In search of the true source of the River Oxus, I journeyed to the Pamir Mountains, on the Afghanistan-Tajikistan border ...

Few locations on Earth are as haunting or deeply ironic as so-called involuntary parks — places too toxic, dangerous, or ...

Some of the world’s biggest megacities are located in river deltas threatened by subsidence due to excessive groundwater ...

Worldwide, millions of people live in river deltas that are sinking faster than sea levels are rising, research suggests.

ASTANA – The shrinking of the Caspian Sea is no longer just an environmental issue but an economic one. While sea levels have ...

You may be unfamiliar with the Aral Sea. However, once upon a time it was the third or fourth-largest (accounts differ) lake in the world. Located between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, the lake was ...

Vital infrastructure like water pipes and electrical lines run beneath rivers such as the Susquehanna and Chenango. Aging underwater pipes, some over 100 years old, have caused major service ...

Giant mosasaurs, once thought to be strictly ocean-dwelling predators, may have spent their final chapter prowling freshwater rivers alongside dinosaurs and crocodiles. A massive tooth found in North ...

In Astoria, sea lions are an endemic presence along the Columbia River banks and especially along the Port of Astoria’s East Mooring Basin. The port has experimented with several nonlethal methods for ...

Pacific Northwest sea lions got the spotlight in a Congressional hearing last week. The U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Natural Resources spent nearly two and a half hours Wednesday ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Washington Rep. Marie Glusenkamp Perez wants to explore more lethal removal options for sea lions. She joined a House Committee on Natural Resources hearing on Wednesday, where ...

Mirtalipova’s parable-like account of the Aral Sea’s dwindling waters makes for a startling story of ecological change. A series of seven opening maps chronologically establishes the dramatic ...