Powerful floodwaters carried landslide debris down the Min River, leaving boulders perched atop what remains of this bridge. (Santa Barbara, Calif.) — On May 12, 2008, the magnitude 7.9 Wenchuan ...

On May 12, 2008, the magnitude 7.9 Wenchuan Earthquake shook central China, its destructive tremors spreading from the flank of the Longmen Shan, or Dragon's Gate Mountains, along the eastern margin ...

On May 12, 2008, the magnitude 7.9 Wenchuan earthquake shook central China, its destructive tremors spreading from the flank of the Longmen Shan, or Dragon's Gate Mountains, along the eastern margin ...

As the scale and severity of environmental issues become more obvious, lawmakers are experimenting with new ways to protect nature. One approach that has gone from blue-sky debate to meaningful ...

Rivers naturally flow downhill. They descend from mountain peaks toward the ocean, winding around obstacles rather than plowing straight through them. Yet Utah's Green River defies this basic ...

Rivers always take the easy route. Most start in the highlands before submitting to gravity and flowing down towards the sea, weaving around whatever obstacles they might find in their path. But the ...