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New study finds that the fastest ever underwater flow was triggered by 2022 Tonga eruption
A new study, published on September 7 in the science magazine, showed that the eruption of the Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai submarine volcano in January 2022 caused the fastest underwater flow ever reco...
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UN warns on the effects of sand dredging to the ocean floor and marine life
- Sep, 05, 2023
- Environmental Engineering Offshore Geotechnics Other Geotechnical General Civil General Construction Hydraulic Engineering News On Research / Academia News On Publications News On Products & Services Other News
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) warned on Tuesday about the impact that sand dredging has on the ocean floor and marine life. Furthermore, UNEP’s Centre for Analytics, GRID-Geneva, has developed...
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Casting of Fehmarnbelt tunnel’s precast elements has began
- Jul, 14, 2023
- Transportation Geotechnics Tunneling Offshore Geotechnics Other Geotechnical
- Denmark
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Casting of the elements for the Fehmarnbelt tunnel has now begun, as was announced on July 10. The Fehmarnbelt tunnel is going to be an 18 km long immersed tunnel, which will stretch between Rødbyhav...
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The Hollandse Kust Noord offshore grid connection deemed "grid ready"
- Mar, 31, 2023
- Energy Engineering Offshore Geotechnics Green Infrastructure Wind Engineering General Civil General Construction News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- Netherlands
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The Hollandse Kust Noord wind farm is located 18.5 km offshore the town of Egmond aan Zee in the Netherlands. The 69-turbine farm is scheduled to be operational in 2023 and has an installed capacity...
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World’s first artificial energy island to be constructed in the North Sea
- Mar, 15, 2023
- Foundation Design / Construction Green Infrastructure Offshore Geotechnics Other Geotechnical
- Belgium
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The construction contract for the world’s first artificial energy island was recently awarded to a Belgian consortium. Princess Elisabeth island will be installed 45 km offshore Belgium and its co...
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NASA: Tonga eruption blasted enough water to fill 58,000 Olympic pools into the Earth's atmosphere
- Sep, 08, 2022
- Energy Geotechnics Engineering Geology Geo-Energy Offshore Geotechnics Other Geotechnical
- Tonga
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
One of the most powerful volcanic eruptions on the planet blasted such a massive amount of water vapor high into the atmosphere that it's likely to temporarily warm the Earth's surface, according to...
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Submarine Internet cables can monitor seismic activity and predict earthquakes
- May, 27, 2022
- Oil & Gas Offshore Geotechnics Engineering Seismology
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A wide network of submarine cables could be used to detect earthquakes and tsunamis or monitor how climate change alters ocean currents. These telecoms cables could be used as a giant array of deep...
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