Dust storms and wind erosion cause $154 billion in damages annually, study shows
A windy, dusty day can ruin your new car wash and leave you with grit in your mouth and dirt on your floors. But a new study in the journal Nature Sustainability, published by researchers at The ...
11,000-year-old indigenous site — one of oldest on continent — found in Canada. See it
A researcher looking at erosion along a Canada river discovered an ancient indigenous site. Screengrab from Sturgeon Lake First Nation Official's Facebook post Just north of Prince Albert in central ...
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How Rock Type Shapes River Networks and Influences Landscape Evolution
A new study in Chile shows how small differences in rock type can drive large differences in erosion, vegetation, and river networks, illuminating the role of mineralogy in shaping landscapes.
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Understanding How Heavy Rain and Soil Erosion Affect Local Ecosystems
Heavy rain and soil erosion are natural processes that play crucial roles in shaping local ecosystems. While rainfall is ...
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Coastal erosion
Two and three bedroom homes will be developed on a site at Skipsea. Researchers find some dune systems are significantly retreating, with other growing at a similar rate. Access to part of a ...
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Ethical Erosion And The Deafening Silence Of America’s Healthcare ‘Leaders’
The term ethical erosion is used to describe the “gradual decline in values, beliefs, and truths.” I first encountered this term in medical school to describe the loss of empathy and caring as ...
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Erosion-impacted Marriott resort seeks to restore beach
The entire ‘southern cell’ of Seven Mile Beach has been impacted by erosion to the point where most of the properties along that stretch are now only accessible by boat. The Marriott dropped ...
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Different public opinions could slow down use of natural methods to protect the UK's coasts
Yet hard defenses, which were long-established and visibly effective, remained widely thought-of as the most reliable way to mitigate coastal risks like flooding and erosion. The study highlights ...
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Economic inequality leads to democratic erosion, study finds
A new study helps us better understand one of the possible driving forces behind the erosion of democratic norms and institutions: economic inequality. Published in PNAS, this large cross-national ...
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Nantucket beachside home that sold cheap due to erosion is demolished 6 months later
Sold for just $200,000 six months ago, a beachside home on Nantucket was razed by work crews this week after the town condemned it due to coastal erosion. Once assessed at more than $1.9 million ...
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A businessman knew buying a Nantucket beach house was risky. 6 months later, it's gone and he regrets it.
He cautioned other beachfront homeowners to think seriously about erosion strategies, like planting sea grass, to avoid a similar fate. Though Vaccaro followed the town's condemnation order ...
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Crashes and Disasters
Today, more than four years after the devastating CZU fires, many Santa Cruz Mountains residents are still grappling with the threat of erosion. Some, like those whose homes line Foreman Creek ...