Julian Leyland receives funding from UKRI. Sand underpins everything from skyscrapers to smartphones. Sharp sand (as opposed to rounded desert sand) is the key ingredient in concrete, while high ...

Work to prevent further erosion along the banks of a river is to be carried out. Cumberland Council is to make repairs along the River Caldew near Sheepmount Bridge in Carlisle. Traffic in the ...

The city extended the area where erosion reviews for new development along the sensitive riverbank must take place.

Erosion is the process that wears away the river bed and banks. Erosion also breaks up the rocks that are carried by the river. Landslides are occasional, rapid movements of a mass of earth or ...

Over 24,000 trees have been planted along the banks of four south Wales rivers to help reduce nutrient pollution, improve water quality and help protect nature.