River beds that can shift naturally are more efficient carbon sinks than straightened rivers. It takes about 8500 years for a grain of sand from the Andes to be washed across the Argentine lowlands ...

WASHINGTON -- The Missouri River should meander freely along some stretches, returning to the conditions that existed before dams and channels created barge traffic routes, the National Research ...

ELK CITY, Idaho — In most river and floodplain restoration projects, meanders are restored to stream beds that have been straightened over the decades. But the opposite could happen in a 2-mile ...