Floods, Insufficient Water, Sinking River Deltas: Hydrologists Map Changing River Landscapes Across The Globe

A new study in Science by researchers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and University of Cincinnati has mapped 35 years of river changes on a global scale for the first time. The work has revealed that 44% of the largest, downstream rivers saw a decrease in how much water flows through them every year, while 17% of...