Sue Vorenberg There is no scientific field called "river psychology," but that hasn't stopped Peter Vorobieff and his colleagues from trying to figure out why rivers behave the way they do. The ...

Sinuous, meandering streams produce diverse and wildlife-rich habitats and are the aim of many river restoration efforts, but until now, the bank, water flow and sediment conditions required to form ...

Restoring rivers to their natural state is now hit-and-miss, primarily because scientists don't really know what makes a river meander. A scale model using alfalfa sprouts to represent vegetation now ...