Rivers

The water level sensor can be operated with solar cells and then works completely stand alone with no maintenance. Credit: Makan Karegar/University of Bonn Researchers at the University of Bonn have developed a method that allows the water level of rivers to be monitored around the clock. The cost-effective sensor is for instance suitable for area-wide flood warning systems. The study has been published in the journal Water…

As I wandered past empty homes plastered with “No Trespassing” signs, I could see the economic logic of the island’s “planned deconstruction.” At the same time, the injustice was pretty glaring. The Biloxi and the Choctaw had come to Louisiana after they’d been dispossessed of ancestral lands farther east. The Isle de Jean Charles band had been able to live peacefully on the island only because it was too isolated and commercially irrelevant for anyone else to take an interest in. The band had had no say in the dredging…

The river is an important topic from the exam’s point of view. Here we are presenting some exams-oriented questions based on the topic of Rivers Of the African Continent. This topic belongs to the world geography section. These questions are based on the analysis of the previous year’s question papers on government exams like SSC CGL, RAILWAY, BANKING, and other related exams. These questions will enhance the knowledge of the candidates preparing for the upcoming exams. Que 1. In which of the following countries is the…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeDir: Ruben Östlund. Starring: Harris Dickinson, Charlbi Dean, Dolly de Leon, Zlatko Burić, Henrik Dorsin, Vicki Berlin, Woody Harrelson. 15, 147 minutes.This year’s Palme d’Or winner, Triangle of Sadness, is a class satire atop a river of vomit and faeces. A handful of the ultra-rich – among them a tech bro, a grenade manufacturer, and a (literal) manure peddler – have sailed off on a…

Amazon warehouses have been noted in reports to be high-stress workplaces, leading to major unionization efforts. Amazon, on the other hand, has actively worked to stifle any hint of organized labor.Photo: Michael M. Santiago (Getty Images)Another New York-based Amazon facility rejected calls for unionization Tuesday, showing just how hard it is for organized labor to make headway in today’s polarized environment, as well as how effective Amazon’s anti-union activities have become.During a vote that took place Tuesday…

For more than a century, the 3.5 million miles of rivers that snake across the U.S. were treated like open sewers and garbage cans, leaving them steeped in oil, paint, fertilizer, feces and other refuse. Fires that ignited riverine trash were widely considered an acceptable cost of industry, a sign of abundant jobs and economic growth. And there was a common (and erroneous) belief that “dilution was the solution to pollution,” meaning that waterways had an endless ability to absorb our waste and flush it away. But by the…

by Angelina Tittmann, Leibniz-Institut für Gewässerökologie und Binnenfischerei (IGB) The new Hydrography 90m stream segments across the Po River drainage basin in Italy. Darker stream segment colours indicate a higher stream order. The background map indicates the elevation across the drainage…

(A) Gross power potential of Great Britain by river network and (B) total power density by historical county, calibrated by historical precipitation and evaporation measurements. Credit: Tara Jonell. Britain's transition from water power to coal-based steam power set the stage for the 19th century Industrial Revolution, which transformed much of Europe and North America into predominantly urban and industrialized societies.…

Scientists say that the economic cost of the rivers’ decimation is only part of the problem. The less water in the water system as a whole, explains Gabriel Singer, an ecologist at University of Innsbruck, Austria, the less dilution for salts and the slower a river flows. This leads to higher saline content and higher water temperatures, which can be lethal for many species of riverine life, such as Danube salmon, barbel, and European grayling, among many others.Higher temperatures also feed algae blooms, Singer explains,…

Elon Musk says that Tesla Cybertruck is going to be “waterproof enough” to cross rivers and serve as a boat for short periods of time. It looks like Musk read Electrek this morning when we reported on the world’s first fully electric amphibious 8×8 XTV vehicle because he quickly announced that the Tesla Cybertruck will pretty much be amphibious. The Tesla CEO announced on Twitter today: Cybertruck will be waterproof enough to serve briefly as a boat, so it can cross rivers, lakes and even seas that aren’t too…