“Sediment monitoring offers valuable clues about both natural and human-influenced changes in the Puget Sound basin,” Weakland said. Tissue samples will help researchers track toxins in the ...

Wildfires don’t just leave behind scorched earth—they leave a toxic legacy in Western rivers that can linger for nearly a decade. A sweeping new study analyzed over 100,000 water samples from more ...

Deep beneath the Pacific Ocean floor, sediment cores hold secrets that could reshape how scientists predict Earth's climate ...

Sediment Samples From Great Blue Hole in Belize Show Hurricanes Are Becoming More Common in the Caribbean The Caribbean Sea has always held mysteries—sunken ships, vibrant coral reefs, and ...

Ashy wildfire sediment on Los Angeles County beaches does not contain chemicals ... Heal the Bay took ocean-water samples in late January at 10 sites from Paradise Cove in Malibu all the way down ...

Samples taken by L.A. County Public Works of the sediment after a January rain storm that washed sediment and debris into the beach and ocean areas tested negative for toxic chemicals.

To confirm Martin's hypothesis, the researchers measured isotopes of nitrogen in a sediment sample collected from a site that lies within the path of the winds that deposit iron-laden dust in the ...

They collected sediment samples from different sites in Kiel Bight — ranging from coarse sandy to fine grained muddy sediments — and stirred them in laboratory containers filled with seawater.