TASS/. Soil subsidence became the cause of loss of containment by the tank with oil products in Norilsk, official spokesman of the Office of General Prosecutor Andrei Ivanov told reporters.

The worst hit was south-eastern England, where buildings are well-known for being constructed on subsidence-prone clay soil. Subsidence happens when the ground beneath a building loses moisture ...

There are two main causes of subsidence. In most cases the moisture in the clay below the foundations is taken by trees causing the ground to shrink. This is made worse by heatwaves of prolonged hot ...

Two years into the programme, significant headway has been made in linking up subsurface activities, subsidence, soil-structure interaction and building damage. “The focus until now has been on three ...

Human activity is causing subsidence in large areas of the Netherlands. Primary causes are the lowering of the groundwater level to keep our feet dry and the construction of residential areas and ...