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UAVs to detect dangerous ''butterfly'' landmines
- Jul, 10, 2018
- News On Projects / Industry Aerial Unmanned Aerial Systems
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Low-cost unmanned aerial vehicles can collect large remotely sensed data sets to detect dangerous "butterfly" landmines in remote regions of post-conflict countries. Director of the Geophysics...
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Savings in removing over repairing dams
Dam removal has become a mainstream option for dam safety management restoring river, coastal ecosystems and the human communities that depend on them. Researchers from Portland State University re...
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Motorist’s miraculous escape from shocking landslide
- Jun, 24, 2018
- News On Natural Disasters / Failures Landslides
- Waioeka Gorge, Bay Of Plenty, New Zealand
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Michael Tabudravu, a New Zealand motorist, had a remarkably lucky escape after he narrowly avoided being crushed by a powerful landslide. Remarkably, he still managed to film the dramatic even...
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Top Geotechnical Journal Paper Award
- Jul, 05, 2018
- News On Awards Earthquake Reconnaissance Liquefaction Engineering Other Geotechnical Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Ricardo Dobry and Tarek Abdoun have been selected by the Geo-Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) to receive the Thomas A. Middlebrooks Award. The researchers, experts in ear...
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Risk of Dam collapse hangs in Colombia
- Jul, 05, 2018
- News On Natural Disasters / Failures Risk & Reliability Dam Engineering
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The 225 m high Hindroituango Dam on Cauca River in Colombia faces emergency situation since April, and collapse of the dam is one of the likely possibilities. The dam was built in Cauca River...
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Earth's first mission for planetary defense
- Jul, 04, 2018
- News On Projects / Industry Geoenvironmental Engineering Other Geotechnical
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Over the next decade, both NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) will take the first steps toward a defensive plan against asteroids. The solar system is full of giant asteroids hurtling around,...
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Volcano sounds could help scientists monitor its activity
Scientists have come up with a new method of analysis, and the secret lies with an eerie phenomenon we can best describe as 'volcano music'. A volcano in Ecuador, called Cotopaxi, with a deep cylin...
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East Antarctic Ice Sheet retreated little during past 8 million years
Large parts of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet did not retreat significantly during a time when carbon dioxide concentrations were similar to today's levels. Three major ice sheets are being closely w...
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Increased seismic hazard due to Earth's rotation slowdown
Scientists from the U.S. believe that a significant increase of earthquakes will occur beginning from 2018. Their predictions are correlated with the deceleration of the Earth's spin velocity, a ph...
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Geoengineers to enhance offshore development capabilities
- Jun, 27, 2018
- News On Events Offshore Geotechnics Foundation Design / Construction
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Marine and engineering consultancy LOC Renewables has invested in geological and geotechnical services to underpin technical consulting for offshore wind farm construction. The company has announce...
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