D-USYS ETH ZurichResearchers from the University of California (UC) and @usyseth have been tracking how much stream networks expand and contract in response to rainfall and drought in the US.
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How Stream Networks Pulse with Rainfall
Stream networks are often mapped as fixed features, but they actually extend and retract as the landscape wets up and dries out. Researchers from University of California (UC) and ETH Zurich have been trying to figure out how much stream networks stretch and shrink in response to rainfall and drying. Their study is the first attempt to estimate this dynamic behaviour at a large scale across the continental United States.
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