A team led by researchers at the University of Oxford has created the most complete map of the world's rivers ever made, offering a major leap forward for flood prediction, climate risk planning, and ...

The nearly 3 million rivers that weave across the world are experiencing rapid and surprising changes, with potentially drastic implications for everything from drinking water supplies to flood risks, ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A U.S.-French satellite that will map almost all of the world’s oceans, lakes and rivers rocketed into orbit Friday. The predawn launch aboard a SpaceX ...

One of the biggest environmental disasters that needs to be addressed ASAP is the immense plastic pollution in the oceans. According to the nonprofit organization The Ocean Cleanup Project, the best ...

The world's rivers flow like so many rainbows in a map by Hungarian cartographer Robert Szucs, who sells his creations as digital downloads on Etsy. The maps are scientifically accurate, with the ...

Globally 16% of rivers are in protected areas, such as the Merced River in Yosemite National Park, but much of the world has far lower levels of protection and large rivers have considerably lower ...

A map of the world can teach kids about so many things — not just different countries in the world, but also where they live in comparison to other countries, features of different countries and how ...

Global map of the GRIT network. The network is shown for all reaches wider than 30 m as well as their downstream segments. The width is scaled by partitioned drainage area here for visualization ...

A U.S.-French satellite that will map almost all of the world’s oceans, lakes and rivers rocketed into orbit Friday. The predawn launch aboard a SpaceX rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in ...