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Rockfall hits a camp on Washington's Mount Rainier

A rockfall hit a camp with 6 people on Washington's Mount Rainier Liberty Ridge route resulting in one fatality and two injuries. The rockfall occurred on Wednesday night (May 31, 2019). The climber...

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Radical strategies to address earth's climate change

Researchers present the most radical manners to tackle earth's climate change. Some believe that current methods of dealing with climate change will not thrive. Therefore, new tactics have to be emp...

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Magnitude 8.0 earthquake strikes north Peru

A powerful Mw 8.0 earthquake hit the area of north Peru on Sunday, May 26, 2019. The temblor struck about 92 kilometers east of Yurinaguas, a small town located in north Peru, at a relatively large...

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Texas Lake Dunlap dam collapse

Lake Dunlap dam, located near New Braunfels, Texas, experienced a spillgate failure on Tuesday, May 21, 2019. The collapse caused a large quantity of water to be driven downstream and, as a result,...

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"Geo-Trends Review" seventh issue is published!

GeoWorld, the biggest online platform for geotechnical engineers, is excited to announce the publication of the seventh issue of "Geo-Trends Review" magazine.  The seventh issue was just distributed...

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Virtual tour of Keller's remarkable geotechnical projects

14 remarkable structures that addressed geotechnical challenges along with the solutions provided by Keller and fellow companies are presented in their 2019 virtual calendar. Hayward Baker was occup...

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What is geotechnical engineering? People in the streets answer

Let's see a wide range of answers about how common people perceive the term "geotechnics." Geotechnical engineering involves numerous scientific fields including soil and rock mechanics, hydrogeol...

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Jean-Louis Briaud, past President of ISSMGE & Geo-Institute, running for President of ASCE

Jean-Louis Briaud, a geotechnical Professor at Texas A&M is running for President of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). It is not often that a geotechnical engineer is running for Pr...

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Bridge Replacement in Growing Cairo, West Virginia

Cairo, a small town in West Virginia, began growing in truck traffic when the oil and gas industry started taking roots in the city. The old bridge proved to be insufficient for the Average Daily Tra...

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World's widest suspension bridge open across the Nile, Egypt

A suspension bridge that crosses the river Nile over central Cairo in Egypt was declared as the world's widest. The bridge was opened on Wednesday, May 15, 2019 and consists one of the major project...

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