A massive sinkhole near Tokyo that swallowed a truck and its driver a week ago, and has filled with sewage and debris, ...

The Environmental Protection Agency this month finalized plans for an “early action” cleanup of one of the most polluted ...

One of Earth’s most biodiverse marine regions is threatened by the expansion of nickel mining projects in Indonesia, ...

Almost 15 years after Newtown Creek was named a federal Superfund site, the government is taking a step toward cleaning it up — or, at least part of it.

A Taranaki farmer — handed a $95,000 fine for redirecting a stream on his property — has pleaded not guilty to charges of ...

MSU’s Infrastructure Planning and Facilities is seeking a grant from the DNR to remove the weir, a low-rise barrier built ...

ONC/ CSSF-ROPOS Around the world, the top one metre of seabed sediments are estimated to hold around 2,300 billion tonnes of organic carbon — around 200 times more than what’s stored in all ...

As such, the San Marcos’s headwaters are free of visible sediment and, depending on the light, can range from crystal clear to Caribbean blue. The blues in particular contrast with the swirling ...

Dredging removes sediments and debris from the bottom of the water, making waterways more navigable and reducing the risk of exposure to contaminants, according to the National Oceanic and ...

We found that sediment characteristics including sorting coefficient (σ: measuring the uniformity of sediment particles) and silt/clay/organic matter/water content are essentially different between ...