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Groundwater flow is now better monitored following new study
Accurate measurement of water flow has been for years difficult to perform, not to mention prediction of the water's path which is easily altered by the smallest soil details. Very fine details diverg...
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Fehmarn Belt will be Longest Tunnel in the World
Slated at $10 billion, construction on the Fehmarn Belt Fixed Link could start as early as this year. At 11 miles long, the completed project will be the longest immersed tunnel in the world. It will...
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Baltimore Wastewater Plant flooded with insects!
Scenes taken directly from Arachnophobia have been recorded at the Baltimore Wastewater Treatment Plant. Researchers discovered millions of spiders in the facility, whose web covered nearly 95% o...
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Cone-Shaped Rock formations in New Mexico!
The Kasha-Katuwe rock formations in Santa Fe, New Mexico, make up a breath taking scenery for hiking and various outdoor activities. It is located 40 miles southwest of Santa Fe, New Mexico and i...
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State of Oklahoma Acknowledges Drilling is Responsible for Earthquakes
The state of Oklahoma’s energy and environment cabinet unveiled a new website this week that hosts scholarly articles and an interactive map of earthquake and injection well locations. The concl...
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3-storey residential unit made of shipping container material!
A residential model unit built exclusively out of recycled steel shipping containers is now a reality on the southwest corner of Trumbull and Pine, just north of Interstate 75, in Detroit. The ho...
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Video: NASA generated landslide map reveals most landslide prone areas!
Rain-induced landslides have hit a death toll of nearly 20,000 since 2007. For an overview of the landslides' locations NASA has updated the open source Global Landslide Catalog. The video released by...
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Cloud-Based Software Analyses Buildings’ Impacts on Climate Change
Software developed by researchers at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia in Spain is taking off with large Spanish construction companies. The simulation software, which can be used on the cloud,...
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Funny picture: a house for acrobats!
Another example of weird engineering!
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[Video]: Volcanic eruption in Peru triggers landslides
Watch a breath taking video of the results of a volcanic eruption in the area of Ubinas, Peru, showing a massive landslide of lava and rubble. Filming of the incident was performed by the Geophysical...
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