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A large waterfall plunge pool system within the Seven Tea Cups, Dry Meadow Creek, California.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Plunging into Waterfall Sediment Transport Modeling

by Sarah Stanley 7 June 20163 May 2022

A first-of-its-kind model describes how pools at the base of waterfalls adjust their depth to keep up with sediment flow.

Posted inScience Updates

Where Curiosity Has Taken Us

by A. R. Vasavada 12 January 20163 January 2023

The Curiosity rover, one of NASA's flagship missions, analyzes Martian geology, geochemistry, climatology, and radiation to assess whether Mars could have supported microbial life.

Posted inNews

How Bat Breath and Guano Can Change the Shapes of Caves

by JoAnna Wendel 9 November 201513 October 2022

Researchers working in caves in Borneo and elsewhere are finding evidence that biological processes shape many tropical caves by slowly eating away at surrounding rock.

Posted inResearch Spotlights

What Formed These Curious Ripples on Mars?

by C. Minnehan 18 September 201518 September 2015

Dunes, ridges, or something else? Scientists seek to understand the origins of transverse aeolian ridges.

Posted inResearch Spotlights

Largest Grains Dominate River Bedrock Erosion Rates

by Terri Cook 3 September 201524 February 2022

The effect of particle size on bedrock erosion rates adds complexity to modeling bedrock channel evolution.

Posted inScience Updates

The Importance of Dunes on a Variety of Planetary Surfaces

by Timothy N. Titus, James Zimbelman and J. Radebaugh 14 August 201521 September 2015

The Fourth International Planetary Dunes Workshop: Integrating Models, Remote Sensing, and Field Data; Boise, Idaho, 19–22 May 2015

Posted inResearch Spotlights

Dynamics of the Earth's Surface in the Eastern Tibetan Plateau

by Kate Wheeling 22 May 201526 January 2023

River erosion increased rapidly following rock uplift events in the plateau approximately 11 million years ago.

Posted inResearch Spotlights

Hillslopes Regulate Sediment Supply to River Channels

by J. Orwig 21 January 201527 April 2022

New study rethinks dynamics of runoff-driven erosion in response to rainstorms.

Posted inResearch Spotlights

Comparing Models for Soil Erosion Due to Wind

by S. Palus 29 December 20145 February 2015

Researchers investigate the impact of vegetation on erosion.

Posted inResearch Spotlights

Manganese Deposits on Mars Suggest a Highly Oxidized Past

by J. Rosen 18 November 201426 January 2023

Data from the Curiosity rover suggest that the surface of Mars has experienced more strongly oxidizing conditions than previously thought.

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