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Drumlins and megaridges are all part of a single family of landforms formed by erosion, new research concludes. Shaped like an upturned boat, drumlin hills are found clustered together in their ...
Scientists have been familiar with Finnish landforms for decades. Now, however, researchers have discovered a new landform previously unknown to science with the aid of laser technology. After the ...
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Bands of soft rock such as clay and sand are weaker and therefore they can be eroded quickly. This process forms bays. A bay is an inlet of the sea where the land curves inwards, usually with a beach.
The island, called Prow Knob, formed from glacier retreat, an effect of anthropogenic climate change that can have disastrous ...
Special Issue No. 39. Proceedings of the 8th International Coastal Symposium (ICS 2004), Vol. III (Winter 2006), pp. 1898-1902 (5 pages) Published By: Coastal Education & Research Foundation, Inc. The ...
The weatheron Mars was much balmier in the recent past than scientists have previouslythought, according to a new interpretation of the formation of certainlandforms on the surface. The findingcould ...
Scientists have traced strange landforms on Pluto back to their ancient glacial origins. A letter by SETI Institute scientist Oliver White and colleagues shows how ridged landforms on Pluto provide ...
Global warming will transform Earth’s landscapes. “If there’s ice, it’s going to melt – and wherever it melts we will see changes,” says Richard Alley of Penn State University in University Park. Here ...
A previously unknown, large impact basin has been discovered by the MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging (MESSENGER) spacecraft during its second flyby of Mercury in October ...