Since physical and chemical erosion yield comparable carbon fluxes, studying both together is essential to avoid biases in erosion-driven carbon flux estimates.

Weathering is the mechanical and chemical hammer that breaks down and sculpts the rocks. Erosion transports the fragments away. Working together they create and reveal marvels of nature from ...

Rock strength has a significant impact on erosion and plays an important role in shaping the Earth's landscapes, according to ...

At first glance, landscapes like the Great Plains and the Rockies may seem unchanging, but over geological time scales, ...

Iron oxide minerals are found in rocks around the globe. Some are magnetic, and some of them rust—especially when exposed to ...

Throughout Earth's history, ice caps have been very rare, but a model of the past 420 million years suggests an explanation for why they sometimes form ...

Traces of these events can be seen across the globe in sedimentary rocks formed under glacial conditions ... Over thousands, millions and billions of years, processes such as plate tectonics, erosion, ...

Instead, the rocks were there first, and then the pyramids below them formed through geological erosion. So, how old are these natural pyramids? According to Switzerland Tourism, they were formed ...

These include weathering, erosion, transportation and sedimentation. Substances in river water react with minerals in rocks and cause chemical weathering Weathering close weatheringWeathering ...

Meanwhile Maalaea community members are appealing for county help with coastal erosion problems that seem ... dangers of a crumbling Maalaea seawall rocks in the wind as its supports are also ...

And attrition where rocks carried by the sea are knocked together and broken down into smaller and smoother pieces. These type of erosion create landforms such as headlands and bays, arches ...

And it’s drawing attention to the growing battle with coastal erosion in the islands. Rocks and berms that support nearby Farrington Highway were covered with sand last year. This year ...