Tuesday, May 31, 2016

The entire Swedish city of Kiruna is being relocated to prevent it from collapsing into underground iron mines

Located above the Arctic Circle, the Swedish city of Kiruna is facing a rather unique obstacle; it is slowly sinking into the ground. Thanks to a local iron mine owned by Luossavaara-Kiirunavaara AB (LKAB), it is projected that most of the structures in the city will collapse into the expanding iron mines below it by 2050, sciencealert.com reports.

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