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Study reveals evidence of massive floods in a Martian crater
- Nov, 05, 2020
- Structural Geology Other Geotechnical News On Research / Academia
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
According to a new study, a crater on Mars has experienced extensive floods around 4 billion years ago. Whether Mars was ever occupied with water and potentially with some primitive types of life is...
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Monitoring the temperature of oceans via Seismic Ocean Thermometry
- Oct, 18, 2020
- Instrumentation Engineering Seismology News On Research / Academia
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Scientists from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), U.S. and the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Wuhan, have developed a new method to derive the temperature of oceans via earthquake wav...
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Glacier meltdown in Mont Blanc, Italy: Fears of potential collapse
- Aug, 06, 2020
- Erosion Other Geotechnical News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Italy, Courmayeur
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
At least 75 people, including 50 tourists, have been evacuated in Mont Blanc, northern Italy after a glacier was found at risk of collapse. The Mont Blanc is the highest mountain in western Europe re...
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Geothermal energy using the 'fracking' process
Alta Rock Company, based in Seattle, shows how hydraulic fracturing can be used not only as a way to extract natural gas but, also, as a way to make use of geothermal resources. This method uses hi...
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