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Jurassic Coast has biggest landslide ‘in 60 years’ as beach buried in rubble
Metro   14 April 2021   UK   Jurassic Coast  
A large part of the beach has been blocked off by the landslide (Picture: Getty/Google Maps)
<p>A major landslide has seen 4,000 tonnes of rock plunge down onto a beach on the Jurassic Coast. Rubble has completely blocked a section of the beach after the 430ft sandstone cliff gave way on Monday night causing boulders the size of cars to plummet near ...
Top 15 Geological Wonders Of The World
Indian Times   10 April 2021   World  
Rainbow mountains Peru | Photo: Instagram/aquarius.traveller
<p>Earth is a planet in constant change and, yet, some parts of the planet have remained the same for thousands of years. Beauty aside, every part of nature can be a puzzle sometimes and pretty challenging to people. On that note, here are some of the finest ...
Scientist: Kyoto's Earliest Cherry Blooms in 1,200 Years Point to Climate Change
Voa news   01 April 2021   Japan   Kyoto  
Cherry blossoms bloom March 31, 2021, in Tokyo.
<p>TOKYO - The famous pink cherry blossoms of Kyoto reached full bloom this year on March 26, the earliest date in the 12 centuries since records began, according to a Japanese university.<br />The earlier flowering indicates climate change, said Yasuyuki ...
TERRATEC’s EPBM Completes Bangkok Orange Line Metro Tunnel
<p>TERRATEC celebrated on the completion of the Orange Line metro project in Bangkok, Thailand, with the final breakthrough of the Eastbound tunnel on Contract E3.<br />Earlier in March, TERRATEC joined workers and officials in celebrating the completion of ...
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China to complete longest and widest underwater highway tunnel “this year”
Global Construction Review   30 March 2021   China   Shanghai  
<p>The Taihu tunnel, China&rsquo;s longest and widest underwater highway, will open to traffic before the end of the year, according to Third Harbour Engineering, the contractor building it.<br />The tunnel will stretch for almost 11km under Lake Taihu, China&rsquo;s ...
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Major milestone reached on world’s longest immersed tunnel
New Civil Engineer   29 March 2021   Germany, Denmark  
<p>Ground investigation work for the &euro;7.1bn (&pound;6bn) Fehmarnbelt Tunnel between Denmark and Germany has been completed, according to contractor Fugro.<br />The 18km immersed tube tunnel, which will be the longest in the world when complete, will link ...
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Before and after: pictures reveal extent of flood damage across NSW as residents start returning
The Guardian   26 March 2021   Australia   New South Wales  
Photograph: Maxar Tech/AFP/Getty Images
<p>The number of New South Wales residents forced from their homes by flooding is &ldquo;trickling down&rdquo; with fewer than 9,000 still unable to return, as rivers across the state recede and the sun comes out.<br />The SES has started assessing damage ...
Drone footage reveals dramatic Iceland volcanic eruption
livescience   23 March 2021   Iceland  
A helicopter flies over the eruption. (Image credit: Vilhelm Gunnarsson via Getty Images)
<p>After a 900-year nap, a volcano in Iceland erupted Friday (March 19), spewing tendrils of molten lava down its flanks and bathing the cloudy night sky in an ominous orange-red. <br />Gorgeous and fiery photos show the Fagradalsfjall volcano, located about ...
The Greater Aletsch Glacier, a journey into the melting heart of the Alps
LIGEFATE   21 March 2021   Switzerland   Swiss Alps  
Aerial view of the Greater Aletsch Glacier as seen from the Konkordiahütte September 2019 © Kevin Kok.
<p>In 1674, residents of Fiesch, a village in the Swiss canton of Valais at the feet of the Greater Aletsch Glacier &ndash; the largest in the European Alps &ndash; established a Catholic ritual to ask the heavens to stop this and the nearby Fiescher Glacier ...
Norway Gives Green Light for World’s First Ship Tunnel
gCaptain   18 March 2021   Norway  
An illustration of the Stad Ship Tunnel. Image credit: Norwegian Coastal Administration
<p>Norway has given the green light to begin preparations for the construction on what is expected to become the world&rsquo;s first ship tunnel.<br />The Stad Ship Tunnel will cut through the Norway&rsquo;s Stad peninsula allowing ships up to 25.5 meters ...
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