A new study into the pre-industrial baseline levels of heavy metals in sediment carried by the Athabasca River shows that emissions from the Alberta oil sands and other human activities have not yet increased the concentrations ...
Environment
Jan 7, 2015
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Beneath an apartment block that looms over Monica beach in the western coastal city of Mohammedia, a sole sand dune has escaped the clutches of Morocco's insatiable construction contractors.
Environment
Jun 17, 2019
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Joe Nuth loves dust. Among astronomers, that puts him in a minority.
Space Exploration
Oct 4, 2019
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High winds are a near-daily force on the surface of Mars, carving out a landscape of shifting dunes and posing a challenge to exploration, scientists said Tuesday.
Space Exploration
Sep 30, 2014
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When you're investigating complex questions, you've often got to dig deep to find answers. A group of UC Santa Barbara geologists and their colleagues studying tsunamis did exactly that.
Earth Sciences
Sep 29, 2017
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We know quite a lot about the past 200 years of history in Parramatta. Located in Sydney's geographical center, on the Parramatta River, it was the first township to be established outside Sydney Cove's penal colony after ...
Archaeology
Nov 9, 2021
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A slender little fish called the sand lance plays a big role as "a quintessential forage fish" for puffins, terns and other seabirds, humpback whales, and other marine mammals, and even bigger fish such as Atlantic sturgeon, ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 25, 2020
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Canadians have always seen themselves as separate and distinct from their American neighbours to the south, and now they have geological proof.
Earth Sciences
Mar 28, 2011
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A top Iranian environment official said on Monday Tehran and Baghdad will jointly pay $1.2 billion in a project to reduce the number of sand dunes in a bid to cut the number of sandstorms from Iraq.
Environment
Oct 3, 2011
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(Phys.org) —A pair of researchers has found, via sand sampling data, that the common perception that too little sand is being carried down the Mississippi River to replenish depleted loads is incorrect. In their study, ...
