Although it may feel like it happened in an instant, the formation of the Island of Hawaii’s youngest black sand beach did not happen overnight. This week we explore how the beach at Pohoiki, near the ...

The beach at Pohoiki grew rapidly in the year following the 2018 lower East Rift Zone eruption of Kīlauea and it has continued to evolve since then. The boat ramp was cut off from the ocean, and local ...

The boat ramp was cut off from the ocean, and local warm springs formed in several low-lying ... Dune structures are landforms composed of wind- or water-driven particles that typically take ...

There, the ground creased by wind erosion, and the occasional hollow created by animals seeking ... This mystery of landforms would prove more enduring a challenge to golfers than mere distance.

Tern-watching boat trips are also a great way to admire Matsu's impressive landforms. Fields of flowers ... platform” featuring concentric circles formed by basalt lava give the island its ...

A nasty wind rips across Cornell’s Kop one afternoon in October 2024, driving professor emeritus Timm Hoffman and his team to ...

Danish Researchers have developed an innovative coating system which significantly increases the performance of offshore wind turbine blades. The harsh offshore environment with heavy rain causes the ...

They said in some spots microbursts created wind gusts from 80 to 90 mph. This is equivalent to an EF-0 or EF-1 tornado. A microburst is a downdraft in a thunderstorm that is less than 2.5 miles ...

The Kandiyohi Soil and Water Conservation District has long been known for helping plant windbreaks to reduce wind erosion, and the program remains important. “We do quite a few of these every ...