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How climate change is reshaping the Alps
BBC NEWS   23 March 2023   Austria   Alps  
Credit: Philippe Desmazes/AFP/Getty Images
<p>As the frozen "glue" that helps hold the rock faces of the Alps together begins to thaw, mountaineers face a growing risk of sudden rockfall.</p>
Webuild starts digging next section of 64km tunnel under the Alps
Global Construction Review   25 July 2022   Austria   Alps  
Olivier Cleynen/CC BY 4.0
<p>Italy&rsquo;s Webuild and Swiss joint-venture partner Implenia have started boring one of the longest sections of the 64km Brenner Base Tunnel, set to carry a railway between Italy and Austria under the Alps.<br />Lot H41, from Gola del Sill, near Innsbruck, ...
Filed under: Construction News
EGU announces 2016 awards and medals
EGU   04 January 2016   Austria   Vienna  
A few of last year's awardees with the EGU President and Vice-President at the EGU 2015 Awards Ceremony. (Credit: EGU/Foto Pfluegl)
<p>The EGU has named the 49 recipients of next year&rsquo;s Union Medals and Awards, Division Medals, and Division Outstanding Young Scientists Awards. </p>
Harbour search for tunnel sites
PSnews online   15 April 2015   Austria   Sydney  
Divers prepare drilling sites on Sydney Harbour
<p>Preparatory work has begun on the second Sydney Harbour rail crossing intended to ease traffic congestion on the streets. Premier, Mike Baird said geotechnical drilling would occur up to 70 metres below Sydney Harbour in the coming weeks to help determine ...
Filed under: Construction News
Are natural disasters on the rise?
The Conversation   24 March 2015   Austria  
destruction after Cyclone Pam
<p>Natural disasters are becoming more frequent, with more people with less money exposed to a greater number of hazards. Cyclone Lam, Pam and now Nathan &ndash; natural disasters have filled our news in recent weeks. They wreak havoc in poor and vulnerable ...
Filed under: Natural Hazards
Advances in active tectonics and speleotectonics
nhm-wien   20 March 2015   Austria   Vienna  
Speleotectonics - Natural History Museum Vienna
<p>Active tectonics and past earthquakes have been intensively studied in last decades from many different points of view and recently experienced increasing attention, especially thanks to rapid technological development, accessibility of high-resolution ...