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Biggest meteorite impact ever found in UK

Researchers claim to have found the site where the largest meteorite impact in the United Kingdom occurred. The crater was first found in 2008 at about 40 km off the coast of NW Scotland by researche...

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Magnetism found in Earth's mantle

New evidence come to challenge the current belief that the Earth's mantle is regarded as non-magnetic domain. The study was recently published in Nature Journal and demonstrates that hematite (Fe₂O₃)...

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Road collapses into a construction site in southern China

On June 8, 2019, a large part of a road suddenly collapsed into a building construction site in southern China. The incident occurred in Nanning, a city located near the Vietnam border, which is capi...

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PLAXIS Online Training: Analysis of Suction Buckets

Another PLAXIS online training has been scheduled for the 27th of June. This online training will demonstrate the practical Use of PLAXIS 3D for the Analysis of Suction Buckets in OC Clay. The presen...

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Massive landsliding in China caused by floods

Intense rainfalls in the past days have triggered massive landslides causing havoc in China's Fujian province. In particular, a huge slide in Wuping County carried away several cars, killing one man...

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Switzerland is rebuilding village hit by landslide in 2017

Switzerland is planning to invest more than $12.1 million in order to rebuilt infrastructure in the village of Bondo that was hit by a massive landslide in 2017. The village of Bondo, located near th...

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Construction works on skyscraper hit the historic Hudson's building foundation

Construction works in a skyscraper have hit the foundation of the historic J.L. Hudson's department store. Hudson's was a retail department store located in Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Michigan. It was...

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Deeper source of volcanic eruptions discovered

A volcanic source in large depth beneath the Earth's surface that used to be undisclosed was recently discovered. Scientists claim that the source is located into the transition zone between the upp...

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A landslide and a wall collapse struck the Indian state of Odisha in less than 2 days: At least 7 fatalities

At least 7 people have died and 8 more were injured after a landslide and a wall collapse occurred in Odisha's Keonjhar and Dhenkanal district in India, respectively. On Saturday, June 8, 2019, three...

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Nigerian community threatened by intense ground erosion

A village in southern Nigeria is threatened as soil erosion has caused severe issues. People have started abandoning their residences while farming and other land activities have been paused. A loca...

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