DURHAM, N.C. - Stormwater retention ponds, a ubiquitous feature in developed landscapes worldwide, are not a significant source of climate-warming nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions, a new Duke ...

S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control Project Manager Lucas Berresford admitted he was skeptical about the idea of natural sedimentation abating the contamination problems at Langley ...

That’s a question campus community members may be asking in coming weeks after the pond is partially drained to allow for removal of sediment left behind by the Mill River. The drawdown of the ...

LENOX — Woods Pond is a human-made environment with a human-made environmental problem. The 53-acre pond was created when a dam was built across the Housatonic River in Lenox Dale in the late 19th ...

Beavers and the dams they build promote sediment deposition and modify channel and floodplain morphology and physical complexity. Beaver activities may result in increased watershed-scale water and ...