From the smallest creak to the mightiest waterways, rivers have shaped the natural world and the course of human civilization. But a river’s only consistent attribute is change, and it’s precisely ...

Satellite image of the Irrawaddy River delta in Myanmar, a major rice growing area. European Space Agency, CC BY-SA Throughout history, important cities around the world have flourished along river ...

Associate Professor of History Debjani Bhattacharyya, PhD, has overcome the challenges of social distancing in her usually hands-on course Rivers in History, using ingenuity and advanced technology.

Humans have always had a complex relationship with rivers, which both fostered and threatened civilizations throughout history. Just recall Osiris, the ancient Egyptian god of death and rebirth, who ...

A river's only consistent attribute is change. As the Greek philosopher Heraclitus remarked, 'No man ever steps in the same river twice.' Although this dynamic nature is often out of sight and mind, ...

MITIGATED THE IMMEDIATE DANGERS... BUT OFFICIALS BELIEVE THE RIVER STILL POSES A DANGER WORTH MONITORING. IT'S CONSIDERED A GEOLOGICAL ANOMALY. IN MAY OF 2006, MOTHER NATURE RE- SHAPING A RIVER RIGHT ...

Large floods will sometimes force a river to jump course and forge a new path across the landscape, in rare and catastrophic events known as river avulsions. These events can wipe out entire cities ...

Large floods will sometimes force a river to jump course and forge a new path across the landscape, in rare and catastrophic events known as river avulsions. Scientists have now published a global ...