Increased rainfall and vegetation changes result in sediment shifts at the Roof of the World
The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau occupies an enormous area of Asia and is known as the Roof of the World, owing to an average ...
Destruction of Ukraine dam triggered toxic ‘time bomb,’ researchers say
The destruction of Ukraine’s Kakhovka dam in June 2023 exposed lake bed sediment containing more than 90,000 tons of toxic ...
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Scientists Uncover a Frozen History in 6,000 Years’ Worth of Penguin Poop, Revealing Past Ecology on Antarctica
Sediment samples from the Ross Sea coastline are revealing insights into how animals like elephant seals and Adélie penguins ...
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Answer Man: What is the City doing to prevent more sediment from entering reservoirs? Lead testing results update?
Today’s round of questions, my smart-aleck replies and the real answers: Question: What measures are they taking to control ...
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Destruction of Ukraine’s Kakhovka dam left behind a toxic legacy
The 2023 breach of the Kakhovka dam drained a huge reservoir and exposed a vast area of toxic sediment, creating a debate ...
Taking the seagrass taxi: How foraminifera move from the coast to the depths of the Red Sea
Foraminifera are single-celled marine organisms with a calcareous shell. They not only provide evidence of past habitats, but ...
In A First, Geoscientists Track Earth’s Largest Sediment Avalanches
Using seismic stations usually used for monitoring earthquakes, an international team of geoscientists tracked Earth’s ...
Removal of contaminated sediment has begun along Portland waterfront
What do you do with a big hole in the ground? You fill it, of course. The first phase of the long-awaited $25 million Portland Harbor dredging project — construction of a 9-acre confined aquatic ...
Deep-sea mining sediment plumes travel farther than expected, monitoring study finds
On the abyssal plains, at depths between 3,000 and 6,000 meters, polymetallic nodules are scattered across millions of square ...
Rainfall leads officials to issue ocean water advisory, and wildfire debris warning
Officials urge the public to avoid water contact, especially near discharging storm drains, creeks and rivers as stormwater runoff may be contaminated with bacteria and chemicals, and contain wildfire ...
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Footprints of deep-sea mining
Mining of polymetallic nodules from the seabed might lead to significant and long-lasting ecological changes -- both in the mined area, where surface sediments and the fauna living in and on it are ...