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Carbon capture and storage technology can catch carbon dioxide molecules from smokestacks before they enter the atmosphere. A recent report identified the Ohio River Valley as a potential hub where ...

Marin County’s water supply could get a healthy boost during wet years if a pipeline project initiated this week by the Marin Municipal Water District Board comes to fruition. On Tuesday, the board ...

A river "capture" event in the Himalayas 89,000 years ago caused so much erosion it may have pushed the peak of Everest up by 164 feet. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Wildlife officials have captured hundreds of invasive carp from the Mississippi River near Trempealeau, Wisconsin. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources announced Friday that ...

A huge atmospheric river over the Gulf of Alaska. Image: Michala Garrison, using VIIRS data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE, GIBS/Worldview, and the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership and data from ...

How did Mount Everest come to be the world’s tallest mountain, towering more than 200 metres above the next two highest peaks? Geologists suggest the mountain owes part of its extra height to two ...

Scientists have unlocked the mysteries behind nine rivers and lakes in North and South America that seem to "defy the rules of hydrology." In a paper published in Water Resource Research, researchers ...

(CNN) — Thousands of years ago in the Himalayas, a river ate a smaller river and gave an unexpected boost to Everest’s height, scientists have discovered. Mount Everest, or Chomolungma (“Goddess ...