The latest issue of the IAEG Connector is available online. We have lots of new items for our new year. We start with a great photo from Brazil of some dynamic landslide mapping. We also had a change in the leadership of the Nigeria Association. We will have lots more new information next week.
Welcome to our first full issue of 2026! We have a couple of messages from President Vasilis! There are lots of news items from the Congo, landslide threat in British Columbia in Alaska, river deltas around the world and the disappearance of our world's largest iceberg. Enjoy! Scott
Welcome to 2026! We have a short IAEG Connector to start off the year. A M6.5 earthquake hit the southern coast of Mexico NE of Acapulco recently. We will have much more news next week.
Welcome to 2026! We have a short IAEG Connector to start off the new year, but we will have lots of news starting next week!
This week we present a wonderful YEG article by Lauren Foote of New Zealand! Congratulations to Lauren! We also have photos from the successful ARC 15 meeting. There is also a connection to our newsletter 3! There are lots of news items too! The Yellowstone Hot Spot is still active under the American national park. There was a large M7.6 earthquake in Japan, and Sri Lanka also has news. For the next two weeks we will not have "traditional Connectors" because of the holidays and will have a recap of the top articles from the past year's Connectors. Have a happy holiday season!
We have many news items this week in the IAEG Connector. We had two large earthquakes in Japan (M7.6) and Alaska (U.S.) (M7.0). We also mention the largest submerged cave system in the world, geothermal exploration in Poland, worldwide volcanic activity, and the upcoming World Soil Day. We also will mention the conclusion of the ARC-15 conference which was a super success with over 360 participants from 20 countries in Kathmandu, Nepal with 217 presentations!!
We have many news items this week in the IAEG Connector. First, we have the conclusion of the ARC-15 conference which was a super success with over 360 participants from 20 countries in Kathmandu, Nepal with 217 presentations!! There is also a special thank you from President Marinos to the conference organizers. Second, we have an attachment to download Newsletter 3 for 2025 for IAEG. There is lots of news in it. Third, we have news from Nepal with the latest news of the national group there, NSEG. Lastly, there is a news item of the largest wind velocity recorded by humans.
The world has been active geologically this past week with a deadly landslide in a gold mine in the Congo, an eruption of the Sakurajm volcano in Japan and an explanation of all of the earthquakes recently near the island of Santorini. Lead articles this week are asking for abstract submissions for the EGU session on landslides and the travel grant applications for the upcoming WIMS meeting. We also have two upcoming conferences (EGCON in India and 15th Asian Regional Conference in November too.
Welcome to the 390th IAEG Connector, the electronic newsletter connecting environmental and engineering geologists around the world! Lead articles this week are asking for abstract submissions for the EGU session on landslides and the travel grant applications for the upcoming WIMS meeting. We also have two upcoming conferences (EGCON in India and 15th Asian Regional Conference in November too. We have lots of news items from around the world too!
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