The department is working on longer-term solutions with seven consultants that include looking at each drainage basin within the ... No written documents, no maps, no photos, nothing to review ...

Peatlands around the globe hold more carbon than all the world’s forests, and yet new research reveals a much lower ...

Storms now pounding Southern California are raising the specter of more danger for residents—debris flows in areas already ...

Flooding poses a major hazard to Kentucky communities, particularly in low-lying areas along the Green River and Kentucky River basins. Floodwaters can lead to road closures, property damage and ...

Marcel, B. (2025) Factors behind the Upsurge in Flooding in Abobo (Abidjan-Côte d’Ivoire). Journal of Geoscience and ...

As wildfires burn the landscape, they prime slopes for debris flows: powerful torrents of rock, mud and water that sweep downhill with deadly momentum.

Our journey through Iowa’s 99 counties began in January with a visit to Kossuth County in the north, which is not the only location named after Lajos Kossuth, Hungary’s freedom fighter during the ...

A new study finds only 17 per cent of the world’s peatlands are in protected areas, a vast under-protection considering how critical they are to carbon storage, biodiversity and water regulation. But ...

The Tampa City Council voted to support spending an additional $500,000 a year on storm drain maintenance as residents called for more information about why so much flooding occurred this past ...

The Atascadero City Council unanimously approved the 26-acre Del Rio Ranch outdoor resort — which includes commercial space, 98 RV spaces and 70 glamping sites for cabanas, cabins and airstream ...

Peatlands are important — the UN Environment Programme estimates as much as 600 billion tonnes of carbon are stored there, as decaying organic material gets trapped inside a water-rich environment.