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• 05.02.07 Bridge Collapses; NASA-bound train derailed
• 02.23.07 Sinkhole in Guatemala Swallows Homes
• 01.02.07 Study: Louisiana slipping slowly into gulf
• 10.16.06: Africa dust may hamper hurricanes
• 08.05.06 New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection's 2005 Field Sampling Procedures Manual.
• 07.11.06 Massive Big Dig debris crushes woman to death
• 06.21.06 Expert believes Los Angeles area at risk for massive earthquake
• 05.30.06 USGS Earthquake Hazards Program. Did you feel it?
• 05.10.06 USGS budget would increase to $991 million according to House Appropriations Committee draft report
• 04.24.06 Danube Breaches Waterlogged Dikes
• 12.10.05 Thrust reversers failed in deadly jetliner skid
• 10.24.05 Investigators Link Levee Failures to Design Flaws
• 9.09.05 The U.S. National Academies announces the launch of its Water Information Center, a portal of more than 100 peer-reviewed reports from the National Academies on water-related issues.
• 7.22.05 Eerie recording captures sound of tsunami.
• 6.08.05 Slides block popular Yellowstone entrance.
• 05.05 Unions Seek To Add PEs, Other Professionals to Their Ranks
• 03.29.05 Study tracks erosion from Hurricane Ivan.
• 03.18.05 Science and Technology to Support Fresh Water Availability in the United States Report
• 03.04.05 ChevronTexaco Donates Seismic Data to American Geological Institute
• 02.22.05 Experts Aim for Better Quake Predictions
• 02.08.05 U.S. coasts vulnerable to tsunamis
• 01.05.05 Rock slide onto Topanga Canyon Road [View Picture]
• 1.5.05 Tsunami change to coastlines likely temporary
• 12.04 Tsunami's Devastating Effects. (View photos)
• 12.29.04 Can Earthquakes Be Tamed?
• 10.13.04 Lava flows to surface of Mt. St. Helens
• 09.29.04 Explosion at St. Helens possible within days
• 08.31.04 Huge underwater lava flow mapped
• 07.19.04 Spirit Hits Rock Paydirt on Mars
• 2004 Opal Winners
• 5.28.04 Unionization of non-engineer employees of geotechnical engineering firms in the Chicago area
• 05.24.04 Scientists look for 'slow quake' activity
• 05.07.04 Professor W.F. Van Impe wins prestigious DeBeer Prize
• 04.12.04 Experts shake their heads over quake epic
• 04.02.04 Spirit rover adds to case for Martian water.
• PRIGOGINE AWARDS 2004
• Return to the Red Planet Updates..
• 'Reflecting Absence' to honor Sept. 11 victims. Victims' families unhappy with winner for World Trade Center site.

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• 08.03.06 Bimrocks Web site
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• 05.25.06 Animated Graphic of Hurricane Katrina Flooding in New Orleans
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