Studying the sediment of a mountain river can reveal thousands of years or more of a waterway’s history, including new threats from more frequent wildfires and increased precipitation brought by ...

That grey gunk in your washer is actually your home's water sending a message.

Fifteen percent of the world’s electrical energy comes from hydropower, making it the leading source of renewable energy. But ...

Thousands of the world's large dams are so clogged with sediment that they risk losing more than a quarter of their storage capacity by 2050, UN researchers said Wednesday, warning of the threat to ...

A sediment core spanning millions of years and new modeling studies point to significant ice retreat under temperatures ...

Ancient microbial activity preserved in wrinkled seafloor sediments challenges assumptions about where traces of early life ...

January 26, 2024 — In the Benediction for his 1968 autobiographical book, Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness, American author, essayist and environmental advocate Edward Abbey wrote, “May ...

Deep pools below waterfalls are popular recreational swimming spots, but sometimes they can be partially or completely filled with sediment. New research showed how and why pools at the base of ...

Scientists measured a sediment plume stirred up by a protoype of a deep-sea-mining vehicle to help gauge the impact of such vehicles if they are used to mine minerals like nickel and cobalt. The ...