An early Holocene sea-level curve based on data from the North Sea reveals two phases of accelerated sea-level rise owing to meltwater from the North American and Antarctic ice sheets.

Nearly 45 years after Mount St. Helens’ eruption sent almost 90 billion cubic feet of debris into the upper Toutle Valley, millions of tons of sediment still pour into the Cowlitz River each year.

Until 5 October 2016, the Centre Pompidou in Paris will pay tribute to the artist Gil Joseph Wolman, twenty years after his passing.

What shapes these rivers, allowing them to nourish civilisations, and sustain life? Sediment. Sediments play a crucial role in the river’s health and ecosystem. Sediment dynamics influence the river’s ...

Due to the extreme conditions in the deep sea, its ecosystems and high biodiversity (made up mostly of small organisms living in the sediment) are particularly sensitive to disturbances.

Those aboard a research vessel will test more than 100 sites, including waters near the marine terminal, multiple private tidelands, Capitol Lake, historic industry along the shore and various ...

WASHINGTON — Jay Marshall Wolman, like a thousand other lawyers on Twitter, is wry, maybe a little coarse and, well, Jewish, peppering his tweets with Hebrew blessings and other Jewish references.