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- A pardon that proves power trumps all | Brief letters Sat, 7 Dec 24, 5:19amJoe and Hunter Biden | Nuclear power plants | Concise advice | Welsh sinkhole | Parthenon marbles
- Texas sinkholes: oil and gas drilling increases threat, scientists warn Tue, 27 Mar 18, 10:37pmGround rising and falling in region that has been ‘punctured like a pin cushion’ since the 1940s, new study finds
- The ground under a West Texas oil patch is moving 'at alarming rates' Sat, 24 Mar 18, 4:23amLocal residents, infrastructure, and oil and gas pipelines could be at risk from the ground heaving and sinking in West Texas after years of fossil fuel production, according to a new study from Southern Methodist University...
- Giant sinkhole opens up in front of Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort Tue, 23 May 17, 11:37pmOne of President Donald Trump's claims on the campaign trail was that he'd "drain the swamp" if elected. Whether he kept that promise is up for debate; sure, he selected business tycoons like Rex Tillerson to fill top government...
- Alaskan permafrost could melt in the next 55 years, says world’s leading expert Fri, 23 Oct 15, 9:00pmUnless you’re a climate scientist, you probably don’t care very much about permafrost. But you should. The perpetually frozen ground that accounts for a quarter of the Northern hemisphere is warming at an increasing -...
- A massive sinkhole has reopened in Florida, two years after it swallowed a local man Fri, 21 Aug 15, 1:30amIn February 2013, a surreal disaster struck a 1970s-era house in the town of Seffner, just outside of Tampa, Florida. Shortly after Jeff Bush settled in for the night, his brother Jeremy heard him screaming for help, only...
- Giant 100 metre-wide crater appears in isolated Russian region of Yamal Thu, 17 Jul 14, 7:47amScientists to take samples from hole found near gas field after speculation crater was caused by underground explosionResearchers are to investigate a giant hole that has appeared in one of Russia's most isolated northernmost...