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But it hasn’t worked out that way, says Teiji Watanabe, a geomorphologist at Hokkaido University in Japan, who has frequently visited the Everest Region since the late 1980s.

From National Geographic • Jan. 10, 2024

Last year an op-ed from two well-known experts, fish scientist Peter Moyle and geomorphologist Jeffrey Mount, lamented as much.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2023

To make matters worse, the salt marshes there are already starved of sediment, notes Zoe Hughes, a coastal geomorphologist at Boston University who was not involved in the research.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 29, 2021

As temperatures rise, glaciers—which are often covered and embedded with sediment—melt and leave behind large piles of this loose material, says study co-author Irina Overeem, a geomorphologist at the University of Colorado Boulder.

From Scientific American • Oct. 28, 2021

J. Taylor Perron, 44, Cambridge, Massachusetts, geomorphologist deconstructing the physical processes that create landforms on Earth and other planetary bodies.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 28, 2021