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USGS report correlates earthquake triggering to human activity

A newly released report from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has for the first time attempted to establish a connection between human activities such as fracking with earthquake occurrence. Even tho...

Ethiopia's geothermal energy monitored and mapped

Aluto volcano, Ethiopia's main source of geothermal energy is in the center of attention, for a group of scientists from U.K. and Ethiopia, who using advanced monitoring techniques, are exploring the...

Groundwater flow is now better monitored following new study

Accurate measurement of water flow has been for years difficult to perform, not to mention prediction of the water's path which is easily altered by the smallest soil details. Very fine details diverg...

Video: NASA generated landslide map reveals most landslide prone areas!

Rain-induced landslides have hit a death toll of nearly 20,000 since 2007. For an overview of the landslides' locations NASA has updated the open source Global Landslide Catalog. The video released by...

Twitter to help in real-time flood map generation!

As a flooding event is still in progress, real-time information on its extent and the population affected is difficult to obtain, putting rescue crews and associated agencies in a difficult position i...

Seismic hazard for British Columbia - Alaska region is complicated new study finds

Coast of British Columbia and south eastern Alaska are frequently hit by strong earthquakes originating from a complex system of faults that give high magnitude shakes. The close examination of the tw...

Earthquake history of Istanbul hidden in seabed soil samples

Although earthquakes along the North Anatolian Fault (NAF) have been very frequent and devastating to the city of Istanbul, recurrence rate has been difficult to evaluate as faults are located offshor...

Web-Based Class Projects on Rock Mechanics by University of Michigan Students available now for everybody to review!

Students from the University of Michigan who are taking this semester the graduate level course CEE 544 on “Rock Mechanics” have prepared their class projects online. Instead of having students pre...

Japan 2011 earthquake continues to cause climate changes

According to a new study, published in Geophysical Research Letters, thousands of tons of global-warming and ozone-depleting chemicals were released into the atmosphere, following the Tohoku 2011 eart...

Don Bruce, President of Geosystems, introduces “Great Leap” Theory in Geoconstruction; delivers 2015 Terzaghi lecture

Donald A. Bruce, Ph.D., D.GE, C.Eng., L.G., L.E.G., M.ASCE, President, Geosystems, L.P. delivered on Tuesday March 18th 2015, at the beginning of IFCEE 2015 in San Antonio, Texas, the 2015 Terzaghi le...

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