The U.S. boasts more than 4 million miles of rivers, peppered with laws and regulations to protect access to drinking water and essential habitat for fish and wildlife. But in the first comprehensive ...

U.S. rivers are running hot. A new analysis of nearly 1,500 river locations over more than 40 years found that the frequency, intensity and duration of heat waves is increasing in streams across the ...

Rivers in America are "running hot," the outlet began. That's according to a new analysis published in a peer-reviewed journal, the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). Researchers ...

Decades' worth of water-quality improvements seem to be paying off in the Chicago River. New research, published in the Journal of Great Lakes Research and reported on by Shedd Aquarium via Phys.org, ...

"Will it be treated?" Amazon sparks backlash with concerning plans along major US river: 'I would want to know' first ...

A Penn State-led research team found that rivers are experiencing heatwaves at higher frequency and intensity than air heatwaves, which could have serious implications for aquatic life — and the lives ...