The Earth's land surface is dominated by sloping landscapes. Every year, soil erosion laterally distributes on the order of 75 Gt of topsoil (Berhe et al. 2007). The coupled biogeochemical cycles of ...

Processes called erosion, mass movement and weathering break down and remove material from the coast. The material is moved along the coastline by the sea and deposited when there is energy loss.

Local authorities in Northwest China's Shaanxi Province said on Monday that they have launched an investigation into an incident where a tourist allegedly trampled on the Danxia landform, a range of ...

Researchers have discovered huge landforms deep beneath the North Sea that suggest the region was swallowed by a giant ice sheet toward the middle of the last ice age. The scientists captured these ...

This video explains how geology affects rates of coastal erosion. Headlands made of resistant rock, like chalk at Flamborough Head, are gradually shaped into caves, arches and stacks. Weaker rocks, ...

Over 60 kilometers away from Hebukesaier county of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Longji Valley has a wind-erosion landform caused by geological changes of billions of years. This ...

Pingtan Island is located off the southeast coast of China. The erosion of the land by the action of the sea has formed various kinds of rock formations. Pingtan Island is known as the "museum of ...

Drumlins are a ubiquitous landform in lands once overrun by glaciers, and yet after two centuries of studying them, we still aren’t certain how these teardrop-shaped hills form. Top image: A drumlin ...