22 soldiers at Fort Hunter Liggett, 250 miles northwest of Los Angeles, were injured when a MH-60 helicopter came in for a landing on Wednesday night and in the process blew down a tent at the training camp, the U.S. Army reported. According to the report, the Blackhawk helicopter’s rotor wash caused the tent to […]
The collapse of the Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica could significantly affect global sea levels. As part of a new $25 million research collaboration, the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the United Kingdom’s Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) announced today that teams of scientists at U.S. institutions will deploy to Antarctica to gather the data […]
A 950-ton bridge that was put into place on Saturday at the Florida International University in Miami collapsed on Thursday, killing at least six and injuring at least eight, reports from Miami reveal. The pedestrian bridge constructed at the university spanned eight lanes of traffic on the Tamiami Trail. When it collapsed, the vehicles beneath […]
The United States Coast Guard reports that they, along with Alaska Chadux Corporation and vessels of opportunity continue to conduct site assessments and implement preliminary cleanup efforts at the Port William site on Shuyak Island approximately 50 miles north of Kodiak. They state that they have added to the containment boom already in place, and now have 2100 feet […]