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New land movement in Rancho Palos Verdes affects homes in Portuguese Bend area

Residents in Rancho Palos Verdes, Los Angeles County, reported that a substantial portion of a home's yard shifted overnight, highlighting ongoing instability in coastal bluff regions. The change was...

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Uncovering Earthquake Energy: New Insights from Laboratory “Mini-Quakes”

Recent research led by geologists at MIT has provided new understanding of how energy is partitioned during an earthquake. By creating miniature seismic events in controlled laboratory conditions, of...

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Sanford Dam restoration marks milestone as concrete work begins

A critical restoration milestone has been reached at the Sanford Dam in Midland County, Michigan, as crews begin placing roller-compacted concrete (RCC) on the embankment for the auxiliary spillway....

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Recovering Critical Minerals from Waste: New USGS-State Partnerships Underway

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has awarded nearly $3 million in cooperative agreements to support 13 state geological surveys in joint work to inventory and characterize critical minerals in mine...

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Repair of massive 50-meter sinkhole in Bangkok enters new challenge after structural breach

In the early hours of September 26, emergency efforts to stabilize the massive sinkhole in front of Vajira Hospital on Bangkok’s Samsen Road were paused after approximately 1,500 tonnes (around 700 c...

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Mercury and Arsenic Hotspots Identified in Ghana’s Artisanal Gold Belt

A year-long assessment by Pure Earth and Ghana’s Environmental Protection Authority sampled soil, water, crops and fish across six of Ghana’s 13 mining regions. Results show mercury in soils at Konon...

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Superstorm Ragasa Causes Barrier Lake Collapse in Taiwan And Causes Catastrophic Flooding and Infrastructure Loss

Super Typhoon Ragasa, one of the strongest storms of 2025, has caused widespread devastation across East Asia, with Taiwan experiencing significant structural and geotechnical impacts. In Hualien Cou...

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Silver Lake dam modification project delayed until fall 2026

The City of Rochester, Minnesota, has postponed the start of its Silver Lake dam modification and sediment removal project, moving it from November 2025 to September 2026. The delay is due to extende...

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Massive 50-meter sinkhole swallows road in Bangkok

A road collapse in central Bangkok has produced a sinkhole approximately 50 meters deep and covering some 900 square meters, disrupting traffic, damaging infrastructure, and prompting evacuations in...

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Cincinnati to study repurposing of abandoned subway tunnels

The City of Cincinnati has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for a feasibility study to explore adaptive reuse options for its unused subway tunnel system beneath Central Parkway. The tunnel infra...

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