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Watery mud accumulates between rows of crops.
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European Colonists Dramatically Increased North American Erosion Rates

by Rachel Fritts 11 January 202124 February 2022

Around 200 years ago, when conversion of land for agriculture became more widespread, the amount of sediment accumulating in riverbeds across the continent jumped tenfold.

Satellite image of ring-shaped Nukuoro Atoll in the Pacific
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Rethinking Darwin’s Theory of Atoll Formation

by L. Supriya 30 October 202010 November 2021

Atolls have a long and complex history related to seafloor evolution, and Darwin’s model is only the beginning of the story.

View of a tidal marsh in Barnstable Harbor, Mass.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Rising Seas and Agriculture Created Wetlands Along the U.S. East Coast

by J. Pinson 23 October 20202 November 2021

Most of the tidal marshes along the eastern coast of the United States formed within the past 6,000 years due to a combination of slowly rising seas and European colonization.

An artist’s depiction of early modern humans living amid the grasslands of the Paleo-Agulhas Plain
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A Lost Haven for Early Modern Humans

by K. Braun 14 October 202015 April 2022

Sea level changes have repeatedly reshaped the Paleo-Agulhas Plain, a now submerged region off the coast of South Africa that once teemed with plants, animals, and human hunter–gatherers.

The ancient Roman theater of Tiberias looks out over the Sea of Galilee.
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Ancient Ruins Reveal 8th Century Earthquake in Sea of Galilee

by Joshua Learn 5 October 202011 May 2022

Research into past seismic activity shows northeast Israel is still vulnerable to large quakes.

Historic 1902 map of Calumet Quadrangle near Chicago
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Chicago Wetlands Shrank by 40% During the 20th Century

by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 23 September 202011 January 2022

A team of graduate students measured wetland and biodiversity changes during the 100 years following the reversal of the Chicago River.

A scene from a Japanese picture scroll depicting the 1855 Edo earthquake
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Kabuki Actor’s Forgotten Manuscript Yields Clues About 1855 Quake in Japan

by Tim Hornyak 8 September 20206 December 2021

Researchers analyzed a survivor’s account of the disaster to better understand future temblors.

Four faces carved in granite stand above an apron of crushed rock overlooking state flags along the Avenue of Flags at Mount Rushmore National Memorial.
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Mount Rushmore’s Six Grandfathers and Four Presidents

by Mary Caperton Morton 3 September 202014 October 2021

Living in Geologic Time: How long will it take for erosion to erase Mount Rushmore?

Aerial image of the Great Blue Hole in the Caribbean Sea off the coast of Belize
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Severe Cyclones May Have Played a Role in the Maya Collapse

by L. Supriya 1 September 20206 January 2022

Sediment cores from the Great Blue Hole reveal that a series of extreme storms hit the region after 900. The storms may have irreparably damaged an already stressed Maya population.

Black-and-white image of Navajo mine workers at a uranium mine
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Thinking Zinc: Mitigating Uranium Exposure on Navajo Land

by R. Mazumdar 29 July 202030 June 2022

An innovative clinical trial uses “two-way participation” between Navajo and medical communities to study the impact of zinc on mitigating health effects associated with uranium mining.

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