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National Survey: 17% of Indonesians live in landslide prone areas
According to the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB), 17% of Indonesia's population, this being translated to nearly 41 million people, live in areas susceptible to landslides. With landslide m...
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Major Water Infrastructure Improvements Ahead in California
Amid escalating concern regarding California’s continued four year drought, Governor Jerry Brown signed a $1.1 billion emergency drought relief bill into law on Friday. Just under two-thirds, $6...
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New South Autralian Hospital is World's 3rd Most Expensive Building
When completed The New Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH), in South Australia, will be the third most expensive building in the world behind the One World Trade Center in New York City and Bucharest’s Pala...
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Japan 2011 earthquake continues to cause climate changes
According to a new study, published in Geophysical Research Letters, thousands of tons of global-warming and ozone-depleting chemicals were released into the atmosphere, following the Tohoku 2011 eart...
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Albion River Bridge: maintainance or replacement?
A great dispute has started in Albion California, with regards to the Albion River Bridge replacement. The bridge is the last wooden bridge along California's coastal highway and Caltrans wants t...
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Golden Feces
American researchers at the 2015 national meeting of American Chemical Society outlined the details of an unexpected source of precious metals - sewage. That’s right. According to new research,...
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The latest March issue of TheStructuralEngineer.info newsletter is out !
TheStructuralEngineer.info is pleased to announce the March issue #93 of our monthly Newsletter ! TheStructuralEngineer.info is pleased to announce the March issue #93 of our monthly Newsletter ! R...
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Boston Continues Demolition of Long Island Bridge
The Coast Guard, along with Quincy, Boston and Massachusetts State police, set up a 1000-yard safety zone between Moon Island and Long Island on March 23rd. Shortly after, with a large burst of smoke,...
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Arctic Sea Ice Hits Record Low
According to data from the NASA-supported National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) at the University of Colorado, Boulder, the Arctic ice cap reached its maximum extent, 5.61 million square miles (14...
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About less deadly landslides!
Could the Oso landslide have been avoided? Are there more landslide prone areas across the country and how could state and federal agencies locate them and take precautions? Professors of the Uni...
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