Start the week with the latest in the geoengineering world. Here’s the GeoWire conversation for the week of September 14. WORK SMARTER.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
It’s hard to look at much else right now outside of the devastating wildfires in Oregon and California. [NY Times]
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- RELATED: A new tool is being used to map every tree in California. The hope is that a big data approach to forestry can help stop megafires. [Fast Company]
- The US Army ERDC’s wildfire response and debris flow modeling has enormous potential to help communities in the future [Geosynthetica]
A trans-Atlantic green deal could reinvigorate the US-EU partnership, according to Paul Hackenos. [Energy Transition]
In New Zealand, the Labour Party is moving up the 100% renewable energy target to 2030. That’s five years sooner than previously planned. [NewsHub]
GEOSYNTHETICS
Chapter Focus: France [International Geosynthetics Society]
Geotextile Dewatering Bags for Desludging Wastewater Ponds [Geosynthetica]
Online learning opportunities in geosynthetics [Geosynthetica]
INTERESTING READS
10 Phobias That Make Engineering Careers More Difficult [Geosynthetica]
The possibility of life on Venus (!!) [WIRED]
Geosynthetica’s editor is a big fan of tennis, and he’s feeling a little cocky for correcting picky this years singles champions, Naomi Osaka and Dominic Thiem. Indulge the editor, please, with Jon Wertheim’s 50 Parting Thoughts from the US Open. [SI]
MINING
The CEO of international mining giant Rio Tinto, Jean-Sébastien Jacques, resigned late last week under public scrutiny after it was revealed the company destroyed a 46,000-year-old sacred Indigenous site in Australia during an iron ore mine’s expansion. [CNN]
We publish a lot about dewatering on Geosynthetica. In “Dewater, Derisk, Deliver“, Carly Leonida views dewatering from the mining designer’s viewpoint, include hydrogeology and slope stability. [E&MJ]
TECHNOLOGY
A major change is coming to Zoom to increase security [Inc.]
Bentley is making headlines with its new cloud system for geotechnical data [ARC]
WORK LIFE
4 Strengths of Family-Friendly Work Cultures [HBR]
The safest ways to log into your computer [WIRED]
Seriously: Is software now everyone’s job? [ZD Net]
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