population. But Durango, a town of 19,000 people across…
Feds pursue own Colorado River management plans with states at impasse
Absent a crucial but elusive consensus among the seven Colorado River states, federal authorities are forging ahead with…
Young Atlantic Salmon Seen in Three English Rivers for First Time in a Decade
A salmon running in Scotland – credit, CC 4.0. BY, Oakley Considered critically endangered in Britain, young salmon…
Footage of River Otter Scurrying Through Lincoln–a Delightful Reward for Decades of Conservation Work
credit – Lincoln Council, screengrab In the dreamy old city center of Lincoln, where Tudor and Victorian buildings…
Town on the Banks of the Nile Turns Flooding into Fortune
Bor, South Sudan – credit, CC 4.0. BY-SA Leroy Playpus In South Sudan, on the banks of the…
Cumberland County residents oppose Fuquay-Varina’s water request
At a Fayetteville hearing on Fuquay-Varina’s request to take water from the Cape Fear River basin, speakers told…
Beavers were brought to the desert to save a dying river. Six years later, here are the results.
It’s not easy being a river in the desert under the best of circumstances. The ecosystem exists in…
Invasive weed posing ‘tremendous risk’ to CT spreads to fragile waterways. It crushes native plants. – Hartford Courant
Another summer has produced mixed results in the fight against hydrilla, the pernicious, aquatic weed choking the Connecticut…
Arctic Rivers Are Turning an Eerie Orange, and This Might Be Why
Researchers have long believed that frozen environments slow chemical reactions, but new research challenges this belief. In a…