Ask any South American dinosaur which way the Amazon River flows and she would have told you east-to-west, the opposite of today. That's the surprising conclusion of researchers studying ancient ...

A new method for predicting how rainfall contributes to river flow across the entire US has been developed by an ...

Timpishka, a 4-mile river so hot it can kill within seconds — yet there’s no volcano or geothermal vent nearby to explain it.

Ocean rise and changes in the Amazon River are ruining the way of life in an archipelago close to where the Amazon River runs into the Atlantic. In Bailique, locals are experiencing longer periods of ...

Falling water levels in the rivers and lakes of the Brazilian Amazon are restricting the flow of ships and boats, the main form of transport in the region and the only means of access to health and ...

(CN) — Rivers are undergoing a dramatic transformation worldwide, with headwater streams swelling and downstream basins shrinking. A comprehensive study published Thursday in Science has mapped 2.9 ...

Drought affects grain exports and essential supplies in Manaus Sixty-two municipalities in Amazonas state under emergency, over half a million affected Hydropower plants sapped, daylight saving time ...

The Amazon River is the world's second-longest river and one of the planet's most significant waterways. It contains more fresh water by volume than any other river, is home to the world's largest ...

Hydropower is the dominant source of energy in the Amazon region, the world's largest river basin and a hotspot for future hydropower development. However, a new study warns that in the coming decades ...

Faisal Hossain receives funding from NASA. Hörður Bragi Helgason, Pritam Das, and Shahzaib Khan do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would ...