A reader from Germany alerted me to a cool image from the Terra satellite. This is from southern Iran and shows how they are dealing with the lack of fertile ground and water in this desert region.

More than 200 million gallons of water poured out of Lawn Lake on July 15, 1982, when the earthen dam collapsed. Two-ton boulders and enormous trees tumbled down the mountain, ripping open the land ...

As if there weren’t enough access complications at Rocky Mountain National Park due to restrictions related to the coronavirus, a popular hiking area is closing next week and will remain closed for ...

Paleoclimate records for the last 400,000 years in the study region of Hajar mountains, Oman. This includes alluvial records of wetter (blue) and drier (orange) conditions from both the sample sites ...

Upon completion of this unit students should be able to: Describe longitudinal and lateral profiles (shapes) of an alluvial fan. Discuss the difference between a debris flow and a stream-dominated ...

Upon completion of this unit students should be able to: Describe longitudinal and lateral profiles (shapes) of an alluvial fan. Discuss the difference between a debris flow and a stream-dominated ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... With more than 350 miles of trails, 30 miles of the Continental Divide and more than 50 peaks jutting above 12,000 feet — including Longs Peak, the ...

There are a lot of features on Mars that look similar to those on Earth. It has mountains, volcanoes, ice caps, sand dunes, and more. One of the more intriguing Martian features are alluvial fans: The ...