Researchers have uncovered key insights into the dangerous phenomenon of 'river avulsion,' offering a way to predict when and where rivers may suddenly and dramatically change course.

Indiana University researchers have uncovered key insights into the dangerous phenomenon of "river avulsion," offering a way ...

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Scientists at the University of Southampton have unlocked one of the most puzzling questions in plate tectonics revealing how and why ‘stable’ parts of continents gradually rise to form some of the ...

An international team of researchers has used innovative ecological modeling techniques to identify, for the first time, the ...

It took feats of engineering and deft piloting to map the planet’s topography, an achievement that continues to pay dividends ...

This is the second installment of a two-part series about the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission. Read part one here. Elevation ...

Birds of Greater Southern Africa” by Keith Barnes, John Fanshawe, and Terry Stevenson was released last month by Princeton ...

“Scientists have long suspected that steep kilometre-high topographic features called great escarpments — like the classic example encircling South Africa — are formed when continents rift and ...

This paper characterizes economically optimal investments in Africa’s road network in partial and general equilibrium —based ...

This paper reviews how human capital is accumulated and used over the process of development. It highlights that differences ...