Though anticipating long days and hard work as a few key crew members do the job of many, researchers heading to the lakes this summer are excited to leave the house.Read More »Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Volcanology
New meteoric 10Be data quantify fast erosion of slates in the Zhuoshui River catchment in Taiwan and demonstrate the influence of lithology on landscape steepness.Read More »Hydrology, Cryosphere & Earth Surface
A new data set combining sample data and remote sensing could give scientists the power to make accurate predictions at a global scale. Read More »Education
After two unsuccessful tries, a hardy band of undergraduate students conducted a successful Arctic research and outreach expedition through the Northwest Passage.Read More »Hydrology, Cryosphere & Earth Surface
Laboratory experiments and grain-scale computer simulations during the past decade have led to a more universal understanding of flow-driven sediment transport across flows in oil, water, and air.Read More »Hydrology, Cryosphere & Earth Surface
How do humans affect the ways that Asia’s mega rivers deliver sediment and dissolved matter to farms, river deltas, and, eventually, the sea? A proposed study would construct an integrated picture.Read More »Natural Hazards
Modeling of mysteriously fluctuating water levels in the Great Lakes has helped to optimize the prices of shipping insurance contracts along with investments in dredging navigation channels.Read More »
