ISRM Newsletter No. 67 – Autumn 2024
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Society News
327th IAEG Connector
Next week our organization will be celebrating our 60th Anniversary in Dubrovnik! This will be a special time! Our first article today in the Connector talks about this celebration! We hope to get photos from the event for the next two Connectors! Lots of geodisasters have happened around the world, too! A very interesting tsunami-triggered seiche happened in Greenland last week and it is very rare! There were also major floods in Central Europe, a landslide in Ethiopia and a volcanic eruption in the Philippines!
ISRM Council Meeting, 23 September 2024
The ISRM held its 2024 Council meeting on 23 September in New Delhi, India, in conjunction with the 13th Asian Rock Mechanics Symposium – ARMS13 and the 2024 International Symposium. 43 National Groups were represented at the Council, which was also attended by the Board members, the Past President Resat Ulusay, and observers from the Commissions and the National Groups. Reports of the Board members and Board Cimmittees, as well as the forthcoming conferences were presented. Issues concerning the FedIGS were discussed The annual Board meeting and the Commission meetings took place before the Council. Several well-attended courses and workshops took place during the 2 days preceding the conference. Membership of the ISRM The ISRM has a membership of approximately 9300 individual members and…
326th IAEG Connector
In two weeks our organization will be celebrating our 60th Anniversary in Dubrovnik! This will be a special time! Our first article today in the Connector talks about this celebration! Lots of geodisasters have happened around the world, too! We mention volcanoes in the Philippines and Iceland, floods in Chad, and a landslide in Greenland.
47th ISRM Online Lecture
The 46th ISRM online lecture will be delivered by Prof. Ranjith Pathegama Gamage, from Australia. The lecture title is: “Deep Geothermal Energy: A Key Player in the Sustainable Energy Mix”. It will be broadcast on the 19th September at 10 A.M. GMT.
325th IAEG Connector
Your editor has been in Switzerland this past week leading a group around the Alps from Stanford University. Two days ago a huge landslide happened in the Saas Fee Valley next to the Zermatt Valley where I was staying. Over 2000 people had to be evacuated because of the landslide. If it had been my valley, I might not have been able to put out the newsletter this week! We have news updates on the Brazil 60th anniversary celebration, a great update on the geological post-disaster assessment of the 2024 Noto Earthquake in Japan, and an update on the Argentina 2025 conference. News items are about the large typhoon that hit Viet Nam causing major flooding and landslides, the Sass Fee landslide in Switzerland that nearly trapped me, and Saudi Arabia opening over 150 caves up to tourism.
324th IAEG Connector
We enjoy showing photos from around the world of engineering geology projects. We have two photos this week from Pakistan! There have been many geological news items from around the world, too. Landslides in Alaska and California, an Iceland ice cave collapse, and a M5.4 earthquake in Portugal.
322nd IAEG Connector
IAEG each year gives a few big awards to members for special service to IAEG. This year we elected two honorary members. This week we highlight Prof. Resat Ulusay of Turkey. Next week we will honor Ann Williams of New Zealand. We also have the monthly YEG article by Khuram Shehzad. Remember that the deadline of September 1 is fast approaching for the applications for the 3rd International Research Program of IAEG.
321st IAEG Connector
IAEG each year gives a few big awards to members for special service to IAEG. This year's winner of the Hans Cloos Medal goes to past IAEG President, Niek Rengers of the Netherlands. It is well deserved! There have been many geological news items from around the world, too. We mention a glacial outburst flood in Alaska (USA), a volcano and an earthquake in Japan, a bridge collapse in India, and a landslide in Iceland.
320th IAEG Connector
We have a very active YEG group with IAEG. They will be having YEG written papers every few months that have been reviewed. This month we have our first YEG paper! There have been many geological news items from around the world, too. We mention a very large landslide in British Columbia, Canada and a volcano that erupted in Japan.