First, we have a new YEG article about Cameroon in Africa. We also have the announcement of our annual IAEG summer school this coming summer! We have new circulars on upcoming meetings in Nepal, Australia, India and Africa! We are active!
There are lots of geological news items this month! There are articles about potential volcanic eruptions in Ethiopia, the incredible earthquake in Tibet that killed many people, landslides and debris flows on the Tibetan Plateau, landslides triggered by a M7.3 earthquake in Vanuatu, a slope failure in England, and the drying up of the Great Salt Lake in Utah, U.S.
Happy New Year to all! First, we have the announcement of our annual IAEG summer school this coming summer! We have new circulars on upcoming meetings in Nepal, Australia, India and Africa! We are active!
There are lots of geodisaster news items this month! We have potential volcanic activity in Germany and Alaska. There were landslides in England, China and Brazil. We had an earthquake in Vanuatu and an outburst flood in Greenland. The coast of Florida in the United States is sinking. And, there was an oil spill in Peru.
This issue has an excellent YEG article from Ethiopia! We also announce an interesting symposium in New Zealand in 2025. We also have an article on geoscience awareness from Nigeria.
2023 EH Davis Memorial Lecture Award Winner announced: Prof. Anna Giacomini
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The Australian Geomechanics Society (AGS) is pleased to announce that Professor Anna Giacomini of the University of Newcastle is the winner of our prestigious 2023 EH Davis Memorial Lecture Award. This biennial lecture commemorates the work in geomechanics by Professor Edward Hughesdon Davis, a pioneer of geomechanics in Australia. He perceived that progress and understanding of the theoretical basis of geomechanics would only come if consistent, sound, but simple models of soil behaviour were used. The two topics that were the central focus of his research were the application of the theory of elasticity to foundation deformation and the theory of plasticity to stability. The EH Davis Award lecturer is a person selected by the National Committee as having made a distinguished…
Lots of geodisasters have happened around the world this week! We had a 7.0 Magnitude earthquake on the California coast in North America. It was also International Soil Day last week, and Venezuela lost its last glacier to climate warming.
The AGS Sydney Chapter is calling for nominations for the 2025 Harry Poulos Award. The award, which was established in 2022, recognises the extraordinary impact of Professor Harry Poulos’s contributions to pile foundation analysis and design and his work in understanding soil-structure interaction. It is awarded to a person selected by the Sydney Chapter Committee as having made a significant contribution to either practice or research in foundation engineering or soil-structure interaction. This contribution must have received national and international recognition. Submission Deadline Submissions are requested by 5th October 2025 To make a nomination for the Harry Poulos Award, please submit the online nomination form, providing comprehensive supporting documentation.
Welcome to the 336th IAEG Connector, the electronic newsletter connecting environmental and engineering geologists around the world!
Lots of geodisasters have happened around the world this week! We had landslides in South Wales in the UK! The world's most dangerous volcanic region, which is in Italy, is showing activity. White smokers are discovered in the Dead Sea. And, a large gold deposit is discovered in China.
Welcome to the 335th IAEG Connector, the electronic newsletter connecting environmental and engineering geologists around the world!
The first circular for the 15th Asian Regional Conference of IAEG which will be next year in Nepal is now available for downloading. This conference really looks very interesting!
At the meeting this autumn in Croatia the IAEG council did a very nice thing for me - they elected me to the position of Honorary President of IAEG. Many thanks to the council for this wonderful award. We also have a "click" to the latest IGS newsletter. We also mention the conference Transcold 2025.
Lots of geodisasters have happened around the world, too! We have volcanoes erupting in Indonesia and Hawaii, an earthquake in Cuba, and landslides with some deaths.
