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10 Longest Rivers in the U.S.: From the Missouri to the Brazos
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 4 months agoMany people claim this, the Mississippi River, to be the longest in the United States. But the USGS...
Grand Canyon flood experiment helped restore beaches, delighting Colorado River runners
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 7 months agoGrand Canyon river runners enjoyed the best camping beaches in years this season, and a riverside...
'Slow water' could transform the Southwest, one little rock wall at a time
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe different between nature-inspired rock dams and hard infrastructure like concrete dams? They...
Ancient groundwater: Why the water you're drinking may be thousands of years old
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSome of North America’s groundwater is so old, it fell as rain before humans arrived here thousands...
The US has pumped so much groundwater that it's literally splitting the ground open across the...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 9 months agoA fissure tears open earth and roots in North Sulphur Springs Valley, Arizona.Joesph Cook/AZGS The...
A water strategy for the parched West: Have cities pay farmers to install more efficient irrigation...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 years agoLow-tech irrigation on a cattle ranch near Whitewater, Colo., June 30, 2021. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP...
Humans are depleting groundwater worldwide, but there are ways to replenish it
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 5 months agoRapid and accelerating groundwater level declines are widespread in dry climates where groundwater...
Agua Caliente Palm Springs spa to debut in April; cultural museum to open 'later' in 2023
The Desert Sun via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians will open its 40,000-square-foot "The Spa at Séc-he" at...
Worst level of drought expands into Austin area, water levels continue decline
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWe were supposed to get rain this week, and some of us did, but none of us seem to have anything to show for it. For all the excitement of seeing wet spots on pavement where water finally fell ...