Iraqi officials are sounding the alarm to save monuments of the cradle of civilisation, with thousands of years of history at ...

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It won’t be Sandy 2.0, but the already-compromised New Jersey beaches are weathering another prolonged assault of onshore ...

Left with slivers of beaches as a result of the Oct. 12-13 nor'easter, Jersey Shore officials begin to assess the damage.

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The Science Behind River Downcutting The water pressure of a river can cut deep into a riverbed. Sediments from the riverbed ...

Dry weather is increasing salinity in soil and damaging ruins of cities such as Ur, birthplace of Biblical patriarch Abraham, ...