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The world’s melting glaciers are yielding up their secrets too quickly
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<p>FORCLE GLACIER, Switzerland — At around 8,000 feet above sea level, Switzerland’s Forcle Glacier has for thousands of years been deeply ensconced in a frigid mountain valley overlooked by some of Europe’s highest peaks.<br>Are you on Telegram? Subscribe ...
An L.A.-area fault looked dormant. Turns out it can cause a 6.4-magnitude quake, study says.
The Washington Post   05 September 2019   USA   California, L.A.  
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<p>Scientists thought the Wilmington blind‐thrust fault that runs deep under the Los Angeles region had been dormant since the Late Pliocene era, millions of years ago. But a new study reveals that it&rsquo;s very much alive, and capable of generating the ...
An old bridge goes out with a bang
The Washington Post   15 January 2019   USA   New York  
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<p>A big chunk of an old New York bridge went down in history Tuesday as explosives demolished the eastern part of the Tappan Zee Bridge.<br />The bridge has been replaced by the Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge, which carries Interstate 87 traffic over the ...
Landslide in central Croatia destroys houses amid floods
The Washington Post   13 March 2018   Croatia   Kostajnica  
This aerial photo shows buildings damaged by a landslide caused by melting snow in Kostajnica, central Croatia, Tuesday, March 13, 2018.(Associated Press)
<p>ZAGREB, Croatia &mdash; A landslide caused by melting snow destroyed several houses Tuesday in central Croatia, sending people fleeing from their homes in panic. No serious injuries were reported.</p> <p>The landslide in the town of Hrvatska Kostajnica ...
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Fossils found in African cave are new species of human kin, say scientists
The Washington Post   10 September 2015   South Africa   Africa  
A composite skeleton of H. naledi is surrounded by some of the hundreds of other fossil elements recovered from the cave. (National Geographic/National Geographic)
<p>The two amateur cavers had to feel their way along the cave’s winding passages, crawl on their stomachs through an opening less than 10 inches high, ascend a jagged wall, cross a narrow ledge dubbed the “Dragon’s Back,” and make a 400-foot descent, sideways, ...