Chaiten Volcano, Chile

I kept the same title of the source article for my post…it is a very simple explanation of the enhanced geothermal systems or EGS process of extracting geothermal energy from hot, dry rocks…even if it […]

On December 22 of 2008, there was a massive failure of a fly ash landfill (tailings dam?) at the Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA) Kingston power plant. The failure caused a torrent of coal ash sludge […]

Italy’s University of Bologna recently made the debut flights of a Raven unmanned air vehicle or UAV intended for use in low altitude monitoring of volcanos. Read on for more details. (Photo of Raven UAV in use by Australian Military, by OzStryker)

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