News articles tagged with 'delta'
Parting the waters: Computer modelling applies physics to Red Sea escape route
— 22 Sep 2010 09:28 | EnvironmentThe biblical account of the parting of the Red Sea has inspired and mystified people for millennia. A new computer modelling study by researchers at the National Centre for Atmospheric…
Gulf oil spill: Mississippi River hydrology may help reduce oil onshore
— 18 Jun 2010 14:05 | EnvironmentThe Gulf of Mexico: what role will the Mississippi River play in oil washing ashore and into delta wetlands?…
New CU-Boulder study indicates an ancient ocean may have covered one-third of Mars
— 14 Jun 2010 04:37 | AstronomyA vast ocean likely covered one-third of the surface of Mars some 3.5 billion years ago, according to a new study conducted by University of Colorado at Boulder scientists…
New research links decline of endangered California delta smelt to nutrient pollution
— 18 May 2010 19:48 | EnvironmentA new study to be published in the academic journal Reviews in Fisheries Science recommends that efforts to restore the endangered California delta smelt and other declining pelagic…
Cuts to Mississippi levees could build new land in sinking delta
— 21 Oct 2009 09:20 | EnvironmentDiverting sediment-rich water from the Mississippi River below New Orleans could generate new land in the river's delta in the next century that would equal almost half the acreage…
World's river deltas sinking due to human activity
— 20 Sep 2009 22:02 | EnvironmentA new study led by the University of Colorado at Boulder indicates most of the world's low-lying river deltas are sinking from human activity, making them increasingly vulnerable to…
Mercury in Mackenzie River delta dramatically higher than previously believed
— 17 Jun 2009 03:09 | EnvironmentUniversity of Alberta researchers conducting a water study in the Mackenzie River Delta have found a dramatically higher delivery of mercury from the Mackenzie River to the Arctic Ocean…
River delta areas can provide clue to environmental changes
— 12 May 2009 11:29 | EnvironmentSediments released by many of the world's largest river deltas to the global oceans have been changed drastically in the last 50 years, largely as a result of human activity, says a…
Danube delta holds answers to 'Noah's flood' debate
— 23 Jan 2009 20:30 | Geology and palaeontologyDid a catastrophic flood of biblical proportions drown the shores of the Black Sea 9,500 years ago, wiping out early Neolithic settlements around its perimeter? A geologist with the…
Nile Delta fishery grows dramatically thanks to run-off of sewage, fertilisers
— 22 Jan 2009 15:48 | EnvironmentWhile many of the world's fisheries are in serious decline, the coastal Mediterranean fishery off the Nile Delta has expanded dramatically since the 1980s…