Finding Faults: Improving Human Safety in Earthquake-Prone Areas
Humans have coexisted with potential geological and other natural disasters since the dawn of time. Volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, typhoons, and hurricanes have contributed to significant
Life on board a UXO survey
Nigel Halsall, Solutions Consultant, trained and supported personnel from subsea services provider N-Sea. So when the manager there asked if he’d be interested in spending
What’s Lurking in Your Tap Water? Near Surface Geoscience Can Uncover Invisible Dangers
Tap water is supposed to be clean. After all, your municipal water specialists manage it to keep you and your family safe. It usually looks
Protecting Populations Through Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) Detection
Unexploded ordnance (UXO) represents a distinguished threat in many war-torn countries. Despite progress at the turn of the century, including promises to discontinue anti-personnel mines
Protect Your Groundwater Day: Groundwater Relief and the Bentiu POC Camp
Learn how the charity Groundwater Relief helped provide water for the Bentiu POC camp, and how our Leapfrog software supported the project
Geophysical techniques identify fresh water for refugees
Geophysicist Paul Bauman was teaching a short course on finding groundwater sources at the UN’s Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya when he realized his skills could be
Aeromagnetic data helps to assess earthquake potential
As any earth scientist knows, earthquakes are notoriously difficult to predict. It’s clear to most other people too—we’ve all witnessed the devastating effects of earthquakes
Why Do Buildings Fall During Earthquakes?
Dr. Virginia Toy collaborated with researchers from Escuela Politécnica Nacional and Yachay Tech to determine why earthquake building damage in Portoviejo, Ecuador occurred in an
