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erosion & weathering

Satellite photo of the Himalayas.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

How Good a Recycler is the Himalaya?

by Mikaël Attal 22 January 202422 January 2024

Researchers use sediment recycling to their advantage to calculate how fast the hills at the front of the Himalaya are eroding based on the concentration of rare elements in river sands.

Photo of the Waimakariri River with farmland and mountains in the background.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Modeling Braided Rivers in Presence of Exotic Weeds and Dams

by Enrica Viparelli 17 January 202418 January 2024

Numerical modeling can help with identifying the combined effects of weed growth, flood frequency, and magnitude on gravel bed rivers.

An earthworm crawls atop dark brown soil.
Posted inNews

Quartz-Gobbling Worms Are Weathering Earth’s Soils

by Grace van Deelen 14 December 202314 December 2023

New research in mineral weathering shows that earthworms may be an important contributor to Earth’s weathering cycle.

Sedimentary rocks exposed to weathering
Posted inNews

Weathering of Rocks Can Release Carbon Dioxide

Rachel Crowell, Science Writer by Rachel Crowell 28 November 202329 November 2023

New research upends the notion that the weathering of rocks mainly removes CO2 from the atmosphere. Rocks can also be carbon sources, releasing as much CO2 as Earth’s volcanoes.

Field photos and elevation diagram of study area.
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Revealing a Catchment’s Erosional Secrets: Grain Size Matters

by Mikaël Attal 15 November 202313 November 2023

A provenance study with 699 new samples from 12 different sediment grain sizes (from sand to boulder) shows that each fraction originates from distinct parts of a mountain catchment in California.

A mound of clay in a flow tunnel is eroded by water.
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Did These Curious Rock Formations Inspire the Great Sphinx?

by Nathaniel Scharping 3 November 20233 November 2023

New research says it’s plausible the Great Sphinx started life as a geomorphological oddity known as a yardang.

Diagram from the paper
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Desert Landscape Evolution Controlled by Storm Intensity

by T.C. Hales 12 October 202312 October 2023

A new study in the Negev Desert finds that long-term erosion of a desert escarpment occurs in drier areas where intense storms are most frequent.

Foto de una duna de arena cubierta con plantas en la playa
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Las plantas construyen dunas pero pueden acelerar la erosión durante tormentas fuertes

by Carolyn Wilke 5 September 20235 September 2023

Cuando las olas golpean las dunas con vegetación, se forman áreas anegadas frente a las plantas, lo que facilita que la arena sea arrastrada por la corriente más fácilmente. Sin embargo, las plantas aún son necesarias para formar las dunas en primera instancia.

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An interesting erosive event in the Socavón Cochoa area of Viña del Mar, Chile

by Dave Petley 24 August 202324 August 2023

Dramatic erosion of a sand dune in Viña del Mar, Chile appears to be related to maintenance of a drainage pipe.

Une image sous-marine montre un scientifique plongeur forant dans un grand dôme de corail
Posted inResearch Spotlights

La chimie du corail reflète l’expansion économique d’Asie du Sud-Est

by Rebecca Dzombak 22 August 202322 August 2023

Les sols en érosion en raison du développement économique ont transporté des sédiments en mer de Chine méridionale… et jusque dans le squelette corallien.

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