Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. Oct 09, 2017, 08:03am EDT Oct 10, 2017, 07:12am EDT This article ...
The dam is called Vajont. And it, too, is a memorial of sorts. When built, it was the tallest dam of its kind in the world, harnessing the waters of a small mountain torrent to create a lake meant to ...
“Toc” is a contraction of “patoc” which, in the local Friulian language of those in Italy’s northwest, translates as soggy. Monte Toc walks and talks. And from 1960 onwards, its constant chatter ...