For years, the Prairie Pothole Region has bothered me in a very specific way. On a map, it looks like a normal landscape: fields, gentle slopes, small streams. But hydrologically, it behaves like ...

New paired studies from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities show that machine learning can improve the prediction of floods. The studies, published in Water Resources Research and the Proceedings ...

Hydrological models represent water movement in natural systems, and they are important for water resource planning and ...

Without the largest, cheapest 'reservoir,' Utah water managers expect to impose restrictions this summer.

The research was supported by the National Science Foundation, State of Minnesota Weather Ready Extension, and Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. The research was done in collaboration with the ...

River water and groundwater levels are low, but the thick ice remaining in the state's rivers presents a flood risk.

Hydrological models represent water movement in natural systems, and they are important for water resource planning and management. But ...

Longmont promotes xeriscaping and the use of native plants that require less irrigation. According to the city website, using drought-tolerant plants and applying mulch to retain soil moisture can ...

Meteorological winter was unseasonably warm across much of the contiguous U.S.

(NEW YORK) -- Cold and snowy conditions dominated the winter season in the Northeast with much of the region experiencing its coldest winter in a decade or more, and several cities seeing their ...

Atmospheric rivers carry unfathomable amounts of water across the sky, bringing moisture to drought-stricken regions like the Western U.S. But whether a particular incoming atmospheric river storm ...