Rivers
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Earth
Quantifying the way rivers bends may identify the origin of channels on other planets.
Credit: Lee Patrick of Pexel Whether it’s a river that blocks the earth, a lava that melts rocks, or water that slices ice, it twists and bends in a similar, reciprocating way. However, a new study led by scientists at the University of Texas at Austin found that the channels carved into the river had curves that were actually cut…
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Atmosphere Rivers describe the atypical years of El Niño and La Niña
Credit: NOAA GOES-WEST El Niño and La Niña are climatic phenomena associated with wet, dry winter conditions in the southwestern United States, respectively. However, in 2023, La Niña year was found to be very wet in the southwest rather than dry. A new study from scientists at the Oceanography Institute in San Diego, California found that atmospheric rivers account for…
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New Tool Helps Decision Makers Predict Colorado River’s Future
Water flowing through the Colorado River near Moab, Utah. Courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey. The Colorado River is a vital source of water for the western United States, providing drinking water to homes and irrigation water to farms in seven states, but the watershed is increasingly affected by climate change and drought. A new computational tool developed by a…
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