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Aerial view of the excavations at Kemune with Bronze Age architecture partly submerged in the lake. Credit: University of Tübingen A team of German and Kurdish archaeologists have uncovered a 3,400-year-old Mittani Empire-era city once located on the Tigris River. The settlement emerged from the waters of the Mosul reservoir early this year as water levels fell rapidly due to extreme drought in Iraq. The extensive city with a…

In a bizarre incident, villagers and local fishermen saw a red BMW X6 SUV floating in the middle of the Cauvery river in Srirangapatna in Karnataka. The locals rushed to alert the police after suspecting an accident. The police summoned divers who went to check if someone was trapped inside the car. Here is what happened. After the divers checked and assured that there was no one trapped inside the car, the vehicle was recovered using cranes. The police took down the registration details through the transport…

Throughout history, important cities around the world have flourished along river banks. But rivers can also be destructive forces. They routinely flood, and on rare occasions, they can abruptly shift pathways.  These "channel-jumping" events, which are called avulsions, have caused some of the deadliest floods in human history.Avulsions on China's Yellow River killed over 6 million people in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Similar events have been linked to the decline of Mesopotamian civilization along the…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Humans have always had a complex relationship with rivers, which both fostered and threatened civilizations throughout history. Just recall Osiris, the ancient Egyptian god of death and rebirth, who was inextricably linked with the annual flooding of the Nile. …

Credit: CC0 Public Domain A partial skull that was discovered last summer by two kayakers in Minnesota will be returned to Native American officials after investigations determined it was about 8,000 years old. …

Breadcrumb Trail Links World Author of the article: Washington Post Hannah Knowles Publishing date: May 20, 2022  •  12 minutes ago  •  3 minute read  •  Join the conversation A fragment of a human skull believed to date back nearly 8,000 that was found by kayakers on the Minnesota River. Photo by Handout /Renville County Sheriff’s Office Article content The sheriff’s office suspected the brownish chunk of skull was human — perhaps the remains of a missing person. Officials…

Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Politics PMN News PMN Environment Author of the article: Reuters Krisztina Fenyo and Krisztina Than Article content NIZNA SLANA — P olluted water flowing from an iron ore mine in eastern Slovakia has turned the Slana River orange, killing fish and wildlife on a long stretch before it reaches Hungary in what is fast developing into an ecological disaster. Slovak authorities say they are taking steps to reduce the amount of polluted water stemming from the mine, which…

Article content Ontario Provincial Police are investigating after human remains were located in the Grand River in Dunnville, Ont. Police say officers were called to an address in Dunnville on Tuesday afternoon after human remains were found in the waters of the river. A post-mortem examination has been scheduled to determine the cause of death. The investigation is ongoing. Police say there is no threat to public safety. Article content Ontario Provincial Police are investigating after human remains were…

Under climate change, much of the Colorado River Basin is likely to see decreased snowpack and streamflows. Credit: Los Alamos National Laboratory New research predicts that changes in mountain snowmelt will shift peak streamflows to much earlier in the year for the vast Colorado River Basin, altering reservoir management and irrigation across the entire region.…

The Rhine River, the longest river in Germany, is featured in this colorful image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission. Each color in this image represents the average Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) value of an entire season between 2018 and 2021. Shades of red depict peak vegetation growth in April and May, green shows changes in June and July, while blue shows August and September. Credit: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2018-21), processed by ESA, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGOThe Rhine River, the…