Large surface waves produced by powerboats are a mainstay for recreational watersports. A new study from the University of ...

When an earthquake causes a landslide, debris flow, or erosion, it can change the makeup of nearby lakes by introducing ...

Large surface waves produced by powerboats are a mainstay for recreational watersports. A new study from the University of ...

The research team recovered lake-bed sediment samples, buried under a 15-meter-deep lake located under 3,500 feet of Antarctica ice. The layered samples are the first of their kind collected on ...

Greg Fuhrmann, an Iowa Department of Natural Resources geologist, uses a soil augur Thursday to take sediment samples from the bottom of Cedar Lake as Daniel Cook, a DNR physicist, watches.

Wakeboats in surfing mode should operate in at least 20 feet of water to avoid stirring up sediment in a way that’s harmful to water quality, according to a study by the University of Minnesota. The ...

Starting next month, a thinning portion of Silver Lake's underwater cap will be repaired. During a public hearing on ...

Researchers with the NSF-funded SALSA project captured the sediment sample on a field expedition in December 2018, cleanly boring a hole through over 3,500 feet of ice over Mercer Subglacial Lake.

We are determinedly walking to the middle of the bay to collect a sediment core from its bottom. Mud – or sediments, as geologists call them – are deposited slowly at the bottom of lakes.