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New island off Japan can be seen forming from underwater volcanic eruption

A new island can be seen being created from an underwater volcano erupting off the coast of Japan, during the past few weeks. Furthermore, the unnamed volcano started erupting on the 21st of October,...

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NASA partners with Pacific Disaster Center on new landslide hazard assessment and warning system

A collaboration between NASA and University of Hawaii’s Pacific Disaster Center (PDC) was recently made public on October 26, regarding NASA’s Landslide Hazard Assessment for Situational Awareness mo...

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Unstable embankment causes Midland Main Line train service disruption in England

Repair work carried out on a railway embankment near Braybrooke, England, caused train service disruption on England’s Midland Main Line between Kettering and Leicester, between November 2 and Novemb...

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62nd Rankine Lecture title and outline announced

It was recently announced by the British Geotechnical Association (BGA) that the 62nd Ranking Lecture will take place on the 13th of March 2024, at Imperial College London. As was made known in Marc...

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Landslide occurs at Colombia’s El Peñón de Guatapé tourist attraction

The moment that a small collapse occurred at the flank of Colombia’s popular tourist attraction, El Peñón de Guatapé, on November 2, was caught on video. Furthermore, El Peñón de Guatapé is an appro...

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Dr. Paul W. Mayne’s 14th Athenian Lecture on Geotechnical Engineering now available on YouTube

Dr. Paul W. Mayne recently gave the 14th Athenian Lecture on Geotechnical Engineering on October 4, which took place in Athens, Greece, and was titled "Geotechnical Site Characterization Using Shear...

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New paper explains the 1650 tsunamigenic eruption of Aegean Sea’s Kolumbo volcano

A new paper titled “Cascading events during the 1650 tsunamigenic eruption of Kolumbo volcano” was published on the 26th of October in the Nature Communications journal. Kolumbo is an underwater vol...

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South Asia’s first underwater tunnel inaugurated in Bangladesh

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Tunnel, South Asia’s first underwater tunnel, was officially inaugurated on Saturday, October 28, with the Bangladeshi Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, being the first...

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The leaning tower of Bologna closes amid settlement concerns

Bologna’s leaning 48-meter tall Garisenda Tower was closed during the weekend, after worrying movement was monitored by scientists of the University of Bologna. The Garisenda tower is part of the ci...

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Landslide disrupts Metro-North and Amtrak rail services in Westchester County of New York

A landslide took place in Westchester County, New York, early on Saturday, October 21st, and caused disruptions to Metro-North and Amtrack rail services over the weekend, blocking four nearby tracks....

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