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Sun and moon may help trigger slow earthquakes through resonance

The gravitational pull of the sun and moon may play a more important role in slow earthquakes than previously understood, with new modelling suggesting that even very small tidal stresses can influenc...

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Alaska’s thawing permafrost turns rebuilding into a ground engineering decision

In parts of western Alaska, the ground is no longer behaving like ground. In the coastal village of Kwigillingok, along the Bering Sea, some areas now feel soft, wet and unstable — a local symptom...

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Deadly 7.7 magnitude earthquake leaves thousands displaced in Indonesia

A powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake has struck Indonesia’s Flores region, killing at least 53 people, injuring more than 100 and leaving thousands unable to return home. The shallow earthquake hit ear...

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Deep ventilation works mark progress on world-record subsea road tunnel

A second ventilation shaft has broken through on the E02 Kvitsøy section of Norway’s Rogfast Tunnel, marking another important underground milestone on what is planned to become the world’s longest an...

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BGS depth-to-bedrock model strengthens early ground risk screening

The British Geological Survey has released Version 8 of its Superficial Deposit Thickness Model, giving engineers and geoscientists an updated national view of how much unconsolidated ground lies abov...

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A circular pit on Google Maps becomes a major geology discovery

A circular feature first noticed on Google Maps has led scientists to identify a previously unrecognised meteor impact structure in remote Quebec. The structure, now named Uhackatik, is reported in th...

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Active fault raises geotechnical questions for the Brahmaputra mega dam

Chinese geologists have warned that an active fault line beneath the planned Yarlung Tsangpo hydropower project could affect the structural stability of one of the world’s most ambitious dam schemes....

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Mexico City’s sinking crisis mapped by next-generation satellite

Mexico City’s long-documented subsidence problem is receiving renewed attention after the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) mission mapped areas of the metropolitan region sinking by more tha...

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UK geothermal projects expand from Cornwall power to Birmingham heating

The United Kingdom is advancing geothermal energy development through a combination of deep geothermal power generation and district heating applications. Recent progress at United Downs in Cornwall,...

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Geotechnical challenges at Santorini port access road

Access to Santorini’s main port at Athinios has been temporarily suspended following a new rockfall incident along the only road connecting the port to the island’s upper settlements. The event, alth...

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