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Helium Leakage from Fault in LA Raises Fears of a Major Earthquake
In a huge rift in the Earth's crust near Los Angeles, it is observed helium leak, and researchers believe that this finding sheds new light on the Newport-Inglewood fault in the basin of Los Angeles....
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Pyramids of Egypt Would Fit in the Sinkholes of the Comet 67P
The Rosetta space craft, which explores the comet 67P, discovered something very interesting. The Rosetta space craft, which explores the comet 67P, discovered something very interesting. Read more
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Sun Cooling Will Not Save Earth
It is possible, sometime in the coming decades, the solar activity to retreat and the temperatures to fall, but, according to experts, this phenomenon will not prevent the disaster that has brought th...
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Drinking Water On Earth Is Ending
Satellites that monitor subtle changes in the Earth's gravitational field, show that the aquifers are over-pumped in many areas worldwide, without even knowing whether there are stocks or if water sim...
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Central Texas Floods-May 23-25, 2015
Significant rainfall moved across Central Texas over Memorial Day Weekend, May 23-25, 2015, causing flooding damage to Austin and the surrounding towns of Blanco, Wimberley, San Marcos, and...
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Research into Bamboo as a Structural Material to be led by Pitt
Funded by the U.S. and UK governments in collaboration with higher education institutions in Brazil, China, India and Indonesia, a University of Pittsburgh-led consortium is one of 14 ne multilateral...
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Study: Ice Age Cycles Had Little Impact on Global Weathering Rates
A team of researchers from Stanford University and Germany’s GFZ Research Center for Geosciences published a study on June 8th in the journal Nature Geoscience. The study which defies common exp...
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Learning from Landslides
The Kentucky Geological Survey is compiling a landslide inventory database to document the distribution and geological characteristics of landslides across Kentucky state and to provide easy access to...
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New Formula Protects Tunnels From Fires
The researchers of Ruhr-Universität Bochum have developed a method of spraying steel-fiber-infused shotcrete, which makes tunnels and bridges more robust against fire. The researchers of Ruhr-Univers...
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The Earth Is Still Too Hot!
Despite the widespread impression that in recent years there has been some respite and slowdown in climate change of the planet, in fact the aggravation of the problem continues uninterruptedly. This...
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