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Tiber-Guadalupe Platform to Deliver 80,000 Barrels Per Day by 2030 Strengthening U.S. Gulf Offshore Development

BP has approved the Tiber-Guadalupe project in the Gulf of America, advancing a $5 billion offshore development that underscores the region’s importance in global energy supply. The project involves...

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Uncovering Earthquake Energy: New Insights from Laboratory “Mini-Quakes”

Recent research led by geologists at MIT has provided new understanding of how energy is partitioned during an earthquake. By creating miniature seismic events in controlled laboratory conditions, of...

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Alpine Geology Overcome: Brenner Tunnel Milestone Reached

The Brenner Base Tunnel (BBT), stretching 64 km including the Innsbruck bypass, has achieved a significant milestone with the connection of its exploratory tunnel between Austria and Italy. This achi...

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San Francisco Bay Area Shaken by 4.3–4.6 Magnitude Earthquake

A magnitude 4.3–4.6 earthquake struck the San Francisco Bay Area in the early hours of September 22, 2025. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported the epicenter near Berkeley, just east o...

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Landslide in Sudan’s Marra Mountains Levels Village and Claims Hundreds of Lives

On August 31, 2025, a massive landslide struck the village of Tarseen in Sudan’s Marra Mountains, western Darfur. Triggered by days of heavy rainfall, the slide buried nearly the entire settlement. L...

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Hidden Faults Offer Clues to Slow Earthquakes in New Zealand

A recent international study has provided new insight into the phenomenon of “slow earthquakes” along the Hikurangi subduction zone off New Zealand’s North Island. Researchers identified previously h...

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Earthquake Rocks Balikesir, Reviving Memories of 2023 Disaster

On August 10, 2025, a magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Turkey’s northwestern province of Balikesir, with its epicenter in the town of Sindirgi. Shaking was felt as far as 200 kilometers away in Istanb...

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Inside the 8.8 Quake That Shook the Pacific Rim and Triggers Global Tsunami Alerts

On July 30, 2025, a powerful 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck just off the coast of Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula. Occurring at a shallow depth of approximately 20 kilometers, this seismic event is amo...

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Deep Rift Beneath the Himalayas: Indian Plate Splitting and the Implications

A major geophysical study unveiled at the AGU conference has confirmed that the Indian Plate is undergoing delamination. Seismic data, combined with helium isotope readings from thermal springs in so...

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The Los Angeles Clearwater Collapse. Insights On The Causes and Technical Response

On the evening of July 9, 2025, a structural failure occurred deep beneath Wilmington, Los Angeles, when a section of the Clearwater Tunnel collapsed. The project is a major component of a $700 milli...

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