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Stop a million-barrel undersea oil storage tank from being damaged by subsidence Ekofisk is one of the biggest oil fields in the North Sea. About 320km south of Stavanger in Norway, it was discovered in 1969 by the Phillips Petroleum Company (now ConocoPhillips). The field is expected to produce oil…

Recognising and avoiding Gypsum Geohazards (sinkholes, subsidence and heave) in the UK. Dr Anthony Cooper, Independent Geological Consultant & Honorary Research Associate, British Geological Survey

Build ports on the river Humber to handle cargo The river Humber is on the east coast of northern England. It forms part of the boundary between Yorkshire on the north bank and Lincolnshire on the south bank. The Humber is wide enough to take the biggest ships. The river has three main ports – the p…

This talk will discuss the co-developing effective solutions to the impacts of climate change with Arctic coastal communities.

This webinar will discuss a signficant mine collapse at Gunnislake in Cornwall in 1992. 

Tom Ingleby, SatSense’s Earth Observation Specialist explores how satellite imagery can be used to monitor ground movements in megaprojects.

Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) is a family of techniques for processing satellite radar imagery in order to measure ground displacements.

The dam generates hydro-electricity and provides water for irrigating nearby farmland. The Akosombo Dam – also known as the Volta Dam – is on the Volta River in south east Ghana. At 124m tall and 660m long, the structure holds back the waters of Lake Volta – the largest man-made lake in the world by…

Connect remote communities through a new transport infrastructure Poor road infrastructure traps some 80% of Nepal’s population in subsistence agriculture and makes transport treacherous, which shoots up prices of basic commodities. The award-winning, UK Aid-funded Rural Access Programme, now in its…

Renewable energy consultant Jeff Cooper says that society needs to reduce food and other bio-resource waste as well as ensure greater re-use of what’s left over.