The Chicago River was re-engineered in the late 1800s to flow backward. But it can be turned around during heavy rainfall events. Here’s how and why.

With his 3D printed adapter, you can produce laminar flow from any garden hose. If you haven’t heard the term before, laminar flow is to water what a laser is to light.

There are two main types of fluid flow - laminar flow, in which the fluid flows smoothly in layers, and turbulent flow, which is characterised by chaotic motion and large amounts of mixing. In ...

Does the Amazon River Flow Backward? It’s a question that often sparks curiosity among explorers, scientists, and anyone fascinated by the mysteries of our planet. Although most major rivers on ...

The Eagle River seems to have largely recovered from an Aug. 16 sediment flow. The sediment, flowing into the river from Alkali Creek just west of Wolcott, muddied the river almost to Eby Creek in ...

The Army Corps has used this strategy before. Salt water in the Gulf of Mexico, which is much denser than the freshwater flowing in the Mississippi, usually pushes up the river every 10 years ...

The river’s flow has decreased an estimated 10.3% because of higher temperatures, and the researchers warned that the water supply is set to shrink further as warming driven by the burning of ...

Although Eagle River Watershed Council hasn’t yet, in its four-year history, encountered multiple peak flow events, it has celebrated Christensen as the contest winner. In 2019, he won the contest and ...