| 单词 | silt |
| 例句 | Marshy silt and decomposed plants made a surface that looked completely solid, but it was even worse than quicksand. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z A cold current rippled through the bay, churning up plumes of garbage and silt. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z I look at my four boys, who are the colors of silt, loam, dust, and clay, an infinite palette for children of their own, and I understand that time erases whiteness altogether. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Odd that the homeless children, the silt of war frenzy, could initiate me into the brotherhood of man. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The white-gray cloud settled into the Atlantic, becoming part of the silt and rocks below. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z With both hands, he lays hold of a larger branch, and the inner tube swings onto the silt and grass. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Ashes drifted into the hollow places in my bones and silted up my brainpan. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The primary diver descends through the dark and cold until he hits bottom, stirring up a thick cloud of silt and sediment. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Despite constant maintenance, erosion silted up reservoirs, hurricanes destroyed terraces, and weeds and sediment choked irrigation networks. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z After a while they just looked out through the silted glass to where the track curved away in the waste of weeds. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z The entire back wall of the building collapsed, sending a cloud of silt and algae through the chamber. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z At first they were just dark brown columns of silt, denser than the water around them. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z In her palm sits a pile of sparkling black crystals, silt as fine as ash. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Clouds of silt and disgusting garbage—beer botdes, old shoes, plastic bags—swirled up all around me. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z A bent bicycle wheel and one soccer boot, caked in silt. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z His sodden robes weighed him down as he walked in deeper; now the water was over his knees, and his rapidly numbing feet were slipping over silt and flat, slimy stones. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z With the tree and grass cover removed, erosion proceeded and valleys silted up, while irrigation agriculture in the low-rainfall environment led to salt accumulation. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z But the trash wedged itself under his armpits and the balls of his feet, as if it wanted to be useful one last time before sinking into the silt at the bottom. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Yes, everything was once water, but the Earth formed out of the oceans by a natural process—similar, he thought, to the silting he had observed at the delta of the Nile. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The boat slid ashore, cracking through a fine layer of ice and black silt. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z A slender stream twisted back and forth in its broad bed of gray sand, and the water was not milky with silt but clear and pleasant. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The bottom was covered with fine silt and mud that was half water and in this the two rabbits had made furrows as they dragged themselves to shore. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Between tidal mudflats, a thick plume of silt flowed from the Surinam River, guiding them upstream to the frontier town of Paramaribo. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z It was close to the westernmost of the Nile’s seven mouths, the Canopic, but far enough away to avoid having its harbor silted up by the river’s outflow. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z “You got a way of handling the silt?” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z A dam across the Missouri River in Nebraska silted up so disastrously that a noisome ooze began to pour into the town of Niobrara, eventually forcing its permanent abandonment. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z “Groundbreaking began August 1966. The tall towers needed a strong foundation. Workers had to dig deep through silt to find firm soil.” Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z Imagine that all the bridges over the Seine have been buried in silt and lie de la Cite is just a slight bump on the landscape. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z But Hess’s readings showed that the ocean floor offered anything but the gooey smoothness of ancient silts. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z I sobbed as I lay on the pillow, my hair a mass of mud and silt. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Then it was no longer Blackavar who was crouching in front of him but Woundwort, drenched in mud and rain, glaring and scrabbling in the silt with his great claws. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I pulled Dr. Trefusis out of the ditches where water still ran over the silt. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The good news was that the flooding deposited rich, alluvial silt all over the fields, making the Nile delta the richest farmland in the ancient world. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Called "Water Castings," they were made by pouring molten bronze into a watery pit of clay silt. Matthew Barney's 'River of Fundament'? Well, it's certainly big 2015-09-26T04:00:00Z It contains also a silt of threads and fragments from the sumps of the world's washing-machines. Sea Story by AS Byatt 2013-03-15T13:58:58Z The glaciers of the last ice age spared this region, and thus spared it the drift — the silt, the boulders, the assorted debris — common throughout much of the northern hemisphere. In southwestern Wisconsin, the bucolic Driftless Area is an overlooked gem 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z The quarries sit atop a bone bed where an ancient stream washed bones together in a river channel and buried them in silt. A real Jurassic park lies underground at the Wyoming Dinosaur Center 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z She assists this particular gung-ho tourist, with modest kayaking skills, into a beamy single, and I am off, gliding across gray-green waters that are milky with the fine silt of glacier-ground rock. Kayak the Alaskan glaciers of Blackstone Bay while they’re still here 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z Typically, they are rugged with pigment, slowly built up in fine flecks like so many accretions of silt and sea life. Artist of the week 197: Ellen Gronemeyer 2012-07-05T14:10:34Z That day, hundreds of works of art were damaged by a mixture of water, sewage, fuel oil and silt. ‘Waters Rising’: A tale of the man who helped saved Florence’s cultural treasures 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z Behind the boards he can hear machines dumping silt. Woman Fish by Dorothy Tse, translated by Nicky Harman 2013-03-21T13:24:10Z This runoff harms the environment by washing silt and pollutants into waterways and causing combined storm sewers to discharge untreated sewage into rivers — in our case, the Anacostia and the Potomac. Many rain gardens fall flat. This one shows how it’s done. 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z A city built on sand in Peru that looks as though it is sailing on silt. Thomas Struth ? review 2011-07-06T17:42:12Z As the ignored camera cranks away, a fine silt falls from the cracked ceiling, adhering to the humanoid shape of — something. Paranormal Activity 3: Three?s a Shroud 2011-10-19T12:57:15Z The surrounding seaport, a tourist hub of restaurants and retail stores, is also a mess, with silt wedged between the cobblestones and many storefronts boarded up. South Street Seaport Museum Mops Up After Hurricane Sandy 2012-11-12T22:52:21Z But Kosminsky flicks between the two periods boldly, unself-consciously, as if all the silted history between them was nothing more than a couple of bits of lint, to be brushed off a lapel. Peter Kosminsky: Britain's humiliation in Palestine 2011-01-23T00:03:05Z Carbohydrates are causing an obesity epidemic and fats silt up your arteries. Is too much protein bad for you? 2016-12-12T05:00:00Z When the water recedes, the remaining black silt feeds the land. Among the Majestic Trees in Congaree, Slipping Into Silence 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z This wasn’t a dirt road; this was thousands of years of silt, clay, leaves and rock crushed to near hardness from hooves, bare feet, boots and wheels. From Nashville to Tupelo on the Natchez Trace Parkway 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z Depending on where you live, your soil will contain different amounts of sand, silt and clay which can all impact how a plant grows. Which gardening method is best for you? 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z As the narrative makes its measured progress, the sadness steadily accumulates, a weightless silt that gets under the eyelids. Canada by Richard Ford - review 2012-05-25T09:00:01Z The body was found in a deep layer of silt that archaeologists believe was left over from a massive flood. Pennsylvania museum says finds 6,500-year-old skeleton in its cellar 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z With silt collected in my sneakers, it’s as if I’m walking on stones. Explorer: Getting Muddy in the Netherlands 2010-05-19T21:49:00Z Its base is sedimentary: coconut and chopped walnuts bound together by a buttery silt of cocoa and crushed graham crackers. A Bite-Size Square of Canada’s History, Culture and Craving 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z The constant erosion of those soft cliffs, along with the scouring of ancient river sediment, silts up the river and colors it sienna brown. In Nova Scotia, tidal-bore rafting offers a uniquely muddy adventure 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z For decades silt has filled the reservoir from below, and it is in the process of gradually changing this into a lake of mud and muck. “The damnation of a canyon”: The Glen Canyon dam is mind-blowing — unless you’d seen the canyon before it was destroyed 2015-05-10T04:00:00Z Some will sift silt from the ocean floor. Building Field Museum's beasts a giant undertaking 2011-05-17T00:27:00Z Using glazes made of silt from the Nisqually River, he finishes the pots and dinnerware that Gardiner hand-throws and decorates with designs of flowers that grow wild on the mountain. 5 detours to try on the way to Mount Rainier before winter ends 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z Full of risk, they’re marshes where islands form out of silt and reeds, drift and then break apart, where the boundaries between land and water can’t be drawn for sure. Love Among the Ruins 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z “You want tiny but sharp particles with enough silt and clay so the sculpture actually gets harder” with time. For Sue McGrew, sand castles are serious works of art 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z “It’s when it all silts up that it gets disgusting. I’m not good at silt,” she says. How to De-Clutter Your Life, the Anya Hindmarch Way 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z The ideal loam is said to be 40 percent sand, 40 percent silt and 20 percent clay. How to create a living soil 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z Here, 50 miles from the Pacific, soils quickly change from sedimentary to volcanic clay to windblown silt, each contributing different characteristics to a wine. What’s new, what’s novel in Oregon’s Willamette Valley wine country 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z Also in my notebooks are maps of key locations in books whose plot subsequently changed course, leaving these places unvisited and silted up, like an oxbow lake. Start with the Map 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z All the while, the Guadalquivir River, which allowed ships into Seville, began to silt up, forcing trade southward to the coastal town of Cádiz. Murillo, Not So Saintly: A Quiet Master Reassessed 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z As part of the relief effort, I spent a day digging up ocean silt and readying the area for resettlement, five months after the three-metre tsunami crashed through this beachside town. Things they lost in a tsunami 2013-03-10T21:00:00Z Once the Thames began to silt up, London itself was doomed. Review | A look at the post-apocalyptic world envisioned in the novel ‘After London’ 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z Built on silt, they move with the tide. The Case for New Hudson River Rail Tunnels 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z His imagery and title theme recur: dry silt, blowing sand, dust everywhere. 'Dust to Dust': born to be a soldier 2012-03-28T19:26:05Z At one point, Taylor cut the engine and we listened to a loud, constant hiss: the Yukon’s glacial silt, boiling upward against the hull. 125 years after gold was discovered in the Yukon, we ventured up to Dawson City. Here’s what it looks like now 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z For the restoration of the garden, more than 4,000 truckloads of accumulated silt and soil were hauled away by hand. The real magic of the Taj Mahal 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z Ostia wasn’t exactly forgotten after the encroaching silt and vegetation took over. Journeys: In Ostia Antica, Italy, Clues to Past Glories 2011-12-23T17:05:07Z However, as liberalism has spread, these impulses have become silted over. On the barricades 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z After the fence went up, the society turned to repairing the stream, which was both eroding and silting, to the detriment of the habitat. In deer territory, good fences make good gardens 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z For thousands of years the silt has both nourished and destroyed on an unparalleled scale. Water, water, everywhere 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z He got it stuck in some silt just off the coast of Scotland. How WikiLeaks killed the conspiracy thriller 2010-12-02T22:30:00Z As silt accumulates on them, the mud flats rise until they stand clear of the sea for long enough to become colonized by salt-loving plants. Pip and Me: A Journey Into the World of ‘Great Expectations’ 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z There will be many more: hands grasping river silt, long fingers against the weave of a blanket swaddling a newborn, hands clasped in youthful want. ‘All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt’ Review: Mississippi Memories 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z This bottle is made from organic grapes grown in silt and clay over limestone bedrock. 12 Summer Sparkling Wines, Because Who Needs a Reason 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z There are some 150 artifacts on display, and the vast majority were found buried in the silt and clay of the Bay of Aboukir, off the coast of Alexandria, Egypt. Museum Review: Cleopatra?s Underwater Kingdom 2010-06-03T21:59:00Z Technically, it has a certain texture, based on the size of its particles, clay being fine-textured, sand being coarse, and silt in between. How to create a living soil 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z “Could be 50 years old, could be 20,000 years old. The fine silt, and the freezing, leads to incredible preservation.” 125 years after gold was discovered in the Yukon, we ventured up to Dawson City. Here’s what it looks like now 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z Not only is the forest destroyed, creeks are clogged with silt and soil erosion causes flooding in the "hollows" below. Robert Kennedy Jr. says West Virginia coal industry out of control in documentary 2011-07-14T21:09:07Z By the time the river has turned abruptly eastward onto the vast and populous north China plain, a litre of river water carries up to 300 grams of alluvial silt. Water, water, everywhere 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z Marshland is born of rivers: as silt is sluiced down from the land to the sea, the tides in turn lift it back onto the land. Pip and Me: A Journey Into the World of ‘Great Expectations’ 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z The stage gradually becomes silted up with a lifetime's possessions, and a parade of shoes – baby-size, Rollerblades, high heels, hiking boots and padded slippers – marks out a march of years. Birdsong; On Ageing; The Big Fellah; Yes, Prime Minister 2010-10-02T23:07:00Z If Atlantis really had been located in Doñana, it might now be buried under 20 feet of silt and clay. My Quest for Atlantis 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z He invokes, as he goes, hundreds of previous walkers, and hundreds of pathways – across silt, sand, granite, water, snow – each with its different rhythms and secrets. The Old Ways by Robert Macfarlane – review 2012-05-31T07:00:02Z The schnauzenorgan is chock-full of electroreceptors and can also be used to manipulate objects as the fish roots around in riverbed silt for its dinner. Elephantnose Fish ‘Sees’ by Doing an Electric Boogie 2023-11-06T05:00:00Z While beaver dams can sometimes help salmon eggs, slowing down water and filtering silt, the ones in Carkeek Park may prevent the salmon from traveling fully upstream. Beaver family that moved into Seattle’s Carkeek Park may complicate salmon-spawning journey 2023-10-30T04:00:00Z He said parts of the town were still coated in contaminated sludge and silt. FM to visit community devastated by storm floods 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z In Mosaic and Golden canyons, where floodwaters surged in August, scattered boulders and silt have reshaped the narrow passages, hinting at violence just concluded. 'I've never seen anything like this': Death Valley gleams with water, wildflowers and color 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z The newly exposed earth differs from what was there historically because dams don’t just block water and fish; they also trap fine silt, sand, and rocks. Historic dam removal poses challenge of restoring both river and landscape 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z “The soil system contains the mineral component, which is the sand, silt, and clay. It also has spaces that are filled with air or water, and then it has organic matter,” she says. Leave your dead leaves on the ground this fall 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z Photos and videos on social media showed roads and pathways covered with silt and stones, vehicles stuck and small, muddy streams flowing by hillsides. Death toll rises to 40 after glacial lake flooding in Indian Himalayas, dozens still missing 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z "People walked on a mosaic of wet and dry ground. There was mud, silt and sand in this lake-edge environment," Pigati said. New tests confirm antiquity of ancient human footprints in New Mexico 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z Reuters photos showed earth movers and rescue workers shovelling silt and mud to dig out military vehicles buried by the riverside. Himalayan lake flooding in India kills 18, nearly 100 missing 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z At one point, they scooped silt from the lakebed of the Glines Canyon Reservoir and placed it into planting boxes, where they attempted to grow red alder. Historic dam removal poses challenge of restoring both river and landscape 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z As the water is drained, crews working on boats will also spray fire hoses to wash away muddy silt and send it downstream. The largest dam removal in history stirs hopes of restoring California tribes’ way of life 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z Male hellbender salamanders usually make doting dads, guarding eggs and shaking them free of silt. Cannibalistic Dads May Be Contributing to Hellbender Salamander Declines 2023-10-01T04:00:00Z Our plants appreciate the erosion control, but so do the salmon — less silt flowing into their streams. Weasels and bees and more: Sustaining nature in our yards nurtures us | Op-Ed 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z After a summer of blue-green algae, bathing bans, and pondweed and silt causing problems for boats, Belfast City Council has officially added its voice to calls for Lough Neagh to be brought into public ownership. Lough Neagh: What does future hold for UK's largest freshwater lake? 2023-09-09T04:00:00Z "The agricultural production isn't destroyed just for this year. The thick coat of silt means it is no longer fertile," Lekkas said. As deadly Greek rainstorm ebbs, a trail of devastation emerges 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z Torrential rains left more than a metre of silt dumped on once-fertile soils. As deadly Greek rainstorm ebbs, a trail of devastation emerges 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z Vegetation helps to prevent streambank erosion, keeping back salt-filled silt that changes the water chemistry and fills the gaps between gravel—where hellbender larvae live. Cannibalistic Dads May Be Contributing to Hellbender Salamander Declines 2023-10-01T04:00:00Z Videos posted to social media by the park show volunteers brushing away dried silt and dirt to reveal the hidden prints. New dinosaur tracks from 113 million years ago revealed by Texas drought 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z The algae compounded the woes of rescue volunteers who were already worried about safe access due to silt building up. Lough Neagh: What does future hold for UK's largest freshwater lake? 2023-09-09T04:00:00Z A layer of silt had settled in the bottom of the box, he said. What's in the box? For much-hyped West Point time capsule, it turns out, only mud 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z "The agricultural production isn't destroyed just for this year. The thick coat of silt means it is no longer fertile." As deadly Greek rainstorm ebbs, a trail of devastation emerges 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z Still, maintaining hope that West Point's ancestors didn't actually leave a box of dirt to be found centuries later, the silt will be carefully inspected for any special contents. A muddy reveal for mysterious West Point time capsule from 1820s 2023-08-28T04:00:00Z On 14 August, a little before midnight, a huge flash flood hit Mr Bhatta's two-storey house, burying it under debris of rock, silt and mud. Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh: More rain, less snow are turning Himalayas dangerous 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z Along some stream lengths, a restoration crew dropped hundreds of standing snags into channels to help catch the silt from eroding slopes and create cool new pools where fish could find refuge. A giant Oregon fire shows the limits of carbon offsets in fighting climate change 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z Officials plan to collect and screen the silt. What's in the box? For much-hyped West Point time capsule, it turns out, only mud 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z The harvester sucks up nodules, whipping up a cloud of fine silt as it travels along, and sends them to a surface vessel through a pipe called a vertical riser. Deep-Sea Mining Could Begin Soon, Regulated or Not 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z Those projects include the removal of an estimated 300,000 cubic yards of debris and silt deposited on spreading grounds by floodwaters diverted from rivers, canals and reservoirs. Fear of the 'Big Melt' turns to big relief along California's Eastern Sierra 2023-08-13T04:00:00Z Some roadways have been blocked by silt and debris from the flooding, it said. At least 2 buildings destroyed in flooding in Alaska’s capital from glacial lake water release 2023-08-06T04:00:00Z The miners mix mercury with fine river silt in oil drums. Insight: Amazon rainforest gold mining is poisoning scores of threatened species 2023-08-05T04:00:00Z Erosion, in fact, is partly why Kalaloch has such a nice, sandy beach — eroding bluffs, plus contributing rivers to the south that toss silt into the ocean to be carried northward on longshore currents. Erosion forces Olympic National Park to take a hard look at Kalaloch Lodge 2023-07-28T04:00:00Z The fields are so laden with silt that they don’t even want to put their equipment through them, he said. Vermont farmers are urged to document crop losses from flooding 2023-07-24T04:00:00Z Scientists have warned that such activity could kick up silt storms and create noise and light pollution in a watery underworld that has barely been explored. UN agency that governs international waters mired in grueling debate over deep sea mining 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z Although government officials say the water level is now reducing, the receding floodwater is leaving garbage and silt in its wake along with a strong stench, raising concerns about disease. Yamuna river floods India's holy cities of Mathura, Vrindavan after heavy rainfall 2023-07-19T04:00:00Z Colleen Dooley returned to her condominium complex in Ludlow on Tuesday to find the grounds covered in silt and mud and the pool filled with muddy river water. Vermont slowly turns to recovery after being hit by flood from slow-moving storm 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z The government, for its part, has an ambitious national adaptation plan with expensive projects, like dredging rivers of silt and building embankments to hold back the sea. Here’s a Look at the Water Crises That Might Be Coming to You Soon 2023-06-25T04:00:00Z Dr Becker-Reshef said canals can start to fill in with silt if left dry, reducing their effectiveness, and the longer they are left in this condition, the worse they will become. Ukraine dam: Satellite images reveal Kakhovka canals drying up 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z "In just a few years, the silting up of the bay has been stopped and we have restored the possibility of an island," Macron said. New dam saved France's Mont-Saint-Michel island status, Macron says 2023-06-05T04:00:00Z The level of hydrocarbon contamination was so high one creek was covered with "a gelatinous, oily emulsion overlying grey silt." Christie rerun will pay residuals 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z At low tide, the estuary is known for its dangerous mud flats made of silt created by glacier-pulverized rocks. “Mother Nature has no mercy:” Man gets stuck waist-deep in Alaska mud flats, drowns as tide comes in 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z With increasing volume can come increased silt, and as the flow rate slows, the silt may settle, thus increasing the deposition of sediment. Concepts of Biology 2013-04-25T00:00:00Z It was further damaged by a series of powerful atmospheric river storms that sent silt flowing down the mountain because there was little surviving vegetation to hold the soil in place. This tribe was barred from cultural burning for decades — then a fire hit their community 2023-05-07T04:00:00Z Pocahontas is more of a peninsula than an island, thanks to a channel of the Appomattox River that silted up more than 100 years ago. Richard Stewart kept history alive. His death leaves it in jeopardy. 2023-04-29T04:00:00Z One of the biggest concerns in dam removal was the 20 million cubic yards of sand, gravel and silt locked up behind two dams. Tribe to fish for salmon on Elwha River a decade after dams fell 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z When the tide comes back in, the silt gets wet from the bottom, loosens up and can create a vacuum if a person walks on it. “Mother Nature has no mercy:” Man gets stuck waist-deep in Alaska mud flats, drowns as tide comes in 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z Rivers with low silt content or in areas where ocean currents or wave action are high create estuarine areas where the fresh water and salt water mix. Concepts of Biology 2013-04-25T00:00:00Z The backwaters have become shallow due to the silt deposited by heavy floods. ‘Mangrove Man’ in India fights to salvage sinking shores 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z Habitat destruction has clogged river bottoms with silt that inhibits the survival of adult Pearl darters and their offspring. Threatened fish gets 524 miles of habitat in Mississippi 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z The water level has dropped so low here - to below 10% of the reservoir's capacity - that there is already a risk the water will be contaminated by silt. Climate change: Catalonia in grip of worst drought in decades 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z The nearby La Baells reservoir is down to 25%, and in some places only a trickle of water cuts through the layers of silt that used to be underwater. Pray for rain: Spanish farmers hold unique Mass amid drought 2023-03-26T04:00:00Z The water contains silt and is well-oxygenated, low in pressure, and stable in temperature. Concepts of Biology 2013-04-25T00:00:00Z When the cyclone hit, the infrastructure designed to stop the main rivers from flooding collapsed, completely burying his orchard in mud and potentially toxic silt. Cyclone Gabrielle: The New Zealand flood victims too scared to go home 2023-03-18T04:00:00Z To the eye it is nearly flat, covered by layers of gravel, silt and clay washed from the mountains over the eons by rain and melting snow. Editorial: Restore California's floodplains to capture more stormwater, protect human life 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z Small-, medium- and large-scale gold miners had protested the destruction earlier this month of nine "dragons" - floating machines that suck up silt and mud from rivers in search of alluvial gold. Colombia's police lift road blocks set up by protesting miners 2023-03-11T05:00:00Z A smaller project in Jiangsu had similar success at lower cost by covering Spartina with silt dredged from a shipping channel. China battles alien marsh grass at unprecedented scale 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z When a river reaches the ocean or a large lake, the water typically slows dramatically and any silt in the river water will settle. Concepts of Biology 2013-04-25T00:00:00Z Ash and silt rushed from the hillsides during last summer’s rainy season, clogging a diversion point for the irrigation system and culverts beyond that. Work begins to clear water canals following New Mexico fire 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z The ship sat largely intact on the sea floor, looking “as if someone had laid her out gently on the silt and said, ‘Wait here now, wait until somebody finds you.’” Review | An Antarctic explorer watched his ship sink. A century later, it was found. 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z Now an excavation led by Brendan Foley, an archaeological scientist at Lund University, has found the spices buried in the silt of the boat. Archaeologists find well-preserved 500-year-old spices on Baltic shipwreck 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z This thin layer of silt, rocks, tiny shells, and other marine deposits gets buried over time, preserving the tsunami’s path between layers of sediment. Ancient Tsunami Detectives Hunt for Long-Lost Cataclysms 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z Rivers with high silt content discharging into oceans with minimal currents and wave action will build deltas, low- elevation areas of sand and mud, as the silt settles onto the ocean bottom. Concepts of Biology 2013-04-25T00:00:00Z The canal was 6.5 metres deep in the mid-1990s, but Ukraine has not done any dredging in recent years, resulting in an accumulation of silt. Exclusive: Ukraine deepens Bystre Canal on Danube, aims to boost exports - deputy minister 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z Unstable banks erode silt into streams that can smother salmon redds, or nests. Salmon parks: Inside a movement to conserve Pacific Northwest old growth 2023-02-19T05:00:00Z Many cities and villages of the region were built atop the layers of sand, silt and clay of an ancient riverbed. Why Did a Turkish City Withstand the Quake When Others Crumbled? 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z Four of the five known deaths happened there; crops were ruined, and villages were covered in silt, according to reports in the local news media. New Zealand, Battered by a Record Storm, Faces a Painful Cleanup 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z Faster-moving water and the short distance from its origin results in minimal silt levels in headwater streams; therefore, the water is clear. Concepts of Biology 2013-04-25T00:00:00Z Cliffs of dried reservoir silt towered over the river. A river guide's view of Lake Powell's decline and the depths of the Colorado River crisis 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z The permeability is so great that they can absorb about 60 times more water than the surrounding material that is dominated by clay and silt. Opinion | California Could Capture Its Destructive Floodwaters to Fight Drought 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z “Even just the currents, the silt, everything building up against them, you feel it coming in large waves like it’s attacking them.” Without a villain, water is the bad guy in 'Thirteen Lives' 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z Underwater cameras captured the cephalopods collecting shells, silt and algae with their arms and hurling them at one another by using jets of water from their siphon to propel the scraps. 6 Weird and Wild Animal Behaviors Revealed in 2022 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z The paleovalleys are rare geologic features in the Central Valley, where much of the ground has layers of impermeable clay and silt that impede the downward movement of water. From the air, scientists map 'fast paths' for recharging California's groundwater 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z All along the river’s banks, giant mounds of dried mud and silt rose taller than houses — sediment that settled in Lake Powell over decades and has been left exposed by the reservoir’s retreating waters. A river guide's view of Lake Powell's decline and the depths of the Colorado River crisis 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z I just finished a draft of a poem about the group in Breathitt County that is now suing the coal company for neglecting their silt ponds, basically. J.D. Vance "misrepresented everything" and "leaves out" women 2022-11-13T05:00:00Z Throws that made octo-contact were also more likely to be accomplished with a specific set of arms, and the projectile was more likely to be silt. Watch Octopuses Throw Things at Each Other 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z For instance, if an animal feels provoked by its neighbor, it will gather silt from the seafloor underneath its body and hold it there. Sometimes This Octopus Is So Mad It Just Wants to Throw Something 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z The river’s branches created the rich, fertile land by depositing silt as they made their way to the sea. Climate change and rising sea levels threaten the Nile River Delta 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z On a nearby stretch of river that used to be underwater in Lake Powell, whitewater rafters stepped out of boats onto a steep bank of dried silt. A river guide's view of Lake Powell's decline and the depths of the Colorado River crisis 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z It turned gray, like the silt ponds, and then everything was destroyed that was in its path. J.D. Vance "misrepresented everything" and "leaves out" women 2022-11-13T05:00:00Z One behaviour stood out: instances in which the eight-limbed creatures gathered shells, silt or algae with their arms — and then hurled them away, propelling them with water jetted from their siphon. Watch Octopuses Throw Things at Each Other 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z Additionally, the material thrown varied depending on context; when seemingly trying to strike another octopus, silt was the weapon of choice. Sometimes This Octopus Is So Mad It Just Wants to Throw Something 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z The rivers’ branches created the rich, fertile land by depositing silt as they made their way to the sea. Climate change and rising seas threaten Egypt’s breadbasket 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z Because the dam traps silt, the river downstream from it flows clear and green. A river guide's view of Lake Powell's decline and the depths of the Colorado River crisis 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z Some of those who fell into the weed-choked river were stuck in its deep silt. Friends, families mourn lives lost in India bridge disaster 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z The climate impact is being compounded by natural factors, such as tectonic shifts that are causing the land beneath to sink, and upstream dams holding back silt that would replenish the eroding delta. As seas rise, Bangladesh farmers revive floating farms 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z Among other things, the ground under the strait is composed of silt that made anchoring a bridge difficult. Putin’s bridge of dreams explodes in flames 2022-10-08T04:00:00Z The area has always been exposed to the nearby sea, but formers say salinity was kept in check by supplies of fresh water and silt from the Nile. Climate change and rising seas threaten Egypt’s breadbasket 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z The Tennessee Valley Authority adds liquid oxygen to the water at times and pulses dams to get silt off the gravel where the snail darters spawn. Snail darter, focus of epic conservation fight, is recovered 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z The following year, police had Leanach quarry drained of an estimated 13 million litres of water and had more than 100,000 tonnes of earth, silt and other material removed. The 46-year-old murder mystery that haunted the Highlands 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z The pollution that infests those systems can include everything from silt and natural debris to asbestos, heavy metals, radioactive isotopes and other harmful contaminants released when man-made structures burn. How New Mexico’s Largest Wildfire Set Off a Drinking Water Crisis 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z He was soon crouched at waterway’s edge shoveling silt into a concave pan, or batea, a ritual passed down for generations. Colombia's trailblazing vice president: Black, female and champion of the 'nobodies' 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z They could even be physical: microbial fossils entombed as silt particles got cemented together over time. Mars rover nears milestone in ambitious plan to to return first rocks from another planet 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z “This animal probably either died and then immediately got covered over by sand and silt in the river. Or it was killed because a river bank fell onto it,” Mr. Pickles said. Researchers discover duck-billed dinosaur fossil jutting out of a Canadian hillside 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z Dust storms blew as far as Atlanta, Boston and New York, with silt covering the decks of ships more than 250 miles off the East Coast. The U.S. is sweltering. The heat wave of 1936 was far deadlier. 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z To clean greens, swish in cool water to remove dirt or silt, lift out, drain well, and dry in clean towels or a salad spinner. Don’t toss veggie tops and greens. Here’s how to use them instead. 2022-08-22T04:00:00Z Repeated cycles of exposure and covering-up can wear on fossils that would otherwise be protected by silt and sediment. Drought is exposing world relics — from dinosaur tracks to Nazi ships 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z Tom Zreika, a Lebanese-Australian and the chairman of Australian charity AusRelief that helped bring the submarine to Lebanon, said the boat was a “fair degree under silt,” making it difficult to retrieve it. Lebanese submarine finds 7 bodies from April migrant sinking 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z With showers in the forecast, park staff only had a matter of days to clean, map and study the tracks before they were recovered in mud, silt and water. New dinosaur tracks emerge in Texas park amid record-breaking drought 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z In a hypothetical research situation, scientists discover bacterial endospores in silt at the bottom of a marsh that has been contaminated with a pollutant for 25 years. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z But Mr. Putin put his weight behind the project, despite that and other engineering challenges, which include a seabed covered with some 250 feet of fine silt deposited by the alluvial flow from various rivers. A bridge to Crimea is a vital Russian link, and a potential Ukrainian target. 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z As soon as it died — it’s impossible to know how — its body was covered in mud and silt before opportunistic scavengers could scatter it. Bones, sweat and years: What it takes to dig up a dinosaur 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z A home test indicates the percentages of sand, silt and clay contained in your soil, which impacts how the soil holds and disperses nutrients and water. Create a bountiful garden next spring by ‘growing’ your soil now | Produced by Seattle Times Marketing 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z Maybe, he surmised, these layers were filled with sand and silt that had washed in during floods. The Coming California Megastorm 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z The age of the endospores can be estimated, then, by identifying the layer of silt in which the endospores are found. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z “It’s washing it off pretty good,” Mullins said, using a push broom to sweep the last of the creek silt into the gutter outside his flower shop. Former coal town comes together in face of Kentucky floods 2022-08-07T04:00:00Z With two-thirds of the Dutch population living below sea level, droughts can quickly become an acute problem in the Netherlands, leading to rivers silting up and hampering water traffic. Dutch government declares water shortage due to drought 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z Wait two hours and mark the next level: the silt layer. Create a bountiful garden next spring by ‘growing’ your soil now | Produced by Seattle Times Marketing 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z Dams also cut off the gravel, silt and other sediment that rivers carry, which are used to build new ecological features during a flood. A Silver Lining: Giant Floods Not Only Destroy, They Renew 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z The age of the endospores can be estimated, then, by identifying the layer of silt in which the endospores are found. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z Unlike volcanic islands, there is no bedrock, only layers of silt washed down the Mississippi Delta. Climate change and vanishing islands threaten brown pelicans 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z "All of the historic misuses of the Tees waters are still with us inherited in the silt in the Tees. The need to have this investigation is well founded." Redcar councillors call for reinvestigation into shellfish deaths 2022-07-18T04:00:00Z The water here contains silt and is well-oxygenated, low in pressure, and stable in temperature. Environmental Biology 2018-09-06T00:00:00Z It has a wide range of grain sizes, including a relatively high proportion of silt and clay. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The silt of the marsh was deposited in annual layers. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z Sediment that breaches the levees during flood stage is called crevasse splays delivering silt and clay into the floodplain. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z Where is all the silt and sand collected behind the dams going to go? Snake River dams: Important role 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z The fast-moving water results in minimal silt accumulation at the bottom of the river or stream, therefore the water is clear. Environmental Biology 2018-09-06T00:00:00Z These are dominated by silt- and clay-sized particles and are typically laminated on the millimetre scale. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z In a hypothetical research situation, scientists discover bacterial endospores in silt at the bottom of a marsh that has been contaminated with a pollutant for 25 years. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z The fine-grained suspended load is effectively removed from the sand and the surface carrying silt and dust in haboobs. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z In southern Assam’s Haflong town, the railway station was underwater and flooded rivers deposited mud and silt along the rail tracks. Floods in India, Bangladesh leave millions homeless, 18 dead 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z DeHoff’s group, Returning Rapids, is documenting the reemergence of the canyon and the return of the river, as it cuts through the silt deposits left by Lake Powell and tries to reclaim its original path. The Colorado River is in crisis, and it’s getting worse every day In areas with even lower gradients, and where silt and sand are the dominant sediments, meanders are common. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The age of the endospores can be estimated, then, by identifying the layer of silt in which the endospores are found. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z The broken-down and transported fragments or grains are considered sediments, such as gravel, sand, silt, and clay. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s mixed with organic matter and water and silt and it’s not really recyclable,” he said. Saving a Texan Bayou, ‘16 Bottles’ at a Time 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z This is likely due to the high silt content of the riverbed; the Yellow River—the muddiest in the world—is named for the heavy loads of silt it carries. Dams are supposed to prevent floods. Some may make them worse 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z Unconsolidated materials like gravel, sand, and even silt make relatively good aquifers, as do rocks like sandstone. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The bottom of the benthic realm is comprised of sand, silt, and dead organisms. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z Sediment grains smaller than sand are called silt. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z They suggest regular harvesting prevents reefs from becoming smothered in silt and have pushed for access to some oyster bars that have been closed off for more than a decade. Wild oyster harvest numbers offer optimism 2022-05-07T04:00:00Z The project delays, along with the contract dispute, have been attributed to challenges with soil conditions, including a plastic clay and silt material that officials said requires a different approach to construction. Virginia 95 Express Lanes to Fredericksburg to open in late 2023 2022-05-02T04:00:00Z Sand and silt tend to be particularly weak, clay is generally a little stronger, and sand mixed with clay can be stronger still. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The fast-moving water results in minimal silt accumulation at the bottom of the river or stream; therefore, the water is clear. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z In a lake fed by the stream, there should be sand and silt deposits. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z “Many were buried in clay and covered by silt and debris that kind of protected them.” Revolutionary find: 19 cannons in river likely sunk in 1779 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z Over the next five years gravel and silt gradually built up behind the wood barriers, creating gentler grades. To Revive a River, Restore Its Hidden Gut 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z The deposits that make up the cliffs at Point Grey in Vancouver include sand, silt, and clay overlain by sand. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Some loss of wetland is due to silt and invasive species clogging water flow.To restore these wetlands, it is often enough to . Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z Rocks exclusively composed of silt or clay sediment, are called siltstone or claystone, respectively. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z “It isn’t really attractive — it can get filled with silt and debris,” he says. How to chose the right hardscaping material for a solid foundation | Produced by Seattle Times Marketing 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z The lagoon didn’t come into existence until about the 16th century, when the rivers feeding into the Atlantic silted, and long sandbanks grew along the coastline. Taking the scenic route to Aveiro, on Portugal’s Atlantic coast 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z The dark lower layer is made up of sand, silt, and clay. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The silt of the marsh was deposited in annual layers. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z Smaller particles like silt and clay are less movable by fluid systems because the tiny grains are chemically attracted to each other and stick to the underlying sediment. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z When the river receded in October, it left behind a rich deposit of fertile black mud called silt. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z After a major flood, large volumes of silt may accumulate in slow-flowing areas and the river may need to be dredged repeatedly. Storm Franklin: How do flood prevention schemes work? 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z Soil scientists describe soil texture in terms of the relative proportions of sand, silt, and clay, as shown in Figure 5.14. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z In a hypothetical research situation, scientists discover bacterial endospores in silt at the bottom of a marsh that has been contaminated with a pollutant for 25 years. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z Under higher flow rates, the fine silt and clay sediment tend to stay in place and the larger sand grains get picked up and moved. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z The delta is a broad, marshy, triangular area of land formed by deposits of silt at the mouth of the river. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The basic aim of dredging is to remove silt - which consists of fine sand, clay and small particles of rock - from the river's bed, potentially increasing its capacity to carry water downstream. Storm Franklin: How do flood prevention schemes work? 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z The sand and silt components in this diagram are dominated by quartz, with lesser amounts of feldspar and rock fragments, while the clay component is dominated by the clay minerals. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The silt of the marsh was deposited in annual layers. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z Water with high levels of silt or clay particles can inhibit the reef growth because coral organisms require sunlight to thrive; they host symbiotic algae called zooxanthellae that provide the coral with nourishment via photosynthesis. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z The Huang He, whose name means “yellow river,” deposits huge amounts of yellowish silt when it overflows its banks. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The craters were soon entombed by hundreds of meters of silt, which turned into shale over the course of 200 million years. Evidence of giant asteroid strike may be buried under Wyoming 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z The lower several centimetres of sand and silt probably formed over the duration of an hour. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z In a hypothetical research situation, scientists discover bacterial endospores in silt at the bottom of a marsh that has been contaminated with a pollutant for 25 years. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z Fine silt and clay can cross very long distances, even entire oceans suspended in the air. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z Like the Tigris, the Euphrates, and the Nile, these rivers carry not only water for irrigation, but also silt, which produces rich land for agriculture. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “It wasn’t just slow, gentle deposition of fine grained silt and sand and mud,” said Dr. Bell, who serves as principal investigator for the sophisticated cameras mounted on Perseverance’s mast. On Mars, a NASA Rover and Helicopter’s Year of Surprise and Discovery 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z Glaciofluvial sediments are similar to sediments deposited in normal fluvial environments, and are dominated by silt, sand, and gravel. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The age of the endospores can be estimated, then, by identifying the layer of silt in which the endospores are found. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z When sediment is left behind by a melting glacier, it is called till and is characteristically poorly sorted with grain sizes ranging from clay and silt to subrounded pebbles and boulders, possibly striated. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z As the floodwater receded, it left a thick bed of mud called silt. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z "Slowly but surely, care provision is silting up as a result of either higher levels of demand or higher levels of sickness," he says. Care services struggle with Omicron staff-sickness spike 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z Silt is essentially too small for individual grains to be visible, and while sand feels sandy to your fingers, silt feels smooth to your fingers but gritty in your mouth. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The silt of the marsh was deposited in annual layers. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z The intense grinding process creates a lot of silt. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z Groundwater often collects on the surface of their clay and silt soil, but they’d avoided any major damage over the previous decade. Residents fight to keep waters at bay in Chehalis-area where threat of floods is a constant 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z The researchers said it was possible that DNA could be extracted from the sealed, oxygen-free hull, which is filled with silt. Last known slave ship is remarkably well preserved, researchers say 2021-12-25T05:00:00Z The confined aquifer gets most of its water from the upper part of the hill where it is exposed at the surface, and relatively little by seepage through the fine silt layer. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Sheres said the area has a highly plastic clay and silt material that require a different approach to construction. 10-mile extension of 95 Express Lanes in Virginia unlikely to open next year 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z For example, a rock containing some silt but mostly rounded sand and gravel are called silty conglomerate. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z The dredgers are meant to clear built-up sand that blocks jetty traffic, but the churning silt has to land somewhere. In Lagos, Vulnerable Communities Buried by Urbanization 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z Most shells in the cages set out in late June at St. Stanislaus held only silt in mid-November, and surviving juveniles were generally less than an inch long. Volunteers raise oyster gardens to help restore reefs 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z These sediments tend to be relatively coarse, typically containing sand and silt, but in some cases even pebbles and cobbles. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z "Operationally, we needed a deeper port for ferries that wouldn't silt up," said a spokesman. What happened to Stranraer after the ferries left? 2021-11-20T05:00:00Z For example, in the Grand Canyon, rock strata of the same geologic age include many different depositional environments: beach sand, tidal flat silt, offshore mud, and farther offshore limestone. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z The process stirs up silt and drags sand around, creating new shallow areas and sandbars. In Lagos, Vulnerable Communities Buried by Urbanization 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z To defend against future flooding, he suggests dredging nearby streams, which he said have become shallower due to silt deposits from past floods. Flooded communities in northwest Washington start cleanup as rivers slowly recede 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z A grain of silt will take several seconds to get to the bottom, and a particle of fine clay may never get there. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z In New Zealand’s Hauraki Gulf, waves crash against cliffs and pull dirt into the ocean, while boats and storms stir up silt from the seafloor. Coastal Darkening Could Block Kelp’s Carbon Sink Potential 2021-11-06T04:00:00Z The silting of the lake and tree growth had threatened the site - but it was restored after £700,000 was raised. Jerusalem cottage among buildings on 'at risk' register 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z Not all soil is porous enough to form ice needles; generally, soils high in silt or organic matter work best, according to research published in the journal Arctic and Alpine Research. Thousands of Tiny ‘Ice Needles’ May Explain Mysterious Stone Patterns on Earth ... and Mars 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z On the other hand, he acknowledged, silt removal would fan debate about whether it aids or harms native fish. Flooded communities in northwest Washington start cleanup as rivers slowly recede 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z This could lead to subsidence and tilting of buildings, and to failure and sliding of the silt and clay layer. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Guides from the park lead groups of as many as 25 people through the glacial silt and mud at the glacier’s toe, over the rocky moraine and onto the white ice. Alaska’s Matanuska Glacier is public, but most visitors can reach it only via private land 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z Bhasan Char is one of a number of unstable islands made largely of silt from the Meghna River, which empties into the bay. They Were Promised a New Home. Then They Tried to Escape It. 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z “We were flatlanders from Michigan. I had never seen a lake that was so blissfully blue and have always remembered learning about glacier silt that absorbs and scatters sunlight across that spectrum.” Vacation vicariously with a ‘Now & Then’ photographic re-creation of a dozen trips 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z Chief Justice Roberts wondered if it made a difference that the water at issue had to be separated from silt. One Justice Missing and Only One Masked, the Supreme Court Returns 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z On the other hand, a 0.01 mm silt particle only needs a velocity of 0.1 cm/s to remain in suspension, but requires 60 cm/s to be eroded. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Made of fine silt and clay, the footprints are fragile, so the researchers had to work quickly to gather samples, Bustos said. Oldest human footprints in North America found in New Mexico 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z The Bangladeshi government moved forward with a plan to relocate some Rohingya to a cyclone-prone silt island that some consider unfit for habitation. Mohib Ullah, 46, Dies; Documented Ethnic Cleansing of Rohingya 2021-10-02T04:00:00Z “The texture of a soil is its proportion of sand, silt and clay,” said James Cassidy, a soils instructor at Oregon State University. Want to grow better plants? Learn these basics about soil 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z “If somebody showed you, you know, a handful of silt, they wouldn’t say, oh, that’s water,” he said. One Justice Missing and Only One Masked, the Supreme Court Returns 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z In other words, a tiny silt grain requires a greater velocity to be eroded than a grain of sand that is 100 times larger! Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, mud, silt and soil tinted the river brown, reminding us of Thursday’s rainy torrent, and its runoff in the region. Clear skies told of autumn, while murky river spoke of recent rain 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z Piers where boats used to berth are now silted up, separated from flowing water by several yards. Dying crops, spiking energy bills, showers once a week. In South America, the climate future has arrived. 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z “Loam means you have roughly equal portions of sand, silt and clay,” he said. Want to grow better plants? Learn these basics about soil 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z Weeds, silt and untreated sewage are increasingly choking the sprawling scenic lake, which dominates the city and draws tens of thousands of tourists each year. AP PHOTOS: Weeds, sewage choke Kashmir’s famed Dal Lake 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z The sediments of the levée become increasingly fine away from the stream channel, and even finer sediments — clay, silt, and fine sand — are deposited across most of the flood plain. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Some 506 million years ago, a predator swept over the silt bottoms of the Cambrian ocean. ‘Spaceship-Shaped’ Fossil Reveals Hungry Predator of Ancient Oceans 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z At Thanksgiving, I would reach up to get the roasting pan kept on top of the fridge in my Lower Manhattan apartment, and it would have silt in the bottom. Perspective | Beneath 9/11’s terrible smoke, a flash of gold 2021-09-11T04:00:00Z “If you have sandy loam, it has a little more sand in it. Silt loam has a little more silt in it. Clay loam has more clay in it.” Want to grow better plants? Learn these basics about soil 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z More than a dozen mechanical dredgers are deployed to dig up silt and weeds, while hundreds of workers, some in small wooden boats, haul the fetid waste from the lake. AP PHOTOS: Weeds, sewage choke Kashmir’s famed Dal Lake 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z But since then, his food supplies have dwindled down to a few yams and bananas, and the water has been contaminated with silt. Haiti's hunger crisis bites deeper after devastating quake 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z The island consists primarily of small mounds of silt and gravel, according to Rasch. Expedition discovers island believed world’s northernmost 2021-08-29T04:00:00Z Her 5-month-old calf Penelope was standing up to her knees in silt from the creek, shivering. Harrowing North Carolina floods left farm animals stranded, lifted houses off their foundations 2021-08-21T04:00:00Z Large storms like Sandy and Irene have overwhelmed sewage systems, polluting the harbors while churning up shellfish beds and burying them under silt, where the oysters suffocate and die. Oystermen overcome pollution, pandemic to thrive in LI Sound 2021-08-14T04:00:00Z Mud and silt entered the highway drainage infrastructure, which "substantially reduced its capacity". Pentre flood: 'Woody debris' blocking culvert was main cause, report finds 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z But refugees the BBC spoke to by phone on this small island of Himalayan silt say differently. The Rohingya refugees trapped on a remote island miles from land 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z Upstream deforestation and development is adding silt to rivers in unpredictable ways. Why do rivers leap from their banks? Scientists strive to predict deadly flooding events 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z Thanks to silting and reclamation in the tidal Liffey, Usher’s Island itself has for centuries been joined to the mainland. ‘Selling the Family Jewels’: A James Joyce Landmark Is Set to Become a Hostel 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z They would find oyster shells that had been buried in silt and mud and relocate them to areas where oyster larvae could attach to them and begin growing. Oystermen overcome pollution, pandemic to thrive in LI Sound 2021-08-14T04:00:00Z Ghost shrimp feast on the detritus, as they burrow in the soft silt — and become a meal for one of the largest animals in the Sound: gray whales. Ghost shrimp, humpbacks, tiny plankton: See Puget Sound surge with springtime life 2021-04-25T04:00:00Z Using grains of plastic to simulate sand and silt, the researchers have studied how the water will move sediment from the river to the bay. Rerouting the Mississippi River could build new land—and save a retreating coast 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z But levees force a river to drop silt within a constrained channel, hastening the next avulsion, Sinha says. Why do rivers leap from their banks? Scientists strive to predict deadly flooding events 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z Western U.S. river colors mostly moved toward the blue end of the spectrum over time, suggesting they carried less sand and silt. Data Show Shifting Colors of U.S. Rivers 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z “There’s a layer of silt that sticks on our properties and houses.” Biden Seeks to Use Infrastructure Plan to Address Racial Inequities 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z The latter were formed millions of years ago after dead plants and animals mingled with silt, sand or calcium bicarbonate and over time became buried deep under Lake Erie. Black Inventor Garrett Morgan Saved Countless Lives with Gas Mask and Improved Traffic Lights 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z Bianca Isaki said the plan was “not sustainable for an area that’s going to be underwater under sea level rise scenarios” and that sand would silt the beach’s popular swimming channel. State approves Honolulu plan to add sand to Ala Moana beach 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z But Ganti says dams selectively capture coarse sediment, while allowing finer silt to continue downstream. Why do rivers leap from their banks? Scientists strive to predict deadly flooding events 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z They sprayed about 50,000 cubic yards of sediment, sand and silt dredged from shipping channels in the Duluth harbor. Shreds of aluminum cans alarm Lake Superior beach residents 2021-02-01T05:00:00Z It increased the salt content of the soil used to grow food, holding back the rich silt that acted as a fertilizer, and drove thousands of villagers from their Nile Valley homes. Fifty years on, the Nile dam that changed the face of Egypt 2021-01-14T05:00:00Z But something about it also suggests stasis, like a mysterious image that silts up and overwhelms an unfurling dream narrative. Perspective | This 20th-century painting foretold our 21st-century moment 2021-01-06T05:00:00Z As well as seasonal dips in production due to less sunlight and more rain in the winter, villagers say they are also contending with increased raw material prices and a drop in silt quality. Egyptian potters using Nile mud seek to protect their craft 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z But never have the lakes been silted as they are today,” says Simiyu. ‘Moving a giraffe is a delicate process’: rising waters threaten Kenya's wildlife 2020-12-13T05:00:00Z Heath said the facility uses silt fences and gabion, or heavy materials bound by wire, retaining walls to control runoff. As Texas grows, communities face an unwelcome neighbor: concrete companies 2020-11-29T05:00:00Z The Bangladeshi government has begun relocating hundreds of the refugees, against their will, to the small remote silt island of Bhasan Char. Far from home, Rohingya refugees face a new peril on a remote island 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z But something about it also suggests stasis, like a mysterious image that silts up and overwhelms an unfurling dream narrative. Perspective | This 20th-century painting foretold our 21st-century moment 2021-01-06T05:00:00Z But the dredges needed to dig up and move sand, silt and sediment are increasingly scarce. Dredge scarcity could make rebuilding coast slower, costly 2020-10-17T04:00:00Z The sled carves off the top layer of silt which is then rinsed and sieved to search for aquatic invasive species. Montana has dive team to search for aquatic invasive species 2020-10-10T04:00:00Z It presumed the tunnel would be located entirely in solid bedrock, yet Enbridge’s plan also includes digging through poor bedrock, soft silts and clay, O’Mara said. Opposition team criticizes Enbridge plans for oil tunnel 2020-09-28T04:00:00Z A group of more than 300 refugees were taken to the uninhabited, silt island of Bhasan Char in April, when a boat they were travelling on was intercepted by Bangladeshi authorities. Rohingya refugees allege sexual assault on Bangladeshi island 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z Han said his group found the wreckage using magnetic surveying equipment in 2005 but couldn’t safely lift it out of the silt. Chinese group plans to recover WWII American plane from lake 2020-09-06T04:00:00Z Port Tobacco, Maryland, once a boomtown, faded after its wharfs silted up. A secret hidden in centuries-old mud reveals a new way to save polluted rivers 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z Russian television stations on Friday showed scientists looking for fragments of the skeleton in the lakeside silt. Well-preserved mammoth skeleton found in Siberian lake 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z It was all silt and slurry, scum and sludge. Toxic Ghosts 2020-06-19T04:00:00Z These summer floods, sustained by monsoon rains in the highlands of Ethiopia, delivered irrigation and silt, both critical to Egypt’s agrarian society. Ancient Rome Was Teetering. Then a Volcano Erupted 6,000 Miles Away. 2020-06-22T04:00:00Z The group plans to build a barrier around the aircraft, remove the silt and then lift it by crane to the surface, Han said. Chinese group plans to recover WWII American plane from lake 2020-09-06T04:00:00Z The organisms are described as eco-engineers as they eat organic matter on shorelines, preventing the build-up of silt on beaches or river systems. Washing machines' microplastic filters 'untested' 2020-06-27T04:00:00Z Dozens of Rohingya landed on the coast of southern Bangladesh on Saturday, an official said, with some sent to Bhasan Char, a silt island in the estuary of Bangladesh’s Meghna river. Rohingya refugees sent to remote Bangladeshi island after weeks at sea 2020-05-03T04:00:00Z Malacca’s port, once one of the richest on earth, silted up, and the city became a historical footnote. 500 Years Ago, This Port Linked East to West. Its Fate Was to Fade Away. 2020-04-11T04:00:00Z The dark-brownish gray soil was composed of fine-grained silt and clay bearing remains of fossil roots in a dense network, pollen and spores spanning 65 types of plants, with individual cell structures clearly visible. Frozen and desolate Antarctica once boasted warm, swampy rainforests 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z Their soil is silting up rivers – and they’re losing their growing matter. Huge knowledge gap over health of soil 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z Seismic data reveals examples of repeat sediment failure where mud, sand and silt has tumbled down-slope into deeper waters. Ancient tsunami may have struck Falkland Islands 2020-03-15T04:00:00Z But “silting issues” made it hazardous for the large ship to dock there, he said, and San Francisco’s port was too close to residential and tourist zones. Grand Princess arrives in an anxious Oakland, now at the center of coronavirus fight 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z But “silting issues” made it hazardous for the large ship to land there, he said, and San Francisco’s port was too close to residential and tourist zones. Grand Princess passengers finally about to dock. Here's why officials picked Oakland 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z Many coastal areas, including beaches, are already heavily affected by human activity such as seashore construction and inland dams, which reduce the amount of silt flowing into oceans that's crucial for beach recovery. Half of world’s beaches will disappear by 2100 because of climate change, experts say 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z Many coastal areas, including beaches, are already heavily affected by human activity such as seashore construction and inland dams, which reduce the amount of silt flowing into oceans that’s crucial for beach recovery. Half of world’s sandy beaches at risk from climate change 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z The emplaced silt and sand is clearly growing again but it's impossible right now for anyone to say if or when another slide might occur. Ancient tsunami may have struck Falkland Islands 2020-03-15T04:00:00Z King’s sentences are like layers of silt and pebbles condensed into sedimentary rock — distinct from one another but fitted into an indestructible whole. Review: In Lily King’s ‘Writers & Lovers,’ art conquers all 2020-03-01T05:00:00Z "There will still be stuff left in the house. Things like silt and also potentially sewage," says Sanjay. The awful things flood waters wash into your home 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z Denied the protection afforded by tree roots, the banks of the River Feshie were losing soil each time it flooded, the water depositing silt downstream. The end of farming? 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z At this time of year in Thailand, this stretch of the world’s most productive river should be brown and swollen with silt. Damming the Lower Mekong, Devastating the Ways and Means of Life 2020-02-15T05:00:00Z Those outlines were nearly all that remained of failed attempts in the 1990s to rebuild the island using silt dredged nearby. BP oil spill cash rebuilds eroded Louisiana pelican island 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z The free-flowing silt will get into fish’s gills and block sunlight that seagrass and seaweed beds need for photosynthesis, effectively strangling them. Australia’s Marine Animals Will Be Bushfires’ Unseen Victims 2020-02-02T05:00:00Z In 2009, the Texas General Land Office proposed closing the pass and argued that it contributed to erosion on Bolivar Peninsula beaches and to silting in the shipping channel. Popular Rollover Pass passing quickly into history 2020-02-02T05:00:00Z Over the centuries, it fell into disrepair, becoming silted up from falling leaves and rotting tree roots. The Subversive Joy of Cold-Water Swimming 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z Mud and silt thickened rivers, reducing visibility, which would disturb seasonal behaviour and even the breeding habits of fish and the life cycles of insects. 'Like a bomb going off': why Brazil's largest reserve is facing destruction 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z It all hinges on the question of what lies beneath centuries of river silt. Virginia’s Monacan tribe uses new federal status to take a stand for what could be its long-lost capital 2020-01-05T05:00:00Z In the corner where Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa meet, roads are underwater, bridges are out and left in rubble, and ditches and farmland are covered in feet of mud and silt. Missouri fears of more catastrophic flooding next spring 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z In any case, when she discarded the tar, it was sealed away under layers of sand and silt for some 5,700 years until a team of archaeologists found it. Ancient “Chewing Gum” Reveals a 5,700-Year-Old Microbiome 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z Floodwaters cracked boat docks, washed away gravel from roads, filled restrooms with silt and removed chunks of land underneath concrete campsites and picnic table pads. Flooding at Kansas state parks costing state millions 2019-12-01T05:00:00Z There were tents, camouflage netting, and a gravel lot where helicopters beat down from above, scattering a gyre of silt into the air. The Afghan DJs hired and abandoned by the US military 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z Office of Management and Budget and the Army Corps of Engineers urges officials to prioritize 2020 funding to monitor volcanic silt buildup in the river. Congress members ask feds to monitor Washington state river 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z He crossed the fjord, riding level ice to a blue glacier foot, cut by embedded silt. The Fight for the Reindeer 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z Cameras attached to the Apollo II machine recorded its progress and, crucially, monitored how the aluminium tracks stirred up clouds of sand and silt as they advanced. Electric car future may depend on deep sea mining 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z "It is a tidal river here, bringing in sand and silt from the Humber, and we have all the water coming off the hills around Sheffield," Fred Turner, 71, told the BBC. What are the factors making floods worse? 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z The water was rich with silt, chocolate brown; a few children investigated at its edge with buckets, paddling where it foamed lazily, curling warm around their ankles, sucking under their soles. “The Bunty Club” 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z The Idaho County Sheriff’s Office says the beachcombers found a few small pieces of bone in September that were under the high-water mark of an eddy and nearly covered under sand and silt. Idaho County officials trying to identify skeletal remains 2019-10-12T04:00:00Z The silts and sand are a "valuable local resource" that contractors and local governments use as fill material in residential and industrial projects, the Army Corps said. Floodwaters Diverted from New Orleans Killed Off Marine Life 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z Running on the Hakskeen Pan desert in South Africa this year will also show us how the dry mud/silt surface interacts with Bloodhound's solid metal wheels. Bloodhound Diary: Do the maths 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z “They don’t do anything for us. You’re better off yourself, get your own waters back, do your own fishing,” crewman Alan Ferguson said as he hosed down the shellfish to clean them of silt. Promises of Brexit bonanza look fishy for seafood industry 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z There are big areas of pale grey and smaller patches that are much darker, covered with what appears to be mud or silt - it's a grim and rather depressing sight. Greenland's ice faces melting 'death sentence' 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z We discovered the truly terrifying properties of glacial silt, like quicksand. Opinion | Lost in Alaskan Wilderness, I Found My Anti-Home 2019-08-31T04:00:00Z He also accused the council of reneging on a promise to dredge the lakes of silt, a "vital" move to maintain the nature reserve. Fears Parkrun could 'trash' nature reserve 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z Dundon cut down its size by shoveling silt over the pile, and by October, the heap’s core was ashes, the fire out. Tim Dundon, 'Guru of Doo Doo,' whose compost nourished Altadena's gardens, dies at 77 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z The harvest always takes place at night, when the creatures emerge from their resting places in the silt. The farmers trying to save sea cucumbers 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z It was covered in sea growth, fishing debris and a layer of silt, and it seemed to almost be part of the bottom of the bay. In 1945, a pilot vanished when he crashed his plane in the Chesapeake. Now, the Navy might have found it. 2019-07-27T04:00:00Z And it ranges in size and composition from gritty silt to irritating pollen to the finest of soil particles. Perspective | How the dust in your home may affect your health 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z The Bangladeshi government is preparing to move some of its 1 million Rohingya refugees, who are sheltering from violent persecution in Myanmar, to a remote silt island prone to severe flooding and cyclones. US briefing: Iran tensions, racist chants and Kyoto Animation fire 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z Deltas form from glacial meltwater running down towards the shoreline, picking up silt and different materials along the way to create these ribbon patterns. Zack Seckler's best photograph: wild Iceland from the air 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z They boated the 46 miles from Stourport-on-Severn to Stafford frequently to stop the waterway silting up, getting stuck under bridges and hauling filthy rubbish as they went. Women who saved canals celebrated 2019-07-13T04:00:00Z Their capacity is also affected by silting and dumping of solid waste. Is India's weather becoming more extreme? 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z This silt, sand and gravel forms deltas in the fjords. Melting Greenland Is Awash in Sand 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z However, researchers note that mapping and identifying the wreck is challenging as a result of the layers of oyster shells, strong currents and near-zero visibility in the heavily silted water. Revolutionary War British shipwreck from the siege of Yorktown discovered 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z When it rained, the water would pick up dirt and silt. Zack Seckler's best photograph: wild Iceland from the air 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z The ancient city of Tanis was Egypt’s capital for more than 350 years before the centre of power shifted, and the city was eventually lost under centuries of silt. Adventures of a space archaeologist 2019-06-25T04:00:00Z Army Corps of Engineers said the removal of silt and the restoration of the channel for barge traffic are the agency’s biggest concerns. Arkansas River too high, fast to assess flood damage 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z For his dredging business, Mr. Hoegh chooses areas where he knows the sand is good and there is little of the silt that was prevalent in the middle of the Sermilik Fjord. Melting Greenland Is Awash in Sand 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z More than half of Galveston Bay’s oyster reefs were destroyed by silt deposits after Hurricane Ike in 2008, according to the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department. Laura Bush-supported plan helps Galveston Bay oyster beds 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z The right mix of clay, silt and moisture helps horses run evenly across the track. Belmont features one of the safest racing surfaces in US 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z The next step: search for the telltale humps of ship ribs - evenly spaced, poking up so slightly under their blanket of silt. Revolutionary War shipwrecks get first good look in years 2019-06-01T04:00:00Z Dixon also expressed concern over the ability to get dredging equipment to remove the silt and restore the channel. Arkansas River too high, fast to assess flood damage 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z Season after season, layer after layer, clay and sand and silt built up. Louisiana’s Disappearing Coast 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z A growing parenthesis of silt brackets the lower edge of the cove, and the bank itself is growing toward the river. Perspective | At Fletcher’s Cove, anglers see a dock that’s looking for water but finding mud 2019-05-21T04:00:00Z Five sprawling artificial islands, constructed from sucked-up and refashioned fine silt, clay and shells, offer a haven for plants, birds and other wildlife. Marker Wadden, the manmade Dutch archipelago where wild birds reign supreme 2019-04-27T04:00:00Z For two centuries, the shipwrecks melted away - swallowed by time, silt and the elements. Revolutionary War shipwrecks get first good look in years 2019-06-01T04:00:00Z Flash floods carried dark, ash-filled silt and debris into Denver’s reservoirs, clogging them. Can Humans Help Trees Outrun Climate Change? 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z Thanks to the seawater and harbor silt, the ship’s timbers are perfectly preserved, according to archaeologists. 829-year-old 'Viking-style' shipwreck reveals its secrets 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z Even after the waters receded, his land was strewn with sand, silt and other debris that he estimated would cost $500 to $600 an acre to get back into production. U.S. farmers, still reeling from floods, face new storm 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z But mounting costs and political hurly-burly got in the way of the reclamation, leaving behind only a huge, turbid basin of water – one of the largest lakes in Europe – muddied by swirling silt. Marker Wadden, the manmade Dutch archipelago where wild birds reign supreme 2019-04-27T04:00:00Z Large, sloshing waves threw animals onto dry land, then more waves buried them in silt. Fossils show worldwide catastrophe on the day the dinosaurs died 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z Fields are strewn with everything from silt and sand to tires and some may not even be farmed this year. Exclusive: More than 1 million acres of U.S. cropland ravaged by... 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z Cornstalks drape power lines, and fields are coated with deep layers of silt. After Cyclone Idai, bodies litter Mozambique’s fields, and the true death toll may never be known 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z Parts of flooded farmland remained under water and farmers had yet to assess the damage the piled-up sand, silt and debris caused to soil. Flooding woes add to trade war stress in 'Trump country' farm belt 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z Over the decades, the population of freshwater mussels vital for filtering the silt collapsed, along with the numbers of smelt fish, a favourite of local birdlife, including the common tern. Marker Wadden, the manmade Dutch archipelago where wild birds reign supreme 2019-04-27T04:00:00Z Eventually, after many hours of work, the roof of a pick-up truck - grey with muck and silt - broke the surface of the water. The amateur sleuth who searched for a body - and found one 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z “Are we going to end up having huge silt floods and mudslides?” California to waive environmental rules for fire season prep 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z They brought in two experts to study the mixture of sand, silt and clay. Another horse death forces Santa Anita to take drastic steps 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z Recent experiments, however, suggest most of the silt particles will clump together and fall out within a kilometer or two, Koschinsky says. Bus-size robot set to vacuum up valuable metals from the deep sea 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z Every track is essentially made of the same three ingredients — sand, silt and clay. The dirt on Santa Anita? That's being tested in wake of horse fatalities 2019-03-09T05:00:00Z The tests used radar to verify that all of the silt, clay and sand, as well as the moisture content, were consistent throughout the track. Santa Anita Park suspends racing indefinitely after 21st horse dies 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z Peterson said radar verified that all of the silt, clay and sand, as well as the moisture content, were consistent throughout the track. 21 horses have died at California track since late December 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z Peterson said radar verified all of the materials, silt, clay and sand, as well as moisture content, were consistent everywhere on the track. 20th horse dies at Santa Anita while racing on sloppy track 2019-03-03T05:00:00Z The waters of the CCZ are some of the clearest in the world, and scientists have long feared that mining could spread a vast blanket of silt, hurting life far outside the mining area. Bus-size robot set to vacuum up valuable metals from the deep sea 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z Peterson said Wednesday that the radar verified all of the materials, silt, clay and sand, as well as moisture content, are consistent everywhere on the track. Santa Anita to reopen after soil testing completed 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z The lawsuit claims the dam causes flooding and dumps silt on public land in Mississippi that generates income for the school districts. Mississippi sues federal government over river flooding 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z There are 88 mining dams in Brazil built like the one that failed — enormous reservoirs of mining waste held back by little more than walls of sand and silt. A Tidal Wave of Mud 2019-02-09T05:00:00Z By the 1990s, the mouth of Murray at the end of the river system silted up. When the river runs dry: the Australian towns facing heatwave and drought 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z Business leaders are triggering contingency plans to cope with additional checks on the post-Brexit UK-EU border they fear will clog ports, silt up the arteries of trade and dislocate supply chains in Europe and beyond. Brexit: Where will the UK end up: fudge, no-deal exit or halting... 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z "All the residents of Wissant knew there was a submarine here, but the wreck is mostly silted and therefore invisible," he said. German WW1 U-boat emerges off French coast 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z Five years later, rains cleaned out the silt. Southern California's ecosystems evolved to survive fire. But not like this 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z The newly formed Port Aransas Conservancy in south Texas has argued Carlyle’s plan would endanger sea turtle nesting areas, dump silt onto nearby islands, and threaten shellfish that reach estuaries through the ship channel. U.S. oil export boom sparks a battle to build Texas ports 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z Business chiefs and investors fear leaving the EU without an approved deal would silt up the arteries of trade, spook financial markets and dislocate supply chains for the world’s fifth-largest economy. UK, European officials discussing possible Brexit delay: Telegraph 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z But he said that moving them would be difficult as they were so fragile they would just fall apart after years of being preserved under layers of mud, silt and clay. Fishing brothers make ancient discovery 2019-01-01T05:00:00Z Its reservoir is clogged with silt, sand and trees. It Doesn’t Matter if Ecuador Can Afford This Dam. China Still Gets Paid. 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z There is nothing to prevent soil from washing away and silting up reservoirs and fish streams. Southern California's ecosystems evolved to survive fire. But not like this 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z Business leaders fear additional checks on the post-Brexit UK-EU border will clog ports, silt up the arteries of trade and dislocate supply chains across Europe and beyond. 100 days to Brexit, businesses warn UK of no-deal abyss 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z Over a stretch of 10 meters, the core contained 140,000 years of built-up silt. Discovery of recent Antarctic ice sheet collapse raises fears of a new global flood 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z But many business chiefs and investors fear a chaotic Brexit that they say would weaken the West, spook financial markets and silt up the arteries of trade. Reversal of Brexit more likely after May defeats - JP Morgan 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z Workers at the dam say the silting, a consequence of design flaws, is only the latest problem. It Doesn’t Matter if Ecuador Can Afford This Dam. China Still Gets Paid. 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z Caltrans workers also will be installing silt fences along the lower end of burned slopes and applying netting for erosion control. 20-mile stretch of Pacific Coast Highway to see closures for fire repairs 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z Many business chiefs and investors fear politics could scupper an agreement, thrusting the economy into a no-deal Brexit that they say would weaken the West, spook financial markets and silt up the arteries of trade. UK PM May vows to stick to Brexit deal as opponents seek formal... 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z For most of that period, the silt contained geochemical signatures from all three of the West Antarctic bedrock regions, the team reported, suggesting continuous ice-driven erosion. Discovery of recent Antarctic ice sheet collapse raises fears of a new global flood 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z Trawlers scraped the sea floor clean of silt and seaweed. In Russian Village Swallowed by Sand, Life’s a Beach. Just Not in a Good Way. 2018-11-11T05:00:00Z Flooded when water levels were raised to create lakes in the 18th century, the rooms have been rediscovered thanks to a massive dredging effort to remove silt from the lakes. Mysterious hidden rooms uncovered at Churchill’s palace birthplace 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z In less than a minute, the teenager delivered a woman and a boy to the U.S. side and they climbed out, shoes sinking in the wet silt. The border is tougher to cross than ever. But there’s still one way into America. 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, mudflows carried by the rivers created silt deposits at the dams, depleting their storage capacity. The mega-dam crowdfunded by a judge 2018-10-28T04:00:00Z It is also possible that the pause itself is illusory—that ocean currents temporarily shifted, sweeping silt to another site. Discovery of recent Antarctic ice sheet collapse raises fears of a new global flood 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z Fertile sandy loam, red clays, alluvial black silts — soils from Maryland to Mississippi, and beyond. Perspective | The soil remembers the barbarity of lynching even though America tried to bury it 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z When silt is deposited on the fields, it raises the level of the land, the one thing that helps to build it up and counteract the effect of a rising sea. Vietnam's children and the fear of climate change 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z The landscape improvements also included extensive revival of the once silted and eroded streams that run through the site along with sweeping and undulating meadows. See inside (and outside) Glenstone, D.C.’s newest museum experience 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z Instead, consider this: What happened that night is savagely ordinary, one of countless acts of violence so many women bury, imposing forgetfulness over them like layers of river silt. I considered exposing my rapist. Then I thought about his wife. 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z Gore says the second pond at the site has additional protection from the rising river, provided by an AquaDam, silt fencing and floating environmental containment boom that was placed during the past week. The Latest: NC watching coal ash sites swamped by floods 2018-09-22T04:00:00Z Much of it was silted up, preserving and hiding many treasures, some of which are now on display in the abbey itself. Public 'go down drain' at abbey passage 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z The lifeless landscape becomes prone to severe erosion, fouling streams and rivers with silt that kills fish and other aquatic life. AP Explains: Driven by climate change, fire reshapes US West 2018-09-02T04:00:00Z Streams and springs are filling with silt and drying up as vegetation around them vanishes. Special Report: Appetite for destruction - Soy boom devours... 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z But Malacca’s port silted up centuries ago and is now a backwater. ‘We Cannot Afford This’: Malaysia Pushes Back Against China’s Vision 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z The vast majority of these coccoliths fall to the ocean floor to accumulate with silt and other materials to ultimately become sedimentary rocks. This alga may be seeding the world’s skies with clouds 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z A group of archaeologists spent months sieving through the silt and were rewarded for their efforts. Public 'go down drain' at abbey passage 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z Clogged with silt, today, it is no more than a shallow, fetid wastewater canal. The City of My Birth in India Is Becoming a Climate Casualty. It Didn’t Have to Be. 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z There is deep concern in boardrooms about the prospect of Britain leaving the bloc without a deal, or with a deal that would silt up the arteries of trade. Britain's car industry cautions - No-deal Brexit is our nightmare 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z Runoff exacerbated by deforestation carries silt and pollution into the lake. In a Remote Convent, an Endangered Salamander Finds a Shot at Renewal 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z The deposits of sand, silt and rounded pebbles dumped by the retreating glacier are 300 to 400 feet deep in parts of Brooklyn and Queens. The City’s Buried Treasure Isn’t Under the Dirt. It Is the Dirt. 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z Intensely fertile, the region is defined by its dunelike hills, formed eons ago by windblown silt. A Getaway to the ‘Tuscany of America’ 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z When she returned a while later, she found the tub stood only half full, the water murky with silt. The Water Wars of Arizona 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z Ledford plans to pave only the roads running through the wildlife center in a bid to keep silt from trickling into nearby streams. From Defiled to Wild--Can a Spent Coal Mine Be Reborn as a Nature Conservation Center? 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z The Bangladeshi government is making plans to relocate 100,000 refugees to a low-lying, uninhabited silt island by August. ‘Everything was destroyed’: Monsoon begins to take deadly toll on Rohingya camps in Bangladesh 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z This geologic formation contains rocks made of mostly sand, silt and clays that were deposited when eastern Maryland was a flat coastal plain, in the early Cretaceous. How to find fossils: Lessons from a self-taught dinosaur tracker 2018-06-16T04:00:00Z An affluent enclave built on dredged sand and silt, it sits below high tide level. Sea Level Rise Will Threaten Thousands of California Homes 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z A DEP statement says among the violations found during inspections were a failure to maintain erosion controls, improperly installed silt fences and perimeter controls and abandoned construction debris. Pipeline builder fined $430,000 for West Virginia violations 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z To many salmon biologists, the experiment seemed the height of insanity: The dams, they warned, would bury key habitat in silt and expose still waters to the sun, making ponds too hot for young fish. Beaver dams without beavers? Artificial logjams are a popular but controversial restoration tool 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z Other parts of the shore are covered in mud and silt so fine it resembles quicksand. As California’s largest lake dries up, it threatens nearby communities with clouds of toxic dust 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z If a track is going to be preserved, it must be pressed into wet mud, dried enough to solidify, then gently covered in a layer of sand or silt. How to find fossils: Lessons from a self-taught dinosaur tracker 2018-06-16T04:00:00Z But early investigators found the hilly ridges to be composed of clay, silt, sand, pebbles, cobbles and boulders, all jumbled up together. How the Ice Age Shaped New York 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z Farmers say last month’s floods smothered their taro patches with mud and silt, which turns their crop watery and spongey. Shortage expected after floods smother Hawaii staple crop 2018-05-27T04:00:00Z But today Napier and her guests look out upon a closed road, dust clouds and a river muddied with silt. Colorado Charts a New Path Away from Floodwaters 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z The canals silt up, and farmers no longer meet and work together to repair them. The global south is rich in sustainability lessons that students deserve to hear 2018-05-22T04:00:00Z He lives on in anything that reminds us of New Orleans, a city built on silt and smiles. When it comes to 'love language,' I'm pretty much multilingual 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z It offered a rare glimpse into the heart of the ridge: a jumble of clay, silt, pebbles and boulders in a fragile matrix laid bare by the action of tides, hurricanes and pounding waves. How the Ice Age Shaped New York 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z Instead, Brooks pointed to silt deposition as well as erosion as a cause of rising sea levels. Republican congressman explains sea-level rise: it's rocks falling into the sea 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z He also said that silt washing into the ocean from the world's major rivers, including the Mississippi, the Amazon and the Nile, is contributing to sea-level rise. Republican lawmaker: Rocks tumbling into ocean causing sea level rise 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z Going in through the long tight passage we stirred up silt and that has not settled yet. 'Swimming into the unknown:' Mexico's unmapped underwater caves - in pictures 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z The seabed is covered with some 80 meters of fine silt deposited by the alluvial flow from various rivers. Putin Opens Bridge to Crimea, Cementing Russia’s Hold on Neighbor 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z Almost an entire village was swept by silt and water, said Gideon Kibunja, the Nakuru county police chief in charge of criminal investigations. Dozens killed and many more feared trapped after Kenya's Patel dam bursts 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z Bangladesh has been building roads, sea defences and shelters on Bhasan Char, a silt island that emerged from the muddy waters of the Bay of Bengal less than two decades ago. Rohingya refugees face monsoon deluge 2018-05-05T04:00:00Z But this time - amid a cloud of silt caused by his fanning the floor of the aircraft while his air bubbles loosened debris on the ceiling - something swirled up before him. WWII vet could get recognition after bomber wreckage found 2018-04-28T04:00:00Z The cave gets even more narrow and there is very little visibility as silt from our movements and bubbles cloud the water. 'Swimming into the unknown:' Mexico's unmapped underwater caves - in pictures 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z But he fears greater consequences if silting continues. New ‘danger’ markers on a Virginia waterway threaten livelihoods and ignite calls for dredging funds 2018-04-21T04:00:00Z The Mississippi River is a great builder of land as it carries large volumes of sediment and silt downstream. Seas are rising too fast to save much of the Mississippi River Delta, scientists say 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z Oxbow lakes are former river channels that were cut off by sediment; they retain all the sands and silts the river carried when the now-lakes were still part of its main channel. Taming the Mighty Mississippi May Have Caused Bigger Floods 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z Taking a third of that away each year, engineers worry, would stir up huge quantities of silt. China has built the world’s largest water-diversion project 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z The island, built on dredged sand and silt, sits below high tide. This Entire Island May Have to Be Raised Up to Counter Rising Sea 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z After experimenting with different ratios of clay, silt and sand, he found a mix that pleased the baseball manager. For Opening Day, Baseball Is Racing to Perfect...the Infield Dirt 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z Swirling ocean currents carrying silt and sand create the forbidding pattern, which is painted atop a relatively innocuous seafloor. 10 Strange Things You (Probably) Didn't Know About Earth 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z In August 2015, bottled water disappeared from store shelves in Taipei for half a week after the city's tap water ran murky because of silt contamination caused by a typhoon. Taiwan goes on a panic-buying spree — for toilet paper 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z Like much of Tampa and St. Petersburg, a third of the city sits on silt. As giant storms hammer Boston, officials are doing little to prepare for them 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z The Mississippi River, with its sand and silt, has created most of Louisiana, and it could not have done so by remaining in one channel. 2 Long Reads That Will Make You Rethink Our Relationship with Nature 2018-03-03T05:00:00Z In sedimentary formations laid down between 2.5 billion and 4 billion years ago, researchers found that the median proportion of mud, silt, and clay in those rocks was a mere 1%. Early plants slowed mud from flowing into sea 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z Rivers now funneled between artificial embankments are filling with silt. As sea levels rise, Bangladeshi islanders must decide between keeping the water out—or letting it in 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z Within a few months, the forest was stripped away completely, leaving just compacted silt that collapses to dust at a touch. 'Lives will be lost': Bangladesh rains promise further misery for Rohingya 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z No one can say for sure if the young Tubman’s feet trod the property where the museum rises from Dorchester’s silt loam. Harriet Tubman national park visitors shatter projections 2018-02-25T05:00:00Z Areas farther from the river got just enough silt and clay particles to rise only slightly above the sea, becoming swamps. 2 Long Reads That Will Make You Rethink Our Relationship with Nature 2018-03-03T05:00:00Z Aid workers who spoke to Reuters said they remain seriously concerned that the silt island is vulnerable to frequent cyclones and cannot sustain livelihoods for thousands of people. Floating Island: New home for Rohingya refugees emerges in Bay of... 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z An estimated 1 billion tons of sand and silt flow downstream every year and settles in the delta, counteracting relentless erosion. As sea levels rise, Bangladeshi islanders must decide between keeping the water out—or letting it in 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z They breathe through spiracles — small holes on their backs — rather than their mouths, allowing them to almost bury themselves in silt and sand. Rare deep-sea creatures may use underwater chimneys to keep their eggs warm 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z When the Mississippi is sluggish and dropping silt anyway, the Corps runs it through the auxiliary structure that was built to beef up the site’s capacity after the 1973 flood. Research questions if Mississippi River could change course 2018-02-10T05:00:00Z They sought refuge in the Kakuma refugee camp, a constellation of thousands of huts made of silt and dung and sheet metal, enveloped by a permanent haze of dust. Refugee athletes captivated the world at the Olympics. But many returned to a life of despair. 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z “This is a silt island that only emerged into view recently,” he said. Floating Island: New home for Rohingya refugees emerges in Bay of... 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z After the embankments were built, those rivers, with smaller, slower currents than rivers closer to the coast, started clogging with silt that would otherwise have settled on land. As sea levels rise, Bangladeshi islanders must decide between keeping the water out—or letting it in 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z In fall 2015, the model was installed in Stanford’s basement, where he would meticulously brush fine silt grains into the mold’s dips and divots to reveal the prints. Spectacular dinosaur stomping grounds discovered just outside D.C. 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z The slide is occurring in a rumpled layer cake of volcanic rock, or basalt, laid down by eruptions that began about 17 million years ago, interspersed with thin deposits of silt and other sediments. Watching a Ridge Slide in Slow Motion, a Town Braces for Disaster 2018-01-21T05:00:00Z Equipment or light failure, leaking scuba tanks, broken guide lines, getting lost, cave collapse, stirred-up silt resulting in zero visibility, poisonous gas mixtures — you get the idea. A lot can go wrong when you’re a professor who does research by cave diving 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z Aid workers who spoke to Reuters said they remain seriously concerned that the silt island is vulnerable to frequent cyclones and cannot sustain livelihoods for thousands of people. Floating Island: New home for Rohingya refugees emerges in Bay of... 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z Fish-farming interests resisted the injection of fresh silt because it would fill their ponds. As sea levels rise, Bangladeshi islanders must decide between keeping the water out—or letting it in 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z Federal prosecutors announced the ruling in a statement that said the electricity transmission lines and a bauxite pipeline damaged soil and silted up rivers in the Moju “quilombola” territory in the northeast of Pará state. Brazilian miner Vale ordered to repair environmental damage 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z The Galveston County Daily News reports silt gathering in Galveston’s harbor costs millions of dollars to dredge. Land bridge suggested for Galveston to link Pelican Island 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z “It’s not like it’s a pile of soil or material that will readily fall apart, like sand or silt or gravel,” Hammond said Friday. Geologist warns Yakima-area landslide could be worse than officials expect 2018-01-06T05:00:00Z “This is a silt island that only emerged into view recently,” he said. Floating Island: New home for Rohingya refugees emerges in Bay of... 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z "If, within the next 2 or 3 years, they do not do TRM upstream, the river will be silted up completely," Mutahara says. As sea levels rise, Bangladeshi islanders must decide between keeping the water out—or letting it in 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z Federal prosecutors announced the ruling in a statement that said the electricity transmission lines and a bauxite pipeline damaged soil and silted up rivers in the Moju “quilombola” territory in the northeast of Pará state. Brazilian miner Vale ordered to repair environmental damage 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z The encampment was buried under feet of sand and silt, an acidic environment that makes the survival of organic artifacts exceedingly rare. Lost Native American Ancestor Revealed in Ancient Child’s DNA 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z It sits in the estuary of the Meghna River, which washes the island with rich, fertile silt, while plentiful sunlight helps coconuts, mangoes and pineapples to grow. The next step on the energy ladder State officials say tests done on silt deposited in the park by flooding showed high levels of PCBs. Test for PCBs sought at site of British surrender in 1777 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z |
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