In the vast blue expanse of the ocean, where life often seems chaotic and untamed, there exists a tiny artist that defies all ...

Seasonal wave patterns cause sand to shift between the beach face and offshore bars, while longshore currents move sand down the coast. Man-made structures like breakwaters and dams disrupt this ...

NASA launched the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer, or OSIRIS-REx, mission on Sept. 8, 2016. It traveled to Bennu, a near-Earth asteroid, and ...

South Carolina beachgoers should learn to spot rip currents, which pose serious risks despite appearing as calm water.

An Aussie man was wandering around his local lake one sunny morning earlier this month, as he had done “a hundred times”, when he spotted an “unusual” wave pattern on the surface of the water.

The pre-Sandy bottom is relatively smooth – almost like a sandy beach. But during Sandy, the deep wave patterns scoured the sand from the subway cars on each side as the remnants of the powerful, ...

An alternative to dredging aims to capture moving sand to protect the archipelago from erosion and rising seas.

Ever wondered what happens once the turtle lays the eggs in her nest? Meet the volunteers at Students Sea Turtle Conservation ...

Sheer drama. That’s what the Great Sand Dunes are. Starkly beautiful desert dunes set against a backdrop of pretty, ...

Illegal stone quarries in Tamil Nadu are wreaking havoc on the environment, polluting air and groundwater, and threatening ...

Thanks to images in publications such as this and all across the internet, we know what to expect when we arrive at Great ...

Shoaling is a wave pattern that causes sediment to increase in an area, resulting in underwater accumulation of sand and debris. The Army Corps said a shoal formed in the winter months across the ...