Tag: National Science Foundation

Results show a need to revise existing methods for calculating flood risk. The Truckee River in Reno, Nevada, during high flow conditions after a storm (Photo credit: Kelsey Fitzgerald/DRI). Flood frequency analysis is a technique used to estimate flood risk,...

Five-stage scoring scale gauges the harmful effects of road salt on freshwater. Road salt affects water quality and harms freshwater bodies. A new study led by the US National Science Foundation (NSF) grantee researchers at the University of Maryland revealed...