Water & Oceans

A rainstorm can do far worse than dampen your mood.

The next 6 weeks or so will see the peak of the hurricane season along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers adopted new internal guidelines on Oct. 31, 2001, to standardize management of wetlands mitigation projects.

Flood maps for riparian areas and coastal zones are in need of significant improvement, according to a new National Academies report. The benefits of implementing the improvements would substantially outweigh the costs.

Reporters in some flood-prone communities now have a new forecast tool to help their audience anticipate floods.

El Nios occur when unusually warm water invades South and Central American coastal waters toward the end of the year.

Even very low concentrations of arsenic in drinking water can increase cancer risks. NAS release with link to report.

Drinking water sources, purification, and distribution systems are essential to public health, and failures could be catastrophic.

The Bureau of Reclamation announced laconically Sept. 12 that it had stepped up security at Hoover, Glen Canyon, and Grand Coulee dams.

There are places along the Mississippi River (e.g. New Orleans) where many people live in areas that would normally be flooded, were it not for levees or other flood control works.