We have no new IAEG news this week (next week we will have a lot). Two major geodisasters, though, this week caused major losses of life! Landslides in a copper mine in Zambia killed at least seven miners and a volcanic eruption on Mt. Marapi killed another 11 people.
Welcome to the special issue of our ISSMGE Europe newsletter, in which we focus on the upcoming European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ECSMGE24) to be held from 26th – 30th August 2024 in Lisbon, Portugal.
This week we want to announce the call for nominations for our new Paul Marinos Distinguished World Lecture Tour. Please submit some nominations. Next week we will have more information on the congress in Chengdu. In the news we have the world's largest iceberg moving again, a newly found seamount off of the coast of Guatemala, a deadly landslide in Alaska (U.S.) and sand mining in Vietnam.
For the next couple of weeks we will be summarizing some of the big news items from our congress in Chengdu! The first thing that we want to highlight is we elected two new honorary members of IAEG in Chengdu! Dr. Giorgio Lollino and Dr. Paolo Allasia of Italy were both given honorary memberships in IAEG, one of our highest honors.
In Iceland volcanic eruptions are threatening a village of 3500 and the country's most famous tourist attraction, the Blue Lagoon. A huge tunnel collapse in India is leading to the rescue of over 40 workers trapped underground. Nepal continues to have aftershocks from its large earthquake. Bali has many landslides after the first monsoon of the season. And, Japan has a new underwater volcano!
The lead article this week is from one of our Vice Presidents from Asia, Professor Ranjan Dahal of Nepal who updates us on the November 3rd, 2023 earthquake there. Many thanks for the up to date information and photos! Minex is also having a meeting in London later this month.
Welcome to the 280th IAEG Connector, the electronic newsletter connecting environmental and engineering geologists around the world!
In the next two weeks two of our sister societies will be having major conferences. One will be in Saudi Arabia (International Geomechanics Symposium (starting Oct. 30, 2023) and the second will be in India (near surface geophysics starting Nov. 2, 2023). We wish our friends success in their conferences.
Our profession plays a key role in delivering transport infrastructure and we can gain insight by reflecting on the state of practice. Rather than impose my opinions on our community, I would appreciate your responses to the survey linked below by close of business, 31 October 2023 which I will collate, present and make available via the Australian Geomechanics Society website.
Welcome to the 278th IAEG Connector, the electronic newsletter connecting environmental and engineering geologists around the world!
