Flood relief banks on age-old war
This is an interesting article in the news about tides and flooding in the Bay of Fundy in Canada. The funnel-shaped Bay of Fundy produces the highest tides in the world ... read more >>
Mackenzie River Delta, Canada
This is a great HIGH resulution picture of the Mackenzie River delta. Nasa takes pretty awesome pictures of rivers from time to time ... read more >>
Malaspina Glacier, Alaska
This is a landsat image with elevations, but it is still cool to look at. You really get a sense of how glaciers really do act as rivers ... read more >>
Ocean currents may offset global warming over coming decade
A team led by Noel Keenlyside at the Leibniz Institute for Marine Science in Germany focused on an ocean current known as the meridional overturning current or MOC. The current acts as a huge conveyor belt, bringing warm water into the North Atlantic and returning cold water to the south. ... read more >>
Antidunes video
People concerned with sediment transport usually run across dunes at some point. It is useful to note that they come in several forms, two of which are classified as "dunes" and "antidunes". This gives and example of antidunes, which are sand dunes that are in phase with the water flowing over them -- If I remember correctly. ... read more >>
River valleys and lakes on Titan, one of Jupiter's moons
This BBC article discusses similarities between the hydrological cycles of Jupiter's moon, Titan, and the earth. Apparently, the similarities are striking. ... read more >>
A Death Valley Stream Offers Insights Into Flooding And Climate Change
Death Valley may be known by its three superlatives: hottest, driest, and lowest – as in temperature, rainfall, and elevation in the United States. But it was the flow of water through the National Park that attracted Boston College Asst. Prof. of Geology and Geophysics Noah P. Snyder to the desert of eastern California. ... read more >>
Global Ocean Currents
Have you ever heard the term "conveyor belt" used to describe ocean currents? Whether you have or you haven't this picture is a great illustration to look at. Water is shared and moves through the global oceans all the time, and there is a general pattern to it. ... read more >>
Marmot Dam Removal, Sandy River, Oregon: Time-Lapse
AWESOME time series of an earthen dam collapse in Oregon. The whole thing is planned, and the dam is not the biggest one in the world or anything, but you don't get to see stuff like this all the time ... read more >>
How rogue waves work
This is a really good article from howstuffworks.com that talks about rogue waves. If you ever wondered why they appear or how they work, this is an interesting article ... read more >>
