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Swim to Sea? These Salmon Are Catching a Lift
California’s drought has left rivers too shallow for salmon, so the government is trucking and barging them to the sea in the hope they will return.
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Paying for giant Nile dam itself, Ethiopia thwarts Egypt but takes risks
Ethiopia's bold decision to pay for a huge dam itself has overturned generations of Egyptian control over the Nile's waters, and may help transform one of the world's poorest countries.
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Imagine Rivers Full of Migrating Fish
Make no mistake: when it comes to migratory fish, sometimes science requires the art of imagination. Conservation planner Josh Royte celebrates World Fish Migration Day and the hope offered by river restoration.
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Protecting the Amargosa: From Suspicion to Support for a Desert River
Anti-environmental sentiments in rural Nevada have been in the news a lot lately. Here's a different narrative. In the Mojave Desert of remote Nevada and California, conservationists are part of the community and working to overcome suspicion to protect a vibrant river.
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Bosnia and Serbia floods are the Worst in a Century
At least 20 people are feared dead in Bosnia-Hercegovina and Serbia after the worst floods in more than a century.
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How the Colorado River Finally Reached the Sea Again
This week, for the first time in decades, the Colorado River flowed to its natural end in the Gulf of California. But it was the opposite of a natural event. The artificially engineered "pulse flow" that pushed the waters all the way to the Gulf required an unprecedented collaboration between the U.S. and Mexico, wading into a complex body of laws around a basic question: to whom does a river belong?
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Alaska Fishing Trips With Mark Glassmaker
Professional guided Alaska fishing trips and fishing lodge accommodation nestled amongst the beautiful Kenai Peninsula.
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Nine-Year-Old Dies from Rare Brain-Eating Amoeba
Hally Yust, nine, of Spring Hill, Kan., died after contracting an infection—called primary amoebic meningoencephalitis—that develops from the rare "brain-eating" Naegleria fowleri amoeba found in warm freshwater lakes and rivers. According to the Center for Disease Control, there have been fewer than 200 reported cases of the infection in the U.S. in the past five decades.
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Los Angeles River: From Concrete Ditch to Urban Oasis
It's mostly treated wastewater. The rapids aren't much. But a $1 billion restoration offers hope for the river's future.
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Habitat Fragmentation and Species Extirpation in Freshwater Ecosystems; Causes of Range Decline of the Indus River Dolphin
Habitat fragmentation of freshwater ecosystems is increasing rapidly, however the understanding of extinction debt and species decline in riverine habitat fragments lags behind that in other ecosystems. The mighty rivers that drain the Himalaya - the Ganges, Brahmaputra, Indus, Mekong and Yangtze - are amongst the world’s most biodiverse freshwater ecosystems.
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The not-so-mighty Colorado River?
It used to make the desert bloom for vegetables and provide ample water for LA and Phoenix. But it's no longer up to the task.
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Kayakers Lose Control in Drainage Ditch
River Roots GoPro footage of Ben Marr and Rush Sturges losing control at 72 KMH (45MPH) down a drainage ditch near Vancouver, British Columbia.
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Southwest braces as Lake Mead water levels drop
Once-teeming Lake Mead marinas are idle as a 14-year drought steadily drops water levels to historic lows. Officials from nearby Las Vegas are pushing conservation, but are also drilling a new pipeline to keep drawing water from the lake. Hundreds of miles away, farmers who receive water from the lake behind Hoover Dam are preparing for the worst. The receding shoreline at one of the main reservoirs ...
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Vanishing canyon has 50 years left
Geologists say the Daan River, which floods regularly and violently, will wipe the gorge off the map in 50 years
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Clean Ganga drive: Toxin sensors to send alerts about effluents level
Ganga is considered as the holiest of holy rivers, serving as a gateway for souls to escape the cycle of rebirth and attain salvation. But today, the grim reality is that the sacred river is more like a flowing mess.
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World’s Largest Dam Removal Unleashes U.S. River After Century of Electric Production
The last section of dam is being blasted from the Elwha River on Washington's Olympic Peninsula on Tuesday.
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Pilots of the Pacific Graveyard
Along one of the world's busiest and most treacherous shipping lanes, fifteen men risk life and limb on a daily basis to guide colossal cargo ships to safety.
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Massive Canadian Mining Waste Spill Was Nearly 70 Percent Larger Than Previous Estimates
The August spill led to water bans for hundreds of Canadians.
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Trip on the Allagash river last July 2014 with my 75 year old day and two other friends
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‘Argo’ in the Congo: The Ghosts of the Stanleyville Hostage Crisis
Fifty years ago, African mercenaries, American pilots, and Cuban CIA contractors attempted one of the largest hostage rescue missions in history.
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