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New Release: GeoStudio 2025.1
- Jun, 13, 2025
- Slope Stability Numerical & Constitutive Modeling Deep Excavations Geoenvironmental Engineering News On Software
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
GeoStudio 2025.1 offers a balanced mix of new functionalities and enhancements to our core tools. This version introduces Python scripting, enabling more efficient workflows, and 3D reinforcement ana...
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NH-2 Collapse in Nagaland: Landslide Sends Trucks Over Cliff, Cuts Key Highway Link
- Jun, 06, 2025
- Landslides Slope Stability News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- India, Kohima
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Intense monsoon rainfall has triggered widespread landslides throughout Nagaland, causing extensive damage to infrastructure and agriculture. In one of the most critical incidents, a 50-meter stretch...
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Embankment Collapse on NH-66 in Kooriyad Triggers Engineering and Oversight Review
- May, 19, 2025
- Road Embankments Slope Stability News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- India, Kooriyad
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
On May 19, 2025, a section of the under-construction NH-66 in Kooriyad, Malappuram, experienced a significant collapse. The incident occurred on an embankment built across low-lying paddy fields, lea...
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Landslide Tragedy at Lai Chau Hydropower Site Raises Safety Concerns in Vietnam
- May, 16, 2025
- Dam Engineering Landslides Slope Stability Forensics News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Vietnam
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A devastating landslide struck the Ta Pao Ho 1A hydropower plant construction site in Lai Chau Province, northern Vietnam, on the morning of May 16, 2025, resulting in the loss of multiple lives and...
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Geotechnical Slope Design for Lithium Deposits in a Shifting Market Landscape
- May, 07, 2025
- Mining Geoenvironmental Engineering Slope Stability Rock Mass Characterization Rock Engineering Structural Geology News On Projects / Industry News On Research / Academia News On Publications Geology Highlights
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
As the demand for lithium continues to rise, particularly from the electric vehicle and renewable energy storage sectors, hard rock lithium deposits—primarily hosted in spodumene-rich pegmatites—are...
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PLAXIS 2024.3 New Release is Out!
- May, 15, 2025
- Numerical & Constitutive Modeling Data Management Slope Stability News On Software Foundation Design / Construction
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The latest PLAXIS release has been updated to include design approaches for PLAXIS 3D. Users can now design in accordance with Eurocode or other methods that utilize partial factors within the 3D des...
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Colombia’s Rain Crisis Escalates with Deadly Landslide Claiming Five Lives, Two Missing
- May, 08, 2025
- Landslides Slope Stability News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Colombia
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A landslide struck the municipality of Sabaneta, just south of Medellin, Colombia, in the early hours of May 8, 2025, leaving five people dead and two still missing. The incident occurred in a reside...
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Slope Failures and Submerged Homes: April Disasters in Indonesia
- Apr, 26, 2025
- Landslides Slope Stability News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Indonesia
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Indonesia’s landscapes—while rich in biodiversity and beauty—remain increasingly vulnerable to extreme weather, as evidenced by recent floods and landslides that struck Java and Kalimantan in early A...
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Smarter Sampling, Safer Terrain: How Machine Learning Is Redefining Landslide Risk Mapping
- Apr, 10, 2025
- Landslides Geomatics Slope Stability News On Research / Academia
- India, Marango Rangarik
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Landslides remain one of the most devastating natural hazards in mountainous and hilly regions across the globe. With steep topography, variable climate conditions, and increasing human activity like...
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A Rotational Slide in Ecuador Leaves Communities Stranded
- Mar, 30, 2025
- Landslides Slope Stability News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Ecuador, Nabón
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
On March 30, 2025, torrential rainfall triggered a significant landslide near Chanazana in Nabón, Ecuador, displacing an estimated 150,000 cubic meters of earth. This dramatic failure of slope not on...
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