This article was originally published with the title “ Hearson's Water Gauge for Boilers ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 8 No. 20 (January 1853), p. 156 doi:10.1038 ...

The first mission to survey nearly all of the water on Earth’s surface launched Friday. The international Surface Water and Ocean Topography mission lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base ...

California’ s Central Valley- one of the nation’ s most critical agricultural regions and home to over 1.3 million people- is prone to flooding. The research, published June 4 in the Journal of Flood ...

The current water level at the Carrollton Gauge is 11.3 feet and the National Weather Service's latest forecast shows the river cresting March 4, at 12. 3 feet.