Black’s book on Harriet Tubman and the Combahee River raid, launched from Beaufort in June 1863, earned a Pulitzer Prize in ...

Research in recent years has identified issues affecting rivers and aquatic life in the Jefferson River Basin, including low dissolved oxygen, warm temperatures, algae blooms and nutrients.

Flooding has caused an average of more than 125 deaths per year in the United States over the past few decades, according to the National Weather Service, and flash floods ...

The Colorado River Basin Has Lost Enough Groundwater Alone To Fill Lake Mead Groundwater is running out at 2.4 times the speed of surface water.

Despite this, Famiglietti noted that in large portions of the Colorado River Basin, groundwater pumping remains unregulated and unmanaged.

As the Colorado River’s reservoirs have declined, even larger amounts of groundwater have been drained from aquifers. Using satellite data, scientists have estimated the vast water losses.

Even more impressive is the massive basin from which the river collects its water, spanning sections of 10 different states. Not surprisingly, water levels on the Missouri River fluctuate from ...

Not surprisingly, water levels on the Missouri River fluctuate from year to year and season to season, largely depending on precipitation patterns within upper and lower parts of the basin.

WATER LEVELS IN THE MISSOURI RIVER ARE STILL WELL BELOW AVERAGE, LOW ENOUGH TO LOWER THE RUNOFF FORECAST. U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS TODAY SAYS APRIL RUNOFF FOR THE MISSOURI RIVER BASIN WAS 48% ...

Nebraska authorities say two bodies pulled from the Missouri River are those of the last two girls who had been missing.

Officials: Bodies recovered from Missouri River in Omaha likely those of missing girls Three went missing in the water April 15; one was found over the weekend ...

Three girls are still believed to be missing in the Missouri River. Omaha fire and rescue and Bennington fire are resuming their search Wednesday morning.