Latest Erosion News

Human remains believed to be hundreds of years old found on shores of Minnesota lake

Sep. 05, 2024 16:11 PM EDT

People gathering wild rice from Minnesota's third-largest lake have stumbled across human skeletal remains that are believed to be several hundred years old. Authorities suspect erosion caused the remains of at least three people to surface on the shores of Leech Lake, where they...

Pacific Northwest tribes are battered by climate change but fight to get money meant to help them

Aug. 12, 2024 14:39 PM EDT

SEATTLE (AP) — Coastal tribes in the Pacific Northwest experience some of the most severe effects of climate change — from rising seas to severe heat — but face an array of bureaucratic barriers to access government funds meant to help them adapt, a report released Monday found. ...

Large geological feature known as the 'Double Arch' and the 'Toilet Bowl' collapses in southern Utah

Aug. 10, 2024 13:33 PM EDT

PAGE, Ariz. (AP) — A large geological feature in southern Utah known as the “Double Arch,” the “Hole in the Roof” and sometimes the “Toilet Bowl” has collapsed, National Park Service officials said Friday. No injuries were reported. The popular arch in the Glen Canyon...

Brazilian researchers discover dinosaur fossil after heavy rains in Rio Grande do Sul

Jul. 16, 2024 21:29 PM EDT

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A team of Brazilian scientists has discovered a fossilized skeleton of what they believe is one of the world’s oldest dinosaurs after heavy rains in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul accelerated the natural process of erosion. The fossil found next to...

Editorial Roundup: Louisiana

Jun. 28, 2024 11:32 AM EDT

The Advocate. June 25, 2024. Editorial: In the end, regulators got it right on redfish limits Louisiana has perhaps no more iconic fish than the redfish. Demand for the popular sport fish exploded in the 1980s, when famed New Orleans chef Paul...

More homeowners are needed to join the push to restore Honolulu’s urban watersheds

Jun. 18, 2024 15:14 PM EDT

It’s been a year since eight conservation groups launched an unprecedented, large-scale restoration effort in the islands that tries to apply the Hawaiian concept of ahupuaa ridge-to-reef land management to one of Honolulu’s most heavily developed areas. So far, that $7.8 million...