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Earth and Moon struck by asteroid shower 800 million years ago
According to a new study, a vast meteoroid bombardment struck the Earth and the Moon about 800 million years ago. The research was conducted from Japanese scientists in a collaboration between Osaka...
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Massive earthquake hits Alaska: Tsunami warning issued
- Jul, 22, 2020
- Earthquake Reconnaissance Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- United States, Alaska
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A massive M 7.8 earthquake that hit off the coast of Alaska, forced authorities to issue a tsunami warning. The seismic shock occurred on July 22, 2020, at 10:12 p.m. local time. Its magnitude was M...
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Bentley accomplishes a challenging geotechnical project in Stuttgart
- Jul, 28, 2020
- Deep Excavations Finite Element / Finite Difference Earth Retaining Structures Foundation Design / Construction News On Projects / Industry
- Germany, Stuttgart
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Bentley utilized PLAXIS 3D to accomplish a challenging geotechnical project in Stuttgart, Germany. A new, 14-floor building is being constructed above two fully operational underground tunnels in Stu...
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How will rivers respond to environmental alterations
- Jul, 13, 2020
- Erosion Geoenvironmental Engineering News On Research / Academia
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Scientists investigate the response of the rivers across the globe when it comes to the changing environmental conditions. Researchers from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and the U...
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China devastated by extreme rainfalls: Dam destroyed to alleviate flooding
- Jul, 19, 2020
- Dam Engineering Landslides News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- China
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
China decided to demolish a dam in order to reduce the upstream flooding and prevent further distractions as the country is devastated by extreme rainfalls. China has been struck by a series of persi...
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M 7.0 earthquake struck Papua New Guinea: Tsunami warn issued
- Jul, 17, 2020
- Earthquake Reconnaissance Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Papua New Guinea
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A strong earthquake (M 7.0) struck Papua New Guinea and authorities immediately issued an alert about a potential tsunami. The seismic event occurred on July 17, 2020 at 12:50 pm local time. The epic...
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Bentley’s OpenGround Cloud Platform: Increase the Value of your Geotechnical Data
OpenGround Cloud, Bentley's secure enterprise cloud collaboration platform for geotechnical data management, is capable of empowering teams with access to current and historical project data in a dyn...
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Rockfall in Austrian canyon kills 3 people
- Jul, 08, 2020
- Landslides News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Austria, Mixnitz
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Three hikers were reported dead after a rockfall incident in an Austrian canyon. The incident occurred on Wednesday, July 8, 2020, in Bärenschützklamm, one of the longest gorges in the province of St...
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Mega-tsunami generated by an ancient landslide in Mars
According to research from the University of Milan “Bicocca” in Italy, a mega-tsunami was generated by a massive landslide in Mars, billions of years ago. The study, recently published in Planetary...
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What controls the height of the world's mountains?
A new study comes to answer an interesting question. What determines the height of the earth's mountains? Mountains are formed as a result of plate tectonics, the theory that describes the movement o...
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