What may have been the world's tallest waterfall briefly formed on Greenland's ice sheet last year, draining a meltwater lake of 5 million cubic meters of water -- equivalent to 2,000 Olympic-sized ...

Powerful though waterfalls may appear, there is a long-standing assumption that they can only form when permitted by other natural forces. Waterfalls are furious cascades of water, sometimes scoring ...

Rainbow‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‍‍‌ Waterfall, or Waiānuenue in the local language, is undoubtedly one of the most famous natural wonders of Hawai‘i, attracting tourists from everywhere to the Big Island’s Hilo area.

Using a scale-model riverbed 24 feet long and one foot wide, a team of scientists found a new mechanism that could form waterfalls without the commonly thought of external forces such as tectonics, ...

Waterfalls form through various geological processes, but they all involve water flowing over a sudden drop in elevation. Understanding why these drops exist in the first place reveals how landscapes ...

Not every waterfall formed by chance or erosion. Some were designed intentionally to redirect water, manage landscapes, or solve practical problems. Over time, many of these engineered cascades ...

Waterfalls are furious cascades of water, sometimes scoring the landscapes in which they flow as they obey gravity’s demands. From Iceland’s shimmering Skógafoss to the family of falls in New ...