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Sardinia restricts Lake Maccheronis water use to livestock as irrigation is halted

Sardinia is again confronting drought conditions, and the Central Sardinia Land Reclamation Consortium has halted irrigation in the Maccheronis basin district, allowing withdrawals only for livestock...

Project InnerSpace launches geomap europe geothermal mapping platform

On November 19, 2025, in Boston, Project InnerSpace announced the launch of GeoMap Europe, a continent-wide geothermal mapping and prospecting platform that consolidates decades of subsurface data to...

UCI and NASA JPL link Antarctic ice loss to short-term ocean features

Researchers at the University of California, Irvine and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory report that stormlike circulation patterns beneath Antarctic ice shelves are driving aggressive melting, with...

Reliability frameworks for large-scale solar pile foundations

The rapid growth of utility-scale solar installations in the United States has elevated the importance of structural reliability for foundation systems. In 2023, approximately fifteen million steel p...

Genoa completes pilot mapping for urban digital twin of surface and subsoil

On 19 November 2025, Genoa advanced its plan to create a digital twin of urban areas and the city’s subsoil to support hydrogeological risk analyses, identify points of vulnerability and simulate flo...

University of Urbino and Saipem launch GgeotherMOOC, a free MOOC on geothermal energy

The University of Urbino Carlo Bo and Saipem have launched “GeotherMOOC,” described as the first Massive Open Online Course dedicated to geothermal energy. The free, open-access program examines the...

VR, remote labs, and the future of civil engineering education

Civil engineering programs now treat virtual labs as essential. Students run structural tests, soil behavior analyses, and systems modeling from laptops with professional-grade tools. The rapid pivot...

Structural instability leads to roof collapse at Grafton construction site

A partial roof collapse at a construction site in the Town of Grafton resulted in injuries to three workers. The incident occurred while teams were securing wooden roof trusses on a storage condomini...

Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research launches national geotechnical database

The Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR) has announced the development of a national geotechnical database, a strategic digital platform aimed at supporting Kuwait’s smart-city ambitions,...

Nearly 2,500-foot bridge collapses in China’s Sichuan amid landslide risk

A recently completed bridge in China’s southwestern Sichuan province partially collapsed on Tuesday after the structure was pre-emptively closed to traffic due to visible terrain instability and crac...

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