"The longest sediment cores previously drilled under an ice sheet are less than ten metres. We exceeded our target of 200 ...

New research has uncovered troubling evidence beneath Rhode Island's Pawcatuck River — pollution that could continue seeping into the water for decades, even if no new contamination occurs.

Magna Terra Minerals Inc. (TSXV: MTT) (“Magna Terra” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has received analytical results from ...

An Antarctic sediment sample dating back millions of years shows a major ice sheet partially or totally collapsed during a previous warm period. Climate change correspondent Kate Newton reports.

Ten consecutive stream sediment samples over an approximately 900 meters long section of a stream returned anomalous cobalt ...

Marine scientist Matthew Costa is used to digging into research—literally. Over the course of his PhD program at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Costa frequently muddied his hands ...

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