Scientists from the Institute of Geology and Petroleum Technologies and their overseas colleagues have studied the bottom sediments of Lake Shira in Khakassia, Russia, and found out how climatic and ...

Since the discovery 50 years ago of subglacial lakes in Antarctica—some of the least accessible geological features on Earth—scientists have attempted to extract lake bed sediment to learn about the ...

The view of Great Salt Lake's North Arm from Gunnison Island, which has long served as a nesting ground for pelicans. Over the past 8,000 years, Utah’s Great Salt Lake has been sensitive to changes in ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... When the San Juan River flows out of the San Juan Mountains in Southwestern Colorado, it contributes 15% of Lake Powell’s water. But there’s a problem: The ...

Over the past 8,000 years, Utah's Great Salt Lake has been sensitive to changes in climate and water inflow. Now, new sediment isotope data indicate that human activity over the past 200 years has ...

KALAMAZOO, MI — The total shocked Stephen Hamilton. Hamilton, an aquatic ecology professor at Michigan State University, had seen the Kalamazoo River sediment deposits that developed after a ...

A four-year field experiment conducted on the shores of restored Lake Mustijärv in Viljandi, Estonia, has revealed that recycling phosphorus-rich lake sediments back to agriculture could have positive ...

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 ...