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Geologists Just Discovered a Source of Volcanoes Deeper Than Ever Before
Science Alert   20 May 2019   World  
(Wendy Kenigsberg/Clive Howard, Cornell University, modified from Mazza et al. 2019)
<p>Researchers have pinpointed a previously unknown source of volcanoes in the extreme depths of Earth - in the transition zone between the upper and lower mantle.<br />Until now, we thought we had a handle on the ways in which volcanoes form, welling up from ...
The Top 9 Longest Tunnels in the World
Interesting Engineering   08 May 2019   World  
Source: Svein-Magne Tunli/Wikimedia Commons
<p>Tunnels are some of the greatest engineering feats humanity has ever undertaken. We (humankind) have, in fact, been digging them for millennia.<br />But, they have not all been excavated for purely logistical reasons. Tunnels were, and still are, widely ...
In time: the world’s biggest mines
Mining Technology   01 April 2019   World  
Credit: Erik Prado, via Wikimedia
<p>Across the world, mine sites have increased in size as the years have passed, transforming into the gargantuan chasms of today’s operations. We look at some of the world’s biggest mines through time.</p>
Filed under: Mining News
Earth scientists plan to meld massive databases into a ‘geological Google’
Science   26 February 2019   World  
Deep-time Digital Earth aims to liberate data from collections such as the British Geological Survey’s. British Geological Survey
<p>The British Geological Survey (BGS) has amassed one of the world&rsquo;s premier collections of geologic samples. Housed in three enormous warehouses in Nottingham, U.K., it contains about 3 million fossils gathered over more than 150 years at thousands ...
The Mining Industry’s Waste Problem Will Only Get Worse
Bloomberg Opinion   19 February 2019   World  
Trouble ahead. Photographer: Victor Moriyama/Bloomberg
<p>It&rsquo;s taken two tragedies in just over three years, but the mining industry is finally starting to clean up its act. <br />Brazil&rsquo;s government Monday announced plans to ban upstream tailings dams, a low-cost method of storing mining waste implicated ...
Filed under: Mining News
Decoding the urban sprawl: the world’s most complex metro maps
Railway - Technology.com   06 February 2019   World  
New York City Subway
<p>In the sprawling metropolises of Tokyo, London and Paris, urban metro networks are vital for keeping things moving, but laying out these complex systems intuitively for passengers is no easy feat. Which metros have the most complicated network and how have ...
New Resource for Using Cone Penetration Testing in Geotechnical Design
CROSSROADS   04 February 2019   World  
<p>A newly produced geotechnical design guide uses cone penetration testing to characterize soils and foundation needs. A supplement to the Minnesota Department of Transportation&rsquo;s geotechnical design manual, this resource will provide improved methods ...
Earthquakes today MAPPED: Tens of earthquakes RUMBLING around the world
Express   25 January 2019   World  
Earthquakes today MAPPED: Tens of earthquakes have been rumbling across the world (Image:Getty)
<p>MORE than 32 earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or above have been recorded by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) in the past 24 hours. Here is where the tremors struck in the world. Most of the earthquakes were recorded along the Ring of Fire, a basin ...
Big One WARNING: Scientists CAN predict earthquakes by ‘silent slip’ in major breakthrough
Express   23 January 2019   World  
The new research could give people more warning on major earthquakes (Image: GETTY)
<p>The scientists have discovered that a large earthquake usually comes after a shallow mantle creep and seismic swarms, which is a process called &lsquo;silent slip&rsquo;. This process is when the Earth moves, but there is no earthquake and can lead to actual ...
Rio Tinto Leads A Surprisingly Strong Mining Sector
FORBES   22 January 2019   World  
Photographer: Jack Atley/Bloomberg News
<p>Asset sales, cost cutting and reasonable commodity prices are combining to create the best financial conditions in decades for big mining companies as demonstrated by this week's December quarter production report from Rio Tinto.</p>
Filed under: Mining News