Gibraltar Dam recently had its centenary to no fanfare at all. A monument to the lack of foresight in all things Santa Barbara, it was built and started filling up with sediment. It was raised but was ...

Sand waves flow behind Jack Stauss, repeatedly rolling and breaking near a debris-heavy section of the river as he discusses sediment-related phenomena in Lake Powell. “That’s the delta making itself ...

Southern California could lose up to two-thirds of our beaches to sea level rise in the life span of our children if we don’t take increased, proactive steps now. The state’s clear priority for ...

California is 500 acres larger than it was 40 years ago, according to a new study released by UC Irvine and United States Geological Survey that used NASA satellite data to track coastal changes.

K’gari’s iconic lakes have existed for tens of thousands of years—but they haven’t always been full. New research shows that ...

The amount of sand carried by the Mississippi River toward Louisiana has not decreased since dams were built upriver and it’s not expected to decrease significantly for at least 600 years, according ...

Tidal sand waves are a key geomorphological feature of shallow, sandy continental shelves, generated by the interplay of tidal currents, non-tidal hydrodynamic processes, and sediment dynamics. These ...

On the deck of a 27-foot boat off the shore of Long Island, researchers are using sonar to study the sand and sediment that washed away from the... Sand After Sandy: Scientists Map Seafloor For ...

ST. JOSEPH, Mich. (WSBT) — Heads up if you plan on going to Silver Beach anytime soon. Starting on Tuesday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is dredging St. Joe's Harbor. They’re clearing out sediment ...

A new study into the 7-year stony coral disease outbreak decimating reefs from Florida to the Caribbean has found the disease can be lurking in sand on the ocean floor and rapidly spread lethal ...