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Scientists discover a surprising new way to map what lies beneath cities using thunder, revealing hidden underground hazards and possible sinkhole zonesScientists are using thunder's vibrations to map underground geology. Existing fiber-optic cables detect tiny ground movements triggered by...
In 1913, lead turned Picher, Oklahoma, from farmland into a town of about 14,000; by 2010, only 20 residents remained, and chat piles covered parts of Ottawa CountyPicher, a small town in northeast Oklahoma, transformed into a mining hub after the lead and zinc discovery in 1913. However, this rapid gr...
Kentucky’s Mammoth Cave's hidden plumbing system allows rainwater to reach underground quickly through sinkholes, but these water routes can also carry sewage, chemicals and other pollutants into the caveKentucky’s Mammoth Cave has a vast underground water network fed by rainwater entering sinkholes and cracks in the limestone. The same rapi...
America’s burning ghost town: The Pennsylvania ghost town that has been burning since 1962, left with only 5 residents and a fire that may last another centuryFor more than sixty years, a relentless underground coal fire has consumed Centralia, Pennsylvania, turning it into a ghost town. It began ...
America’s Hidden Karst Landscapes: Why the Ground Can Open Without WarningBeneath forests, farms, and neighborhoods, water slowly dissolves rock, forming hidden underground channels and caves in karst landscapes. ...
What Drained an Entire Lake Overnight With No Storm or Warning? Scientists Have an AnswerLakes in glacial and karst regions are vanishing and refilling without rain, baffling observers. Scientists explain these phenomena through...
Bangkok's giant 160-foot sinkhole swallows cars, cuts power, and forces evacuations. Watch viral videoA massive sinkhole, 50 meters wide, swallowed vehicles and disrupted infrastructure in Bangkok due to subway construction, prompting evacua...
England’s Surrey sinkhole grows bigger: Swallows road and forces residents to fleeA massive sinkhole has swallowed part of Godstone High Street in Surrey. The sinkhole, which first appeared on February 17, rapidly expande...
Indian woman disappears in sinkhole in Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia calls off search after nine daysKuala Lumpur Sinkhole: Authorities in Malaysia have called off the search for Indian national G. Vijaya Lakshmi, who fell into a sinkhole i...
Weather Update: Gujarat, Maharashtra and North East set to receive very heavy rainfall till next week; flash flood risk flagged in some areasWeather Update News: The India Meteorological Department has issued warnings of heavy rainfall across northwest and central India and north...
An American company, OceanGate, wants to explore Bahamas' 'portal of hell'Guillermo Söhnlein, former OceanGate CEO, plans to lead an expedition with Blue Marble Exploration to Dean's Blue Hole in the Bahamas, know...
Monday Blues: US Bond yields top 5%, scare off Dalal St bullsIndian stocks plunged on Monday as US 10-year Treasury yields breached 5% for the first time since the Global Financial Crisis. This raised...
China's northeast inundated in Doksuri's wakeChina is struggling to contain the aftermath of Typhoon Doksuri that battered the country's northeast, with floods deluging farms and citie...
Chennai Petro cancels bond sale as demand for yield risesThis is the first corporate bond casualty in the second wave of the viral surge, underscoring investor apprehension about the economic cost...
Risk indicators now scarier than 2008, more pain could followThe risk indicators seem stark, making reference to the 2008 subprime sinkhole more relevant.
MFs play safe, exposure to top 10 Nifty stocks highest in ten yearsOf total investments in Nifty stocks at the end of June, MF investments stand at 58 per cent.
Will government borrowing change global outlook on India?For the first time since 2008-09, India has decided to borrow less than half the funds earmarked for the financial year in the six months t...
How you lost money in state-owned banksBetween 2008 & 2018, state bank shares lost 9 per cent – excluding headline inflation.
State-run banks put up a dismal show on D-StreetFor 20 state-owned banks, the average investment return is an absolute loss of 8.89%.
Private equity flows into realty may scale new high to top $4 billion this yearMost of this investments are into pre-leased office and retail assets, a major shift from residential sector, showing the low risk appetite...