Chemical weathering can control how susceptible bedrock in river beds is to erosion, according to new research. In addition to explaining how climate can influence landscape erosion rates, the results ...

If a rock particle is loosened, chemically or mechanically, but remains there itself, it is called weathering. Once the rock particle starts moving by agents such as water, snow, wind, waves and ...

For many hundreds of millions of years, the average temperature at the surface of the Earth has varied by not much more than 20 degrees Celsius, facilitating life on our planet. To maintain such ...

What happens as a raindrop impacts bare soil has been fairly well-studied, but what happens to raindrops afterward is poorly ...

Granular sediment may behave as a strong, rock-like material owing to the following mechanisms that stabilize sediment fabric 21: capillary cohesion from interfacial tension caused by partial water ...

As Citrus County steps into a new year, local officials, scientists and people who make their living on the water say it is ...

This thing all things devours: Birds, beasts, trees, flowers; Gnaws iron, bites steel; Grinds hard stones to meal; Slays king, ruins town, And beats high mountain down. The answer to this riddle is ...

Erosion patterns on the limestone blocks of the Giza Plateau have fueled debates about their cause. By comparing the pyramids and mortuary temples with similarly eroded stones in Malta, geological ...

Chemical weathering can control how susceptible bedrock in river beds is to erosion, according to new research. In addition to explaining how climate can influence landscape erosion rates, the results ...