The Shocking Power of Internal Tides Alongside the extraordinary fluvial discharges and the intense tidal currents, vigorous ...

The Nile and the Amazon are both long — no one is arguing that point — but scientists still don't agree on which one is actually longer. Some say the Nile, some say the Amazon. Explorer, filmmaker and ...

Ocean rise and changes in the Amazon River are ruining the way of life in an archipelago close to where the Amazon River runs into the Atlantic. In Bailique, locals are experiencing longer periods of ...

The Amazon River is unlike any other river on Earth. Its massive volumes of water feed the adjacent Amazon rainforest, make it impossible to build bridges over, and even raise the height of the ocean ...

In today’s modern age, it might be fair to assume that science has decisively answered some of the bigger questions regarding the natural world – or at least those dependent upon sheer physical ...

Maps and photos of the region show outstretched, wavy fingers of water extending up a handful of peaks from the confluence below. It was in this region that Jesuit missionary Cristoval de Acuna ...

As a punishing drought dries up stretches of the Amazon River, Brazil is resorting to dredging to try to keep food, medicine and people flowing along the watery superhighway. As a punishing drought ...