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Top 20 most popular geotechnical news in 2014!
As the end of the year approaches, we are glad to present 2014’s top 20 most popular breaking news in geotechnical engineering. As the end of the year approaches, we are glad to present 2014’s top 20...
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Ormenio, Greece saved by flooding thanks to last-minute levee
The construction of a kilometer long levee resulted in saving the village of Ormenio in the northeast of Greece from the rising water of Evros River. The extreme weather conditions resulted in damagin...
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Has the world's largest landslide occurred in Utah?
Millions of years ago, the sloping ground of southwest Utah was frequently covered with ash and debris, as a result of the intense volcanic activity taking place in the area. Those ash and debris laye...
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Deadly landslides occur in Italy and Switzerland due to torrential rainfall
Switzerland and northern Italy are severely battered by heavy rain in the last days, which caused extensive landslides and cost several lives. Weather forecasts predict that rain will continue to hit...
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Philae makes historic landing on comet 510 million kilometers away. Anchoring system fails. Are unexpected site conditions to be blamed for failure to anchor?
The European Space Agency made history yesterday by successfully landing Philae to Comet 67P. Philae was carried by the Roseta spacecraft that traveled for more than 10 years until it reached its dest...
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Landslides and earthquakes to be correlated, according to recent study
A recently published study demonstrates that earthquakes instead of climate change as previously thought, have an effect on the rate of landslides in Peru. The particular findings were published in Na...
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Video: A 2,000 year old tunnel and its ancient mysteries in Teotihuacan, Mexico
More than a decade after the initial discovery of a secret tunnel underneath the ancient city of Teotihuacan, researchers have unearthed many ritual objects from a location that may be a royal tomb. W...
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Sri Lanka: Fatal landslides devastate the country
Fatal landslides are triggered by monsoon rains in Sri Lanka on Wednesday, causing many casualties, leaving hundreds of missing and washing away homes and destroying a tea-growing region of the countr...
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Photo gallery: The flood damage to Kashmir's cultural heritage
The recently and extensively flooded region of Kashmir is still trying to recover from the disaster and starts evaluating the induced damage particularly to its cultural heritage. Some of the most his...
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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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