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June 20, 2022 —A new thesis shows that wooden pile foundations show visible damage after only a year if the groundwater level lowers. This can cause settlements of buildings in a matter of a few ...
Oct. 6, 2022 —Some 66 million years ago, a 10-kilometer asteroid hit Earth, triggering the extinction of the dinosaurs. New evidence suggests that the Chicxulub impact also triggered an earthquake so massive that ...
Nov. 10, 2020 —Some of the world's most valuable ecosystems are facing a 'triple threat' to their long-term durability and survival, new research ...
June 9, 2022 —While much of public attention on Yellowstone focuses on its potential to produce large supereruptions, the hazards that are much more likely to occur are smaller, violent hydrothermal explosions. ...
July 28, 2020 —The large-scale loss of eelgrass in a major California estuary -- Morro Bay -- may be causing widespread erosion. Over the last century, Morro Bay has been building up sediment quickly. After the ...
Nov. 5, 2020 —Diverse microbes discovered in the clay-rich, shallow soil layers in Chile's dry Atacama Desert suggest that similar deposits below the Martian surface may contain microorganisms, which could be ...
Aug. 30, 2022 —For centuries in Tampa Bay, remnant shorelines and shallow coastal waters supported typical subtropical marine habitats, such as salt marshes, seagrass beds, oyster reefs and mud flats. When ...
Aug. 19, 2020 —Bacteria that can help defuse highly toxic dioxin in sediments in the Passaic River -- a Superfund hazardous waste site -- could eventually aid cleanup efforts at other dioxin-contaminated sites ...
May 3, 2021 —A new study found overlooked tsunami hazards related to undersea, near-shore strike-slip faults, especially for coastal cities adjacent to faults that traverse inland bays. Several areas around the ...
Jan. 30, 2023 —A new look at the history of water quality in the Chesapeake Bay sheds light on how the estuary has responded to nutrient reduction efforts and why improvements have remained a major challenge. ...