WILLMAR, Minn. -- Snow and dirt -- known as "snirt'' -- covered fields of west-central Minnesota this winter have served to call attention to the problem of wind erosion. All that snirt certainly ...

EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — Dust particles may be small, but they can prove to be mighty costly to not only residents, but the economy as well. A new study published in the journal Nature ...

Wind erosion is a serious environmental problem attracting the attention of many across the globe. It is a common phenomenon occurring mostly in flat, bare areas; dry, sandy soils; or anywhere the ...

The moon's thin atmosphere, called an exosphere, has been a puzzle to science for some time. Two main processes were thought to create this wispy gas envelope; tiny meteoroids hitting the surface and ...

The oldest-known monument in Egypt, the Great Sphinx of Giza stands as a feat of engineering and craftsmanship—the massive structure having been carved out of a single limestone ridge at a height of ...

Strong winds move sand in desert areas, leading to wind erosion and damage to infrastructure such as roads, railways, and farmland, Vahid Jafarian, director of the desert affairs of the Forests, ...

Extreme climate conditions and poor land-use management blight the semi-arid steppe regions of Asia, where some of the world’s largest grain exporters are located in the region. Kazakhstan, the ...

Dust from soil erosion due to wind can affect human health, traffic, and, on a larger scale, climate. Investigators compared different models that quantify how the wind energy spreads over an ...

In this episode, we learn what erosion is and more specifically – wind erosion. In this episode, we learn what erosion is and more specifically – wind erosion. We then spend time using the engineering ...

The beauty of a canyon is principally the artful work of that masterful sculptor, the river. Rivers wouldn’t exist, obviously, without gravity, which also brings material down from the canyon walls.

One small piece of the Mars methane mystery may have just been solved. NASA's Curiosity rover has spotted multiple surges of methane in Mars' air over the past few years — most recently in June, when ...