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Seascapes, fisheries, ports, and watery borders in global perspective.
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The olden days come alive in Pine River
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The American Borders Drawn By A River That Moved
19+ hour, 55+ min ago (1001+ words) The river it was written for then ignored the ruling completely, which is where this stops being a legal principle and starts being a farce. The doctrine has two halves and the Supreme Court laid both out in 1892. If a…...
Lost in the Namib desert, this ship still held 2,000 gold coins and 17 tons of copper
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (433+ words) The Namib’s landscape could easily belong in a science fiction movie — endless dunes, otherworldly colors, and now, a centuries-old ship resting miles from the sea. In the heart of this barren expanse, researchers recently examined a large wooden hull that…...
Why The Everglades Is Actually A River
4+ day, 23+ hour ago (885+ words) The catch is that Douglas got two of her five words wrong, and the corrections are more interesting than the phrase. That is the whole mechanism, and it is why the Everglades exists at all. A river needs a source,…...
Community involvement sought for lower Snake River archaeological project
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (724+ words) Jennifer Rankin, director of archaeology at the Minnesota Historical Society, shares updates about a lower Snake River survey at a Pine City Area History Association meeting on Aug. 30. A lower Snake River archaeological project spearheaded by the Minnesota Historical Society,…...
The Largest Dams In North America
5+ day, 7+ hour ago (365+ words) Some of North America's largest dams rise hundreds of feet from their foundations, holding back reservoirs that supply cities, generate electricity, and regulate major rivers. The dams below are ranked by their maximum structural height from foundation to crest. That…...
Preserving the soul and waterways that keep history alive
5+ day, 17+ hour ago (703+ words) Mu Li usually wakes to the sound of running water. "When I was a child, we fetched drinking water from the river before 6 am. After that, the river was for washing vegetables and clothes," recalls Mu, who was born and…...
The American Rivers That No Longer Reach The Ocean
6+ day, 4+ hour ago (1065+ words) One distinction first, because it matters. Some rivers never reached an ocean and were never supposed to. These are the ones that used to. The Colorado stopped reaching the Gulf of California regularly in the 1960s, as the big dams filled....
Spokane Public Library and Spokane Tribe showcase salmon's past, present and future in new exhibit
6+ day, 13+ hour ago (132+ words) Poster from Spokane Library SPOKANE, Wash. — The Spokane Public Library and the Spokane Tribe of Indians are partnering to present a new exhibit that examines the deep connection between tribal communities and Spokane River salmon across generations. The opening reception…...