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 Under the world's greatest cities, deadly platesTuesday, March 02, 2010Megacities are something new on the planet. Earthquakes are something very old. The two are a lethal combination, as seen in the recent tragedy in Port-au-Prince, where more than 200,000 people perished - a catastrophe that scientists say is certain to be repeated somewhere, and probably soon, with death tolls that once again stagger the mind. read more » M. Gordon Wolman dies; professor a pioneer in river researchTuesday, March 02, 2010As a scientist at the U.S. Geological Survey in the 1950s, he and colleague Luna Leopold published pioneering studies on how and why rivers change. With their emphasis on measuring rivers' characteristics, including depths and velocities and the size of river-bottom pebbles, they transformed geomorphology ... read more » UTS cuts reserves on environmental costs Monday, February 08, 2010In the first signal that Alberta's new oil sands rules could be costly, UTS Energy Corp. (UTS-T2.540.020.79%) said it has trimmed its oil sands reserves because complying with environmental regulations will make them too expensive to extract. The proposed Fort Hills oil sands project will be unable to economically mine 490 million barrels of crude if it abides by standards for treating mine waste that Alberta released last year, UTS said Friday. read more » Carbon Capture & Storage: The Science Beneath Us & The Controversy Before UsMonday, February 08, 2010Public pressure continues to grow for the Alberta government to address the issue of global warming caused by greenhouse gasses, and in response, the province is embarking upon a multi-billion dollar experiment. read more » Computing in Mining/Geotechnical EngineeringThursday, January 21, 2010The enormous advances in computational hardware and software resources over the last 15 years resulted in the development, of new, nonconventional data-processing and simulation methods. read more » |
