Extensive research has been conducted on the effects of anthropogenic practices on lowland rivers and floodplains; particularly regarding planform changes, only a few studies have utilized detailed ri...

Figures obtained by a Freedom of Information request lay bare the sheer scale of disruptions caused by flooding last year

Instability, cuts, and a looming sense of dread have FEMA employees unsure the agency is ready for hurricanes, fires, and floods. “We are being set up for a really, really bad situation," says one.

Brief moment of relief as rescue workers carry a woman from the rubble of a hotel in Mandalay after a five-hour operation * Myanmar earthquake: What we know so far A woman trapped beneath the remains of a hotel building for nearly 60 hours after a devastating earthquake struck Myanmar was pulled alive from the rubble on Monday, officials said, in a rare moment of hope for rescue teams scrambling to find survivors. Rescuers, many of them unequipped volunteers, have spent days trying to free people from buildings collapsed following Friday’s huge earthquake, which killed more than 1,700 people in the country and at least 18 in neighbouring Thailand. Continue reading...

Robert D. Bullard reflects on the movement he helped to create

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We mapped daily streamflow from 1984 to 2018 in approximately 2.9 million rivers to assess recent changes to global river systems. We found that river outlets were dominated by significant decreases i...

The response of flood risk in Bavaria, Germany to increases in rainfall extremes in a warming climate is modulated by land surface processes below a precipitation threshold, but not above, suggest ens...