Engineering geology is the applied geoscience discipline that characterizes and interprets geological conditions to inform the design, construction, and maintenance of civil and mining engineering works. It integrates rock and soil mechanics, structural geology, geomorphology, hydrogeology, and geotechnical investigations to evaluate material properties, discontinuities, stability, and deformation behavior under imposed loads and environmental changes. Engineering geologists assess hazards such as landslides, rockfalls, subsidence, liquefaction, and seismic response, and produce ground models, engineering geological maps, and risk assessments that constrain foundation design, slope stabilization, tunneling, reservoir siting, and linear infrastructure alignment.
A dangerous cocktail of tectonic positioning, loose earth and shoddy construction contributed to the unprecedented damage caused by Venezuela's twin earthquakes, experts say.
Environment
Aug 12, 2026
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Earthquakes can visibly and permanently crack the ground apart in dramatic and unpredictable surface fault rupture, but new research led by University of Michigan Engineering revealed that soil density strongly influences ...
Earth Sciences
May 15, 2026
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Using self-developed drones and advanced sensors, researchers can now see both under the snow and into the ground. The scientists' goal is to reduce societal risk and environmental encroachment.
Earth Sciences
Apr 16, 2026
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Researchers have used artificial intelligence to develop a new tool for assessing earthquake damage, a leap that could ultimately help first responders in making critical rescue decisions, suggests a new study. The team's ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 25, 2026
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A new peer-reviewed study led by Dr. Hesham El-Askary, Ph.D., professor of computational and data science at Chapman University, concludes that the saddle dam of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam shows significant vulnerabilities ...
Environment
Feb 25, 2026
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Hike north on the Appalachian Trail and the scenery slowly transforms. Rugged, steep ridgelines in Tennessee and Virginia soften into the broad summits and smooth peaks of Pennsylvania and New Jersey. According to new research ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 24, 2026
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Sandstone beneath the North Sea could be used to store carbon dioxide, a study has claimed. The British Geological Survey (BGS) report shows how sandstone beneath the North Sea could assist with the U.K.'s plans for carbon ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 2, 2026
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The California tiger salamander relies on seasonal ponds to breed. But for decades, the species has been under pressure from non-native salamanders introduced in the 1950s and 1960s for use as fishing bait.
Plants & Animals
Nov 4, 2025
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Towering structures must be able to bend and sway when subjected to the forces of wind and ground movement, or they will topple, whether it's a building, a geological formation, tree—or even a cactus.
Plants & Animals
Oct 28, 2025
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Irrigation canal maintenance in western Nebraska is taking a giant step forward thanks to an innovative, non-invasive method by Husker geoscientist Mohamed Khalil to check canal integrity. His sophisticated time-lapse analysis ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 28, 2025
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