Fewer than one in five bridges worldwide has a structural health monitoring system installed. That figure is not a criticism of infrastructure managers — it is a consequence of how the conventional monitoring model works….
Most property owners discover foundation settlement the same way: a door that starts sticking, a crack that appears above a window frame, a floor that no longer feels quite level. By that point the problem…
At 12:28 pm on January 25, 2019, the workers at Córrego do Feijão mine in Brumadinho, Brazil, were in the cafeteria for lunch. Dam-I collapsed without warning. Thirteen million cubic meters of iron ore tailings…
On February 13, 2024, the heap leach pad at the Çöpler Gold Mine in eastern Turkey collapsed. Ten million cubic meters of material mobilized in seconds, traveling nearly a kilometer through the valley below. Nine…
Canada is the co-convenor of the Global Methane Pledge. It was the first country to commit to reducing methane emissions from oil and gas by 75% below 2012 levels by 2030. In June 2025, it…
In February 2026, data collected by the MethaneSAT satellite revealed something that the oil and gas industry had long suspected but never been forced to confront publicly: methane emissions from production facilities in the Permian…
You walked the field two weeks ago. Everything looked fine. The stand was good, color was right, no obvious problems. Now there’s a section that’s gone — leaves covered in lesions, the disease already moving…
You’re irrigating. You have a schedule. You follow the USDA drought monitor. Some fields have sensors. And yet, at the end of every season, there are zones in your operation that underperformed — and you’re…
On July 17, 2024, Dubai’s «feel like» temperature reached 62°C. Not a forecast. Not a worst-case projection. A recorded figure that prompted official government warnings and advised both residents and tourists to avoid outdoor exposure…