Long after tectonic plate movement has created mountains, forces such as weather and river erosion can continue to shape a landscape. One such landscape is the Colorado Plateau, which spans more than ...

The gradual erosion of layers of rock by rivers flowing through the Appalachian Mountains generates biodiversity of freshwater fish species, suggests a new Yale-led study that offers insight into the ...

It's anyone's guess as to when the Minnesota River will stop growing. Stretches of its eastern bend, not far from Mankato, have more than doubled in size since the 1940s. Several homes that were built ...

PALMER — State transportation officials say they’re planning emergency repairs next week for an erosion-threatened section of the Glenn Highway near Sutton and are monitoring two other sites closely.

Oklahoma City has blocked off parts of the West River Trail in west Oklahoma City while crews assess and repair erosion damage along the North Canadian River's banks. Due to the heavy rainfall in ...

Scientists working on new ways to battle the erosion that threatens Louisiana's coastline have a dramatic new tool: a massive replica of the lower Mississippi River. The Louisiana State University's ...

State and federal officials want public input on a plan to fix excessive erosion and ecosystem degradation in the Lower Osage River. The Lower Osage Ecosystem Restoration Feasibility Study will be the ...

NAPAKIAK, AK - August 11: Michelle Black practices writing her name on her first day of kindergarten. (Photo by Katie Basile for The Washington Post) This story originally appeared in the Washington ...

A new study from University of Pennsylvania researchers explains the geophysics behind how rivers resist erosion. Published in the journal Nature Communications, the team found that a phenomenon ...

Marysville, Calif., farmer Brad Foster stood at the eroded edge of the Feather River recently and contemplated how he was going to pull his water pumps out of the soggy, collapsed river bank. “We’ll ...

The school in Napakiak sits a mere 78 feet from the rapidly eroding shoreline of the Kuskokwim River. July 23, 2021 in Napakiak, Alaska. (Katie Basile/KYUK) Federal officials met with tribal leaders ...