Sculpting Of An Erodible Body By Flowing Water
Erosion by flowing fluids carves striking landforms on Earth and also provides important clues to the past and present environments of other worlds.
Elwha, The Grand Experiment
Stanford University’s School of Humanities and Sciences, and their Knight Risser Prize for Western Journalism, has honored Lynda Mapes of the Seattle Times with a Special Citation for the report, “Elwha: The Grand Experiment”, which focusses on the largest dam removal project in the world currently underway in Washington State.
Calls for Advances in Resotration Sedimentology to Protect World’s River Deltas
As land is disappearing from river deltas at alarming rates, rapid advances in the new and developing field of restoration sedimentology will be needed to protect the world’s river deltas from an array of threats.
Laos Approves Xayaburi Mega Dam On Mekong
Laos has given the go-ahead to build a massive dam on the lower Mekong river, despite opposition from neighbouring countries and environmentalists.
Marshes of Mesopotamia
Wars in the Persian Gulf region and the deliberate draining of the Mesopotamian marshes, left a vast area of once-teeming river delta a dry, salt-encrusted desert, emptied of insects, birds and the people who lived on them. Now the marshes are under threat again, this time from the building of huge dams in Turkey on the Tigris and Euphrates.
11 Islands That Will Vanish When Sea Level Rise
According to the EPA, global sea level has risen by eight inches since 1870. This change is already affecting many low lying islands that have had to adapt. View a slideshow.
Report Highlights Daunting Erosion Problem
A community group which has lobbied to halt erosion at Albany beaches, Western Australia, says a report on the issue paints a daunting picture.
Kerala: Caught Between Quarries And Sea Erosion
After more than a century of fighting sea erosion by massively dumping granite boulders along the beaches of southern Kerala state, environmentalists and administrators are beginning to see that this has been a costly and ineffective solution. Hills are vanishing as vast pits are gouged out to extract granite illegally in India’s prime tourism state…
Court Rules Against Village In Global Warming Case
A federal appeals court has ruled against the eroding northwest Alaska village of Kivalina, which sued energy companies over claims that greenhouse emissions contributed to global warming that is threatening the community’s existence.