Friday, October 15, 2010

A River Ran Through It

A River Ran Through It
Fri, 15 Oct 2010 09:14:00 -0500

Aerial image of the dry Colorado Rive delta near the Sea of Cortez.

Rivers and streams supply the lifeblood to ecosystems across the globe, providing water for drinking and irrigation for humans as well as a wide array of life forms from single-celled organisms up to the fish humans eat.

But humans and nature itself are making it tough on rivers to continue in their central role to support fish species, according to new research by a team of scientists including John Sabo, a biologist at Arizona State University.

Globally, rivers and streams are ...

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