Tag: rivers
New rain on its way to flooded rivers
Published 2023-08-12 22:57 fullscreen Crown Prince Haakon visited Hønefoss on Saturday, which was badly hit by storm Hans. In the picture, he is being informed about the situation by Paul…
Climate: the worrying warming of rivers
“The world has just experienced its hottest start to June on record, after a month of May very close – just 0.1°C – to the temperature record set”, recently reported…
Two weeks of extended fishing time for salmon and trout in the rivers
It is the Maritime and Water Authority that made the decision, which comes into force on 23 May. The authority states that it is better management of the fishing stocks…
New ‘rivers of the sky’ paralyze parts of California
Facts: Sky flood The rain and snow storms that now time and again reach the coast of North America are seen as an example of an atmospheric river (“atmospheric river”…
less and less ice covers lakes and rivers
Hit hard by climate change combined with a multi-decadal meteorological phenomenon, the American-Canadian Great Lakes are less and less permanently covered by ice. Like them, the St. Lawrence River and…
the bottoms of rivers and streams were concreted
LOS ANGELES The cost of the damage caused by the heavy rains that ravaged California is estimated to reach one billion dollars. The rains that started on Boxing Day lasted…
Loire, Seine, Garonne… Where do the names of our rivers come from?
WOULD YOU LIKE TO RECEIVE THIS NEWSLETTER FOR FREE? Click here Who knows ? For our ancestors, the Saône (Souconna) referred to a “sacred gush”; the Doubs (Dubis) to a…
Forest fires and dried up rivers – extreme drought in Europe
Right now, extreme drought is creating major problems around Europe. In several places, rivers are so dried up that ship transport is affected. In Great Britain, the multi-million dollar city…
Loire, Rhine, Thames… These European rivers very affected by drought
The Loire, the Garonne, the Rhine, the Thames… Everywhere in Europe the rivers show particularly low flows, while the heatwave episode continues in Western Europe. With a flow that does…
Surprise: plesiosaurs also lived in rivers with spinosaurs!
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