Far from the rising seas that threaten the coast, people living behind inland levees are facing a climate-fueled risk that is ...

As ecosystem engineers, beavers build resilience into the landscape. Above ground, we can see changes wrought by beaver ponds ...

In the shadow of an imposing 27-foot earthen levee, a coyote slinks through tallgrass prairie. American coots, mallards and ...

Tropical storms and hurricanes are assigned names from alphabetical lists, often sounding soft and feminine. Historically, ...

What is the Dujiangyan irrigation system, which is over 2,000 years old and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and ...

Before the Erie canal was completed in 1825, it could take around three weeks to ship perishable goods between New York and Buffalo.

The crew is on year three of a five-year, legislatively directed initiative to assess levees across the state to help the ...

On windswept dunes inside Martian craters, such as Matara and Russell, the Red Planet wears a curious pattern that has long ...

CO₂ ice blocks on Mars may dig gullies as they slide and sublimate in the thin atmosphere. In lab experiments, scientists ...

Did life really exist on Mars after all? Unfortunately, there is no conclusive evidence for this yet. Nevertheless, it would ...

It is a time consuming, high effort and data intensive task to inspect a levee. That means it is also expensive. Thanks to ...

The National Hurricane Center on Friday said Tropical Storm Jerry was dropping torrents of rain on the Caribbean’s northern Leeward Islands while the season’s 11th named storm came in the form of ...