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World's Deepest Sinkhole Found Under South China Sea

On July 22nd, Chinese researchers announced that they had discovered an underwater sinkhole under the South China Sea near the Paracel Islands. Underwater sinkholes are also know as blue holes and thi...

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Beijing Sinking at a Significant Rate

A recent study has found that Beijing, the capital of China is sinking as much as 11 cm per year. As one of the largest cities in the world with a population over 20 million, this could prove to be a...

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Geologists Recreate 4800 Year Old Zion Landslide (video)

Researchers at the University of Utah have recreated the landslide that formed the Zion Canyon valley 4800 years ago. This landslide dammed the Virgin River than runs through the valley which caused a...

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Fulgurite: A rare phenomenon

A bolt of lightning is able to deliver up to 5 gigajoule of energy (energy that can power a house in the US for over a month). A bolt of lightning is able to deliver up to 5 gigajoule of energy (en...

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Indications For Ancient Oceanic Mega-Tsunami In The Atlantic

Scientists have discovered that, 73,000 years ago, the biggest island of West Africa in the Atlantic, Santiago, where 250,000 people live today, was hit by a 244m high tsunami wave. The cause was the...

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Research: Seasonal Variations Of Seismicity

For a reason that scientists have yet to discover the most powerful and with the largest focal depth of earthquakes are affected by the seasons of the year, and usually occur between April and October...

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Soil Erosion in EU

Despite the measures of the Common Agricultural Policy in soil erosion, rain and rivers erode every year around 600 million cubic meters of soil, according to the findings of the European Commission's...

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Video: The Heavy Rains Trigger Landslides

Writers at NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio said "Landslides are one of the most dangerous natural hazards on the planet. Between 2007 and 2015, there were more than 25,000 reported deaths due t...

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Simulation: Tsunami In Crete Overwhelms The Mediterranean

Possible strong earthquake in Crete would cause a devastating tsunami that could flood the coast at a depth of at least five meters, shows the model which was developed by European team with Greek par...

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The Mysterious Giant Craters of Siberia

A group that makes documentaries for the channel RT has traveled recently to Yamal to explore a series of mysterious giant craters discovered in Siberia a year ago or so. A group that makes documen...

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