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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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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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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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Costa Rica's 70 most destructive earthquakes at a glance!
Being along the Pacific "Ring of Fire", Costa Rica has been often hit by destructive earthquakes causing extensive damages and many casualties. The country's National Seismological Network (RSN) has b...
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Video: Mine spill in British Columbia to release toxic silt to nearby lake
A tailings pond at the Mount Polley gold and copper mine in central B.C. failed last month and released millions of cubic meters of waste water, triggering a state of emergency for the local community...
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The devastating floods in India and a mathematical model for their prediction
Monsoon season, which is currently hitting India, Pakistan and other Asian countries, causes extensive floods and triggers landslides, with detrimental effects for the citizens of the affected countri...
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Flash floods in Washington block roads & damage homes
Areas burnt from wildfires, in north central Washington, are now buried under rocks, mud and water as a result of the heavy rain which fell in the area the last days. There were no reports of injuries...
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The Napa earthquake highlights the need for an early warning system in California
The recent magnitude 6.0 earthquake that jolted Napa Valley has caused extensive damage to wineries and properties and has particularly highlighted the need for an early warning system in the state of...
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Torrential rain in Japan causes landslides and costs lives of 50
Rains, exceeding all historical records since 1976, have caused massive landslides last week in the outskirts of Hiroshima, urging the evacuation of residential areas and rising the death toll to 50 p...
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