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Greenland's thick ice slabs may cause sea level to rise
- Oct, 02, 2019
- Geoenvironmental Engineering News On Research / Academia
- Greenland
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Sea level may rise by 10 centimeters due to the presence of thick ice slabs in Greenland. A new study, recently published in Nature, suggests that climate change not only affects Greenland's glaciers...
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New volcanic eruption prediction model
Researchers from the University of Illinois and the University of Michigan have developed a new technique to predict a volcanic eruption. In the new study, published in the Journal Geophysical Resear...
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Soil hydraulic properties affected by climate change
- Sep, 17, 2019
- Soil Mechanics Erosion News On Research / Academia
- United States, Kansas, Manhattan
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
According to a new study, published in the journal Science Advances, soil hydraulic properties can be affected by altered precipitation caused by climate change. The impact of climate change could re...
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A supposedly dormant fault may cause a large earthquake in Los Angeles
- Sep, 16, 2019
- Earthquake Reconnaissance Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering News On Research / Academia
- United States, California , Los Angeles
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
According to a new study, a fault previously considered as dormant may cause a Mw 6.4 earthquake in the region of Los Angeles. The Wilmington blind‐thrust fault is located deep beneath the LA area. I...
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Europe's huge potential renewable energy: Manipulating onshore windfarms
- Aug, 26, 2019
- Geomorphology Other Geotechnical News On Research / Academia
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
According to a new study, published in Energy Policy Journal, Europe is capable of producing enough energy to power the whole planet using onshore windfarms. Scientists from the British University of...
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Engineering new materials to replace diamonds for drilling
- Aug, 02, 2019
- Oil & Gas Laboratory Testing Mining News On Research / Academia
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Diamond drilling was a break-through approach mostly used in mining industry to exploit deposits that would otherwise remain inaccessible. It also enabled the recovery of cores to examine the undergr...
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Geoengineering West Antarctic glacier to prevent a 3-meter sea level rise
A group of scientists suggests a revolutionary strategy to prevent the collapse of the west Antarctic ice sheet. The fact that the west Antarctic ice sheet may slide into the ocean is a potential thr...
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Earthquakes can aggravate sea water level rise
- Jun, 21, 2019
- Engineering Geology Geoenvironmental Engineering Structural Geology News On Research / Academia Geology Highlights
- American Samoa
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
According to a new study published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, earthquakes can cause sea level rise even faster than climate change. Researchers believe that certain regions...
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Biggest meteorite impact ever found in UK
- Jun, 20, 2019
- Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters News On Research / Academia News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Researchers claim to have found the site where the largest meteorite impact in the United Kingdom occurred. The crater was first found in 2008 at about 40 km off the coast of NW Scotland by researche...
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Magnetism found in Earth's mantle
New evidence come to challenge the current belief that the Earth's mantle is regarded as non-magnetic domain. The study was recently published in Nature Journal and demonstrates that hematite (Fe₂O₃)...
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