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EmArchive

EmArchive

This page is a searchable archive of blog posts made between 2007 and 2022.
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climate change

Earth’s surface has more rivers than thought

By Erin Cotter, Research Assistant and Prototyper at LRRD Using satellite images, ground measurements, and

river models

Modeling River Morphology on the Padma River

NASA recently released these images of the Padma River's transformation over three decades in Bangladesh. Satellite imagery shows how

outreach

Citizen Outreach and River Education in India

Little River is excited to see our second Emriver model in India! The

conference

Em4 Robotic Debuted at AGU New Orleans

We had a fantastic visit to New Orleans in December 2017 for the AGU

conference

LRRD at AGU New Orleans

We're heading to the AGU Conference in New Orleans next week to showcase our new

river models

Emriver Geomodel Tilting Bases

Little River offers unique tools for understanding river processes in natural environments. Our three-meter Em3

river models

Building Better Infrastructure

Emriver geomodels can help states and communities demonstrate river management practices that can

LRRD news

First Shipments to Singapore and India

We now have almost 350 Emriver models in 14 countries! Singapore and India are our latest additions.

LRRD team

Little River’s People

Jim King is our new Director of Production. He jumped right in building models and

research & development

Emriver Research Instruments

Steve has spent thousands of hours of R&D on our Emriver research instruments, including the sediment

em4

Em4 at Fort Lewis College

We're thrilled that Fort Lewis College's amazing new science education effort makes use of our Emriver

color-coded media

More sediment slugs, waves with our new CC media.

Today we did another three-hour with our new, finer, color-coded media. The video and lighting are rough, but focus on the patterns; I see waves yet again, and some interacting with bank failures.  But also the bank failures might be caused by