Human activities add large quantities of nitrogen to the environment, much of which gets washed into streams and rivers.

Like cows and humans, even our rivers can be gassy. A “Nature” paper co-authored by researchers at the Yale School of the Environment last month quantified the methane contributions of all the world’s ...

Methane is a potent greenhouse gas. A global data analysis measuring the large quantities of methane released by rivers and streams shows that emissions depend on their connections to the surrounding ...

Yangjaecheon has become a representative ecological stream where residents visit day and night, but it was once treated as a “hated facility.” The area around the stream was barren with no green ...

The dry-looking stream in your backyard may play a major role in feeding U.S. rivers. Channels that flow only in direct response to weather conditions like heavy rain, called ephemeral streams, on ...

An aerial view of the rust-colored Kutuk River in Gates of the Arctic National Park in Alaska. Thawing permafrost is exposing minerals to weathering, increasing the acidity of the water, which ...

CLIMATEWIRE | Atlantic salmon are known for making one of nature’s most remarkable journeys. Each year, hordes of them surge from the ocean into Canada’s rivers and streams, swimming back to their ...