In the race to combat global climate change, much attention has been given to natural 'carbon sinks:' those primarily terrestrial areas of the globe that absorb and sequester more carbon than they ...

A first-of-its-kind global assessment has revealed 603 wild animals plus five livestock taxa that do more than just inhabit ...

Mudslides are dangerous torrents that are usually referred to by geologists and first responders as debris flows ...

Animals are not just inhabitants of the natural world—they are its architects. A new study led by Professor Gemma Harvey from ...

With a recent publication in the journal Scientific Data, NIOZ researchers have made the data from the SIBES research ...

water and soil pollutants,” to regularly report out that information to the public, and to provide guidance to residents in the greater L.A. area about how to protect themselves. The lawmakers ...

Soil microbes are important components in element cycling and nutrient supply for the development of alpine ecosystems. However, the development of microbial community compositions and networks in the ...

Studies of sediment cores from the sea floor and the coastal regions surrounding the Aegean Sea show that humans contaminated the environment with lead early on in antiquity. A research team led ...

Drastic sediment buildup in the Grand River near Parkhill Dam is leaving some residents of Cambridge feeling concerned. Many people have been noticing the severe silt building up for the last 20 ...

She said the soils are "relatively benign" in "natural ... gave $1.5 million in "emergency" funding to remove 990 tonnes of silt to give boats access to the channel. Dredging project site ...

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