The biggest source of salty freshwater in D.C. and other major northern inland cities is an overapplication of road salt to ...

In 1871 Leland Stanford spied a lush wheat field on dry prairie in the central San Joaquin Valley. “Wonderful! Here we must ...

Shelved plans from ’60s for Tennessee Valley Authority project in N.C. unlikely to make comeback. Dam failures, costs and ...

North America's deepest gorge, Hells Canyon, which slithers along the border of Idaho and Oregon, is a surprisingly new ...

Kirt Kempter likes to tease conservation groups about their efforts to try to stop erosion in the Galisteo Basin. As a geologist, he contextualizes time a bit differently than other people. He knows ...

Working with volunteer citizen scientists from local communities, the Mississippi River Plastic Pollution Initiative records data on the state of plastic pollution along the rive to generate a ...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY)– The Virginia Living Museum announced Thursday that Moe, a 20-year-old North American River Otter, has passed away. In a Facebook post, the museum stated that Moe was ...

adding that "it all makes perfect sense" on a map of North American river systems. It didn't necessarily make perfect sense in real life, however. Parmenter says lines of latitude didn't take into ...

Bernou’s map shows the Black River just north of Fort McCoy ... as La Crosse was a traditional Native American sport and the modern La Crosse/Onalaska area was a primary game field for the ...

“It had been already raining for over a week, and then Helene hit, and the wind was so powerful and the rain just kept coming,” recalled Erin McCoombs, who lives in Asheville, North Caroli ...