Drought conditions and a software issue led to high silt levels in Gloucester Docks, say experts.

Brighton Marina wants to restart dredging next year but still needs a site to dispose of the silt.

A "huge amount" of silt due to the summer dry weather means a canal lock will remain closed to protect a city's historic docks until November while they are dredged. The Canal and River Trust said ...

A historic dock's last shipbuilder fears for the future of his business because of a rise of silt in the water. Tommi Nielsen's firm, based at Gloucester Docks, has worked on wooden tall ships from ...

The river may rage or gently roll, but in the end the sand and silt will have their way. Rice University Earth scientists and their colleagues have defined a surprising breakpoint at which the grain ...

Sand and silt in rivers dramatically change their means of transport at a sharp boundary between grain sizes, regardless of how fast the river flows. A universal transport algorithm revealed the break ...