Living Paradigms is a series about what we can learn from the customs and cultural practices of others when it comes to solving problems. It is sponsored by Wonderstruck. Every year, when the monsoons ...

A new paper in Oxford Open Climate Change, published by Oxford University Press, uncovers evidence suggesting that, contrary to expectations, most U.S. cities are not doing too badly in avoiding ...

As the maps for the Mattagami River region have recently been updated with light detection and ranging (LiDAR) technology ...

If the recent floods caused a lot of hardship in the city, experts fear a bigger catastrophe in the future because major portions of the Yamuna's floodplain have been compromised by encroachments in ...

In the valley that the Mississippi River carves through the heart of America, one vital habitat is facing a multitude of threats. The river's floodplain forests grow in rich, complex soils; provide ...

A nationwide analysis of community-level floodplain development found that over two-million acres of floodplain were developed over the past two decades across the United States, with roughly half of ...

Over 1,500 acres of Yamuna floodplain have been reclaimed from encroachers between May 2022 and September 2023. Encroachment on the floodplain, crucial for the river's health and groundwater recharge, ...

The pedunculate oaks typical of Leipzig's floodplain forest and other German oak forests are struggling to regenerate in the understorey due to a lack of light. One reason for this is the absence of ...

DE SOTO - At the junction of Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa, there's a place called Reno Bottoms, where the Mississippi River spreads out from its main channel into thousands of acres of tranquil ...

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