A massive 7,000-year-old stone wall has been found underwater off the coast of Brittany. This ancient structure is France's largest underwater building. It shows early humans were skilled builders and ...

Unlike wind and solar which are weather-dependent sources of renewable energy, geothermal heat can produce energy steadily, day and night, all year round.

The UK has reached a landmark energy milestone with the activation of its first geothermal power plant at United Downs in ...

Have you ever wondered how mountains rise, rocks form, or fossils survive for millions of years? If you enjoy understanding how Earth works beneath the surface, Geology opens a fascinating window into ...

Abstract: Given that fractures in the shale gas-bearing reservoirs are tilted and horizontal, it is appropriate to model the fractured formation as the monoclinic medium with tilted fractures embedded ...

Floods, storms, and landslides affected about 3 billion people in 1998-2017 and caused about 70% of global disaster-related economic losses: in a changing climate, water-induced hazards will continue ...

Soluble rocks such as limestone and dolomite can form karst features, including caves, sinkholes, and solution grooves through prolonged groundwater erosion (Parise et al., 2015). Karst landscapes are ...

The Committee on Geological and Geotechnical Engineering (COGGE), established in 2001, is the focal point within the National Academies for scientific, technical, and public-policy issues pertaining ...

As Idaho’s population expands and droughts increase in frequency, the state faces unprecedented challenges in balancing energy-water supply with rising demand. Such challenges press the following ...

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 ...