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Sri Lanka: Fatal landslides devastate the country

Fatal landslides are triggered by monsoon rains in Sri Lanka on Wednesday, causing many casualties, leaving hundreds of missing and washing away homes and destroying a tea-growing region of the countr...

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Bentley’s New MineCycle Applications Empower Optioneering for Faster and Better Mine Planning and Design Decisions

Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading company dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions for sustaining infrastructure, today announced the launch of Bentley’s new MineCycle softwar...

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New GEER report on the 2014 Iquique, Chile Earthquake

A new GEER report was recently released on the geotechnical aspects of the April 1, 2014 M8.2 Iquique, Chile earthquake and the subsequent M7.6 earthquake on April 3.  The two strong...

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Photo gallery: The flood damage to Kashmir's cultural heritage

The recently and extensively flooded region of Kashmir is still trying to recover from the disaster and starts evaluating the induced damage particularly to its cultural heritage. Some of the most his...

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Richat: The Giant Blue Eye of Africa

The Richat Structure, also known as the Eye of the Sahara or blue eye of Africa, is a peculiar geological formation in the Sahara desert in Mauritania near Ouadane. Due to its size, the Eye...

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Video and photo-gallery: 25 years from the Loma Prieta Earthquake

On Friday October 17th, 25 years have passed from the devastating - magnitude 6.9 - Loma Prieta earthquake. To commemorate the 25th anniversary of the earthquake, which killed 63 people and left thous...

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Bentley Systems Names Dr. Artur Krawczyk 2014 Educator of the Year

Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading company dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions for sustaining infrastructure, today announced that it has named Artur Krawczyk, Ph.D., lect...

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Photos: Invisible cave discovered in Slovakia

Three Slovakian hikers claim to have found an unexplored cave, while walking in the forest close to the village of Borka in Slovakia. One of them, photographer Robert Nemeti took pictures from inside...

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Geoengineer.org's 2014 Resource Guide for Educators in Geotechnical Engineering is now published!

Geoengineer.org has a 15-year legacy on developing resources to support geotechnical engineering education. Thus, we are very proud to present the 2014 edition of our Geo-Educational Guide that aims t...

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Video of the shrinking Aral Sea: the detrimental effects of an irrigation project

The Aral Sea, once the fourth largest lake in the world is today rapidly shrinking, as a result of the diversion of the two major rivers feeding it, back in the '60s. The effects of the Aral Sea desic...

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