Research project aims to keep nuclear waste isolated 10,000 years into the future
Thursday, October 18, 2018 - 09:50
in Earth & Climate
The Leaning Tower of Pisa owes its perilous angle to the weak subsoil its foundations were built upon, back in the 12th century. Its tilt, which worsened gradually until modern engineers arrested it in the late 1990s, is a good example of how incremental changes in geomechanics can add up to big impacts over time.