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 ...

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.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Satellite image of the Irrawaddy River delta in Myanmar, a major rice growing area. European Space Agency, CC BY-SA Throughout ...

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, ...

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 ...