Researchers 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.

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