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Robotic underwater miners can go where humans can’t
New Scientist   24 October 2017   UK   Devon  
Dig deep with help from robots / Damen Dredging Equipment
<p>The scene around the flooded Whitehill Yeo pit in Devon, UK, resembles a lunar landscape. Until it was abandoned just a few years ago, an endless stream of diesel trucks carried china clay out of the mine seven days a week.</p><p>But don’t be fooled by ...
Filed under: Mining News
Thousands of Puerto Ricans evacuated as dam threatens to breach
New Scientist   26 September 2017   Puerto Rico   Rio Guajataca  
Danger: full to the brim. Reuters/Alvin Baez
<p>&ldquo;Stay away or be swept away.&rdquo; This grim advice was issued to the people of Puerto Rico by the US National Weather Service on Monday, after a dam overwhelmed by rainfall from Hurricane Maria developed a large fissure.</p> <p>The Guajataca Dam ...
Filed under: Natural Hazards