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ARIA Provides New Look of Earth's Surface from Nepal Quake
It was only a minute the duration of the earthquake of Nepal, but this minute was enough to deform the Earth's surface as we used to know! Read on for more information. It was only a minute the durat...
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The Netherlands Largest Hotel Unveiled
Located on the southern edge of the Amsterdam RAI convention and exhibition center, construction on the Netherlands largest hotel will begin in the middle of next year. The 650-room, 91-meter tall nho...
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Penn State Researchers Develop New Technique for Identifying Shale-drilling Additives in Drinking Water
Researchers at Penn State University have developed a new analytical technique for identifying common drilling substances in drinking water. Using the technique, the scientists reported contamination...
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Green on the Green: The Most Environmentally Friendly Golf Courses
The cost of keeping a golf course looking good has traditionally required massive amounts of water, fertilizers, and toxic pesticides that have been doing great damage to the environment. But as susta...
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Watergate Hotel Parking Structure Collapse
A pancake collapse occurred on Friday at the parking structure that services Washington D.C.’s famed Watergate Hotel. The D.C. Fire Department responded to the failure as one person was injured....
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Belo Monte Dam in Brazil to become 3rd largest dam in the world!
With engineers calling it "the most daring project under way in Brazil", the Belo Monte Dam in Amazonia, will have a year operating capacity of 4,500 megawatts, which was rediced to a third of its ini...
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Life After Dam Removal, Rivers Respond Quickly
A study performed by the U.S. Geological survey and published in Science reveals that rivers respond quickly to dam removal. In the past forty years, more than 1000 dams have been removed from US rive...
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China Considering Railway Under Mount Everest
China is considering an extension of a railway line that will link the country of Nepal via a tunnel under Mount Everest. This is according to Chinese state media. There is serious skepticism as to wh...
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Airport melt water responsible for soil contamination, new study finds
A new study, conducted from the Friedrich Schiller University Jena in Germany, indicates that melt waters in airports are responsible for soil contamination. Various de-icing fluids used in airpo...
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First US offshore wind farm under construction!
The construction of the first offshore wind farm has just started on US ground in Block Island , a small island 13 miles south of Rhode Island, last Monday. Upon completion, the wind farm will supply...
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