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My Top Geology-Related Stories Of 2018 by David Bressan
FORBES   28 December 2018   World   World  
A man takes a selfie in front of the large crack formed in March 2018.REUTERS/THOMAS MUKOYA
<p>As 2018 draws to a close, it's time to wrap up some geology-related stories that made it into the news, be it discoveries, strange events or natural disasters.</p> <p>In January drone footage showed a large crack, 250 feet deep, forming on Rattlesnake Ridge, ...
A Rosetta Stone Between Geotechnical Engineer & Project Manager for TBM Tunneling
Tunnel Business Magazine   05 July 2018   World   World  
<p>The geology intersected along a tunnel is an overriding factor in many of the decisions that must be made in planning, designing, and construction. During planning and design, the geotechnical engineer must anticipate the behavior of the tunnel under several ...
A Near-Real-Time Tool to Characterize Global Landslide Hazards
EOS   10 May 2018   World   World  
A new model that predicts the potential for rain to trigger landslides in near-real time. 2005 landslide in Conchita, Calif., killed 10 people. Credit: Mark Reid, USGS
<p>Unlike earthquakes, cyclones, volcanic eruptions, and other natural disasters that are observed in real time by worldwide networks of satellites and sensors, landslides and other types of mass movement are not consistently monitored on a global scale, despite ...
ABS Fills Methodology Void with Dynamically Installed Piles Guidance Notes
Dynamically Installed piles
<p>ABS, the leading provider of classification services to the offshore industry, has published Guidance Notes that includes the first industry best practices on design methodology for dynamically installed piles. The new ABS Guidance Notes on Design and Installation ...
Blogging the danger—and sometimes the art—of deadly landslides
Science   14 July 2016   World   World  
A landslide near the Tangjiashan earthquake
<p>Landslides kill thousands of people each year worldwide. They can strike without warning, triggered by earthquakes, erosion, or human construction activity. Since 2002, geoscientist Dave Petley has made it his mission to track landslide-related deaths and ...
Filed under: Natural Hazards
Sheltered from biggest risks, green fuel to ride out oil crash
Reuters   08 February 2016   World   World  
Workers walk past solar panels and wind turbines (rear) at a newly-built power plant in Hami, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, China, September 17, 2015. REUTERS/STRINGER
<p>Green power is cheap enough to compete with fossil fuels and will buck the trend of falling investment in oil and gas as it can offer long-term returns sheltered from political risk, investors and industry analysts say.</p> <p>Oil prices have dropped by ...
Filed under: Energy resources
This Tunnel Put Together Like Lego Bricks Impossibly Sticks Together with No Support
SPLOID   12 January 2016   World   World  
This Tunnel Put Together Like Lego Bricks Impossibly Sticks Together with No Support
<p>Yeah, I&rsquo;m not ashamed to admit this: I feel slightly less comfortable when I&rsquo;m under a tunnel than when I&rsquo;m not. It&rsquo;s not that I think that the tunnel will collapse on me but it&rsquo;s because I know the sky absolutely won&rsquo;t. ...
Filed under: Construction News
2015 - Tunnelling Works over the world
ITA - AITES   08 January 2016   World   World  
<p>This video presents the major tunnelling works in progress in 2015 as well as some future projects..</p>
Filed under: Construction News