The findings are important because methane is over 25 times more powerful than carbon dioxide as a greenhouse gas. Arctic ...

A new study conducted by geologists from the University of Florida and the University of Maryland reveals that, as land is exposed by melting glaciers, chemical reactions in the newly uncovered ...

A study at the University of Minnesota St. Anthony Falls Laboratory found wake boats created greater disturbances of lake bed ...

While aquatic ecosystems have the ability to trap tons of carbon for thousands of years, little is known about the factors that control how much carbon is stored in one particular region over another.

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 ...

This happens in all sediments, but is more pronounced in peat. Furthermore, all of the organic matter in peat makes it easy to do Carbon 14 dating on, and thus determine the rate of compaction ...

Abstract The well‐known earthquake‐and‐storm‐triggered extremely high physical weathering rate in Taiwan is consistent with present geochemical studies of sediments from different subenvironments ...

Erik Kristensen ¹, Mogens R. Flindt ¹, Shadrack Ulomi ¹², Alberto V. Borges ³, Gwenaël Abril ⁴, Steven Bouillon ⁵⁶, Emission of CO₂ and CH₄ to the atmosphere by sediments and open waters in two ...

The ecology of an upstate New York stream rebounded to its natural state within three years after a small dam was removed, ...