In the valley that the Mississippi River carves through the heart of America, one vital habitat is facing a multitude of threats. The river's floodplain forests grow in rich, complex soils; provide ...

In the blue light before dawn on Sept. 27, Laura Mouser watched the waters of the French Broad River rise higher and higher, toward her home. Trees shook in the wind as the vast brown river poured ...

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A climate measuring station, a climate logger, is connected to a temperature and moisture sensor at a height of 2 metres. Cables lead down to a sensor, measuring the soil temperature and moisture. The ...

TEXAS (TEXAS TRIBUNE) – Almost 6 million Texans, or about 20% of the population, live in an area susceptible to flooding and one-fifth of the state's land is in a 100-year floodplain, according to ...

Waterbury flooded this July, though not as severely as during Tropical Storm Irene. A study commissioned by the town after Irene found that if a floodplain was built in Duxbury, the town could see ...

Moab is a growing town of 5,300 that up to 5 million people visit each year to hike nearby Arches and Canyonlands national parks, ride mountain bikes and all-terrain vehicles, or raft the Colorado ...

James Tolliver's home is more than 140 yards away from the Guadalupe River and it's not in the 100-year floodplain. On July 4th, the Guadalupe River didn't care. Tolliver awoke at 4 a.m. to the sound ...