Peacock’s “Long Bright River” takes place in Philadelphia’s Kensington, a low-income neighborhood that has been devastated by the opioid epidemic. Homeless encampments often line Kensington Avenue, ...

Whitewater rafting along the rapids of West Virginia's New River is fueling the revival of a region that once roared to the rhythm of coal cars. Larry Nibert, a rafting guide and descendant of coal ...

Scientists assessed harmful effects on Amazonian fish after a barge capsized in 2013 with approximately 60,000 liters of petroleum asphalt cement in Manaus. Although the concentration of the ...

A jarring amount of waste flows from a Toronto river into one of the Great Lakes—one very, very, very tiny piece at a time, a new study from the University of Toronto suggests. "Urban rivers are ...

Common flood management tactics risk doing more harm than good without improved monitoring and understanding of rivers, according to a new study co-authored by Simon Fraser University researchers.