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News on Satellite imagery
The thickest glacier in the world has started to retreat
According to NASA, the thickest glacier in the world is currently melting as a result of climate change. The Taku Glacier located in Taku inlet of Alaska is the deepest and thickest glacier of the w...
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Satellite data show impressive ground cracking caused by the M 7.1 Ridgecrest Earthquake
- Jul, 05, 2019
- Engineering Geology Earthquake Reconnaissance Geology Highlights
- United States, California
Satellite images collected in the Mojave Desert show the intense ground cracking the M 7.1 Ridgecrest Earthquake caused. On July, 5, 2019, the massive earthquake struck at about 200 km North-East of...
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Severe subsidence caused by underground motorway in Sydney
Satellite imagery revealed that the $17 billion WestConnect underground project has caused severe subsidence of the ground above. Satellite data is a beneficial tool that can determine the impact o...
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The landscape of Anak Krakatau volcano completely altered
The landscape of Anak Krakatau volcano that recently erupted causing a disastrous tsunami in Indonesia, has significantly changed. The eruption of the volcano caused underwater landslides that prov...
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Huge meteor crater discovered in Greenland
Geologists have discovered a massive crater beneath the ice sheet of Greenland. The crater was formed after a one-mile wide iron meteorite struck a northwest region of Greenland at a speed of 19 km...
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