Geological engineers bridge the gap between geology and civil engineering, ensuring safe, sustainable interactions with the Earth through tasks like infrastructure design, resource exploration, ...

Geological hazards (GHs), such as seismic hazards, landslides and debris flows, and volcanic hazards, not only pose a great threat to human life and property, but also have a profound adverse impact ...

Geological experts discussed how the IAEA helps countries enhance the safety of nuclear installations against earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, forest fires and floods at the recent the International ...

A promising early-warning system for geological and atmospheric hazards - earthquakes, floods, landslides and tsunamis - is currently being tested in Southern California. The California Real Time ...

GLENWOOD SPRINGS – From dangerous debris flows to sinkholes, a geologic hazards review from the Colorado Geological Survey cites a laundry list of hazards facing development at Glenwood Meadows. The ...

Hydrologic hazards of various types present myriad technical and public policy challenges in the United States and worldwide and are defined as extreme events associated with water occurrence, ...

SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Geological Survey (UGS) recently released the Utah Geologic Hazards Portal, an online mapping application that provides information on the type, location, and relative ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- To simulate earthquakes, engineers have shake tables. To simulate sub-atomic collisions, physicists have synchrotrons. Until now, though, there has been no effective way to simulate ...

Two earthquakes struck near The Geysers in California’s North Bay, rattling homes across the region and drawing fresh attention to one of the state’s most seismically active zones. The larger event ...

After 12 years and a pause because of the pandemic, the California Geological Survey released new tsunami hazard area maps so people can plan their evacuation routes ahead of time if a tsunami were to ...

NEWPORT -- Property owners here are furious over city plans to redefine areas prone to landslides and erosion -- and how construction can occur in them. Proposed building code changes for new ...