Streaming toward a wetter United States.The amount of water
flowing through U.S. streams has steadily increased during this
century, although without giving rise to more frequent floods,
according to a new study by scientists at the U.S. Geological
Survey. "The nation is getting wetter but less extreme" in terms
of stream flow, says Harry F. Lins, a USGS USGS United States
Geological Survey (US Department of the Interior) hydrologist
hy·drol·o·gy The scientific study of the properties,
distribution, and effects of water on the earth's surface, in
the soil and underlying rocks, and in the atmosphere. in Reston,
Va., who coauthored a report appearing in the Jan. 15
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS Geophysical Research Letters is a
publication of the American Geophysical Union. GRL is the
organization's only letters journal. Since its introduction in
1974, GRL has published only short research letters, typically
3-5 pages long, which focus on a specific discipline or . "The
water resources of the nation seem to be i