1+ week, 2+ day ago   (425+ words) New research takes a high-resolution, hourly look at how natural and urban hydrologies interact on the island nation of Singapore. Here an aerial view shows the Gardens by the Bay in Singapore, including the shell-like Cloud Forest and Flower Dome…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (219+ words) Soil methanotrophs are organisms capable of biologically removing methane from the atmosphere. Current estimates vary widely, but soil methanotrophs may store an average of 28–35 gigatons of methane per year globally. And even that could be an underestimate, scientists suspect. Previous…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (292+ words) The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. On social media, the Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources, Republic of South Africa has released two…...

4+ week, 2+ hour ago   (229+ words) A major tailings accident occurred last week in a Chrome mine at Dikwena near Brits. On 13 August 20926, a major failure occurred in a large tailings storage facility at the Dikwena facility, owned by Samancor Chrome in the Brits area of…...