Quick clay, a naturally occurring sensitive marine clay that can undergo sudden liquefaction when disturbed, poses a significant hazard in regions across Scandinavia, Canada and beyond. Recent ...

Florida red tides, or harmful algal blooms are a natural phenomenon and their control is a complex, if not wishful, concept. The current flurry of efforts to consider applying a mountain of clay into ...

The soft, dark grey substance that geologists call “quick clay” is composed primarily of small flaky particles and a great deal of water. It contains very little of the electrolytic salts that tend to ...

14 houses were initially swept away following the hillside collapse in Gjerdrum county, Norway. Many more fell in the following days. Seven people are confirmed dead and three are still missing ...