Based on their findings, the researchers noted there are practical solutions that could have prevented collapse of the embankment slope investigated in this study. Their recommendations include using ...

The behavior of an avalanche depends on the structure of the snowpack, but that’s only one ingredient. An avalanche requires all the wrong conditions at the wrong time. The angle of the mountain slope ...

A newly launched program at Palisades Tahoe is allowing the general public to experience a unique blend of skiing and science education. The “Ski with a Scientist” program began earlier this year.

New research finds that giraffes much prefer flat terrain and do not traverse slopes of more than 20°, which severely limits the areas in, and outside, protected reserves they can access. The findings ...

A groundbreaking study published in Nature Communications has cast new doubt on the idea that the dark streaks observed on Martian slopes are signs of liquid water flowing on Mars today. For decades, ...

WASHINGTON, May 19 (Reuters) - Images taken of Mars from orbit dating back as far as the 1970s have captured curious dark streaks running down the sides of cliffs and crater walls that some scientists ...