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Another Tailings Tragedy in Indonesia: Lessons from Fatufia
- Mar, 23, 2025
- Tailings Dams Forensics Landslides Mining News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Indonesia
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
On March 22, 2025, a fatal tailings landslide struck the Fatufia region of Sulawesi, Indonesia, claiming the lives of three excavator operators. The landslide followed days of heavy rainfall and occu...
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Istanbul’s 6.2 Magnitude Seismic Warning: Revisiting Risk After the 2023 Catastrophe
- Apr, 23, 2025
- Seismic Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Earthquake Reconnaissance News On Natural Disasters / Failures Geology Highlights
- Turkey, İstanbul
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
On April 23, 2025, Istanbul experienced a magnitude 6.2 earthquake beneath the Sea of Marmara, just 40 kilometers southwest of the city. With a shallow focal depth of 10 kilometers, the quake rippled...
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Geotechnical Excellence Beneath Kosciuszko with Snowy 2.0 project
- Apr, 24, 2025
- Tunneling Geo-Energy News On Projects / Industry
- Australia, Tantangara
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Australia’s most ambitious renewable energy initiative, Snowy 2.0, continues to make strong progress despite facing a few geological and environmental setbacks. The project, which links the Tantangar...
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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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Ground Shifts and Gaps in Safety: What Caused the Gwangmyeong Subway Failure?
- Apr, 11, 2025
- Underground Structures Tunneling Settlements News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- South Korea
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
On April 11, a devastating collapse occurred at a subway construction site in Gwangmyeong, South Korea, leaving one worker rescued after 13 hours underground and another still missing. The tunnel, bu...
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Bentley for Government Software Now Listed on FedRAMP Marketplace
Bentley Systems announced that OpenGround, its geotechnical information management and reporting software, achieved Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP®) In Process status and...
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Aral Sea Rebound: Satellite Radar Reveals Slow Uplift of Earth’s Crust
- Apr, 08, 2025
- Structural Geology Engineering Geology Satellite-Based Geoenvironmental Engineering News On Research / Academia Geology Highlights
- Aral Sea
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The drying of the Aral Sea—once the world’s fourth-largest saline lake—has long been a symbol of environmental loss. But a new satellite-based study has uncovered a surprising geological reaction: th...
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Japan's Megaquake (magnitude 9.0) Warning: 300,000 Lives at Risk
- Apr, 08, 2025
- Seismic Engineering Seismology Other Geotechnical News On Natural Disasters / Failures News On Research / Academia
- Japan
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Japan, a seismic hotspot perched on the Pacific Ring of Fire, is bracing for a potential catastrophe of staggering proportions. According to newly updated government forecasts, there is now an 80% ch...
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Join GeoWorld's 2025 Geotechnical Business Directory today!
GeoWorld, with the support of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE), is excited to prepare the publication of the 2025 Geotechnical Business Directory, th...
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Sand, Storms, and Shorelines: Geotechnical Engineering Behind Jersey’s $73.5M Coastal Replenishment
- Apr, 13, 2025
- Erosion Offshore Geotechnics Geoenvironmental Engineering Other Geotechnical News On Projects / Industry
- United States, New Jersey
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Ocean County, New Jersey, is embracing one of its most ambitious coastal resilience projects yet—a $73.5 million beach replenishment initiative stretching from Manasquan Inlet to Barnegat Inlet. With...
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