News tagged with river discharge

Water levels dropping in some major rivers as global climate changes

Rivers in some of the world's most populous regions are losing water, according to a new comprehensive study of global stream flow. The study, led by scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 21, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (20) | comments 0

Pa. allows dumping of tainted waters from gas boom

(AP) -- The natural gas boom gripping parts of the U.S. has a nasty byproduct: wastewater so salty, and so polluted with metals like barium and strontium, that most states require drillers to get rid of the ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 5