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Witness the weirdest European town that is built into rock: Setenil de las Bodegas in Spain

Setenil de las Bodegas is a Spanish town, located 157 km northeast of the province of Cádiz and is widely known for its buildings that are built into and under rock. The town sprawls ac...

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Video shows derailed train in Italy ready to fall in the ocean due to landslide

Heavy rainfall in northwestern Italy has triggered many extensive landslides recently, particularly in the Liguria region, where over 100 landslides occurred according to La Presse. The landsl...

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New study reveals natural gas pipeline leaks all over Washington, D.C.

Scientists from Duke University measuring methane levels, the main component of natural gas, produced by leaks and contributing to global warming, have conducted a new research in Washington, D.C....

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Do injection wells trigger earthquakes in Texas?

More than 20 earthquakes that occurred last year in the Azle area in Texas, were the reason for the Texas Railroad Commission to hold a public meeting in Azle on January 2 and investigate the con...

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New method reduces radioactivity of hydraulic fracturing wastewater

Researchers of Duke University found a way to recycle wastewater produced from hydraulic fracturing or ''fracking'', reducing its radioactivity and making it clean enough to be used in drilling new we...

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Video: Double Crane Collapse in Venezuela

The video shows two cranes collapsing while attempting to move a 60-ton truss beam during the construction of a train station in Caracas, Venezuela.  The two crane operators survived the fall but...

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New research shows how faults warn us before a big earthquake

A new research published in the Geophysical Research Letters journal last November, provides an insight into how earthquake warning signals are produced by faults. To do so, laboratory exper...

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Ground collapse near riverbank in Brazil [video]

According to local news service Para, a massive crater was created on January 4, in the city of Abaetetuba in the northern state of Para in Brazil, destroying 13 houses. After inspecting the area,...

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New study shows 16 earthquakes were triggered by landslide

The landslide at the Bingham Canyon copper mine that occurred last April, near Salt Lake City in Utah, seems to be the largest non-volcanic landslide in North America in modern times, with almost 65 m...

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India TBMs blamed for building cracks

The construction of the first phase of the Chennai Metro project in India is scheduled to be completed by spring 2015. During the construction cracks were detected in more than 200 buildings in Chenna...

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