River rafters say big California snowmelt means epic season
COLOMA, Calif. (AP) — Triple Threat. Deadman’s Drop. Satan’s Cesspool. After years of drought, the rapids along California's American River are truly living up to their…
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Did a Military Lab Spill Anthrax Into Public Waterways? New Book Reveals Details of a…
By Alison Young
Unsterilized laboratory wastewater from the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases at Fort Detrick, Maryland, spewed out the top…
Alaska’s Arctic Waterways Are Turning a Foreboding Orange
This story originally appeared on High Country News and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.Dozens of once crystal-clear streams and rivers in Arctic Alaska are now running bright…
Housebuilders hit out at UK rules to protect waterways
On the outskirts of Norwich in eastern England, developer John Ingram stood in a field of sugar beet where he wanted to build 10 family homes for a city that suffers from a shortage of…
A Strange, Endangered Ecosystem Hides in Underground Waterways
India’s Western Ghats—a mountain chain that runs down the country’s southwestern coast—may also struggle. The Western Ghats are home to many unusual subterranean freshwater fish, including…