Nearly all of the pollution — 96 percent — comes from rivers in developing countries. High plastic use, mismanagement of ...

Microplastics in rivers surge with heavy rain, and a new global estimate finds 96% of the flow to the ocean starts in ...

As the Guardian launches a year-long project, Our Rivers, we take stock of the issues facing waterways around the world ...

The same amount of rain falling on the same landscape at different times can send very different amounts of water into its ...

See how U.S. rivers look when resized by water flow, revealing the dominance of the Mississippi and the surprisingly thin rivers of the West.

Atmospheric rivers—those long, narrow bands of water vapor in the sky that bring heavy rain and storms to the U.S. West Coast and many other regions—are shifting toward higher latitudes, and that's ...

Analysis of global resources reveals depletion in world’s water savings bank to 42% below normal levels last year ...

Paddlers and anglers alike frequent Abbotts Creek for its excellent fishing and scenic views. Now, 130 acres of farm and forest land along this important Yadkin River tributary are permanently […] ...