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June 20, 2022 A new thesis shows that wooden pile foundations show visible damage after only a year if the groundwater level lowers. This can cause settlements of buildings in a matter of a few ...
Feb. 22, 2024 If storms become stronger in the future due to climate change, more nitrogen may be released from the bottom of coastal ...
Oct. 6, 2022 Some 66 million years ago, a 10-kilometer asteroid hit Earth, triggering the extinction of the dinosaurs. New evidence suggests that the Chicxulub impact also triggered an earthquake so massive that ...
Nov. 15, 2023 Clearing mangroves to stop estuaries getting clogged with mud actually makes the problem worse, new research ...
June 9, 2022 While much of public attention on Yellowstone focuses on its potential to produce large supereruptions, the hazards that are much more likely to occur are smaller, violent hydrothermal explosions. ...
Feb. 5, 2024 An economical process with green hydrogen can be used to extract CO2-free iron from the red mud generated in aluminum ...
Aug. 30, 2022 For centuries in Tampa Bay, remnant shorelines and shallow coastal waters supported typical subtropical marine habitats, such as salt marshes, seagrass beds, oyster reefs and mud flats. When ...
Mar. 12, 2024 A perfect storm of environmental factors has seen a monumental loss of fish and coral life at a popular area of Ningaloo Reef in Western Australia's Gascoyne region -- however research into the ...
May 3, 2021 A new study found overlooked tsunami hazards related to undersea, near-shore strike-slip faults, especially for coastal cities adjacent to faults that traverse inland bays. Several areas around the ...
Jan. 30, 2023 A new look at the history of water quality in the Chesapeake Bay sheds light on how the estuary has responded to nutrient reduction efforts and why improvements have remained a major challenge. ...