New Sediment Maps Could Steer Central Asia’s Hydropower Boom Toward Sustainability
Researchers have produced the first high-resolution maps of sediment transport and connectivity across Central Asia's major river basins, using a ...
Tag: geomorphology
Satellites Reveal a River on the Move: Three Decades of Erosion and Accretion Along the Jamuna
A thirty-year satellite and bathymetric analysis shows Bangladesh's Jamuna River eroded about 55,436 hectares while accreting 53,496 hectares, migrating eastward ...
Machine Learning Map of Brazil’s Caatinga Reaches New Accuracy by Reading Terrain and Climate
Researchers combined terrain, climate, and location data with a random forest algorithm on Google Earth Engine to map the Caatinga ...
From Himalaya to Coast: New Model Ranks West Bengal’s Most Valuable Geological Landscapes
A new study applies a modified geosite assessment model to rank 42 geosites across West Bengal's Himalayan, plateau, deltaic and ...
Himalayan River Basin Reveals Its Hidden Life Through Numbers, Landmark First Survey Finds
The first complete morphometric survey of the Pabbar River Basin shows a Himalayan watershed in delicate geomorphic equilibrium, with low ...
Radar and Terrain Data Reveal Which Watersheds Are Primed for Deadly Flash Floods
Researchers in Colombia combined terrain analysis and high-resolution radar rainfall data to build a validated statistical framework that identifies watersheds ...
Rock weathering’s tangled role in Earth’s carbon cycle
A new World View argues that the complex relationship between rock weathering and the carbon cycle demands broader research and ...
Machine Learning Maps Landslide Danger Along Tibet’s Vital Lhasa–Dingri Highway
A new random forest model with spatial cross-validation reveals that slope and topographic relief control landslide hazards along the Lhasa–Dingri ...
Ancient volcanic blanket preserves a buried Andean Pompeii from 22 million years ago
A giant 21.9-million-year-old volcanic deposit in northern Chile has preserved the shape of a buried Andean landscape, revealing that the ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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