When hurricanes and large coastal storms hit coastal communities, the beaches and dunes are the first line of defense for many areas, providing a natural barrier between the ocean and inland ...

A glance at any geological map of Europe will show the reader how the Belgian island stretched gradually in a southwesterly direction during the Permian epoch, approaching the coast of France by ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Research by a University at Buffalo planetary geologist suggests that generally accepted estimates about the geologic age of surfaces on Mars -- which influence theories about its ...

The study of ecological dynamics would benefit greatly from a tripartite research effort similar to that used so successfully in climate and ocean dynamics (see Figure 2.1), where information about ...

If you’re driving from Santa Fe to Albuquerque, you might not be aware you’re passing by billions of years of geologic time. The southernmost Rocky Mountains are visible to the northeast, their peaks ...