Many factors are involved in how a river behaves and the creation of a river delta. Firstly, of course, there is the river itself. What kind of material does it transport to the delta? Does this ...

River deltas and Lake Ayakum in Tibet are featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 27 crew member on the International Space Station. The Tibetan Plateau contains numerous lakes that dot ...

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Research by Indiana University geologists suggests that an intermediate amount of vegetation -- not too little and not too much -- is most effective at stabilizing freshwater ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Great white egrets stand in the wetlands surrounding New Orleans. Land in this area of the Mississippi River Delta is sinking, ...

From the Yellow River in China to the Mississippi River in Louisiana, researchers are racing to better understand and mitigate the degradation of some of the world’s most important river deltas, ...

Satellite data shows the ground is sinking beneath many of the world’s biggest river delta cities, worsening flood and sea-level rise risks.

This is the second in a series on river deltas and food production. In the first post, I focused on how rivers create deltas and how deltas often provide ideal conditions for agriculture. Overall, ...

The world’s most economically and environmentally important river deltas are sinking, putting millions of people at risk of flooding. In most cases, the sinking of river deltas poses a greater threat ...