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New Zealand and Iceland sign geothermal cooperation agreement at COP 30

New Zealand and Iceland signed a Memorandum of Arrangement on 20 November 2025 to deepen cooperation on geothermal energy development. The agreement was signed at COP 30 in Belem, Brazil, by Climate...

EU launches €1 billion industrial heat decarbonization pilot auction

The European Commission is running a European-wide, €1 billion ($1.16 billion) pilot auction to support industrial heat decarbonization. Made available under the EU Innovation Fund, the IF25 Heat Auc...

Francis Scott Key Bridge reconstruction costs climb to $5.2 billion as reopening shifts to 2030

Reconstruction efforts for the Francis Scott Key Bridge have entered a significantly more complex phase as updated assessments place total replacement costs between 4.3 and 5.2 billion dollars. Revis...

Sardinia restricts Lake Maccheronis water use to livestock as irrigation is halted

Sardinia is again confronting drought conditions, and the Central Sardinia Land Reclamation Consortium has halted irrigation in the Maccheronis basin district, allowing withdrawals only for livestock...

Project InnerSpace launches geomap europe geothermal mapping platform

On November 19, 2025, in Boston, Project InnerSpace announced the launch of GeoMap Europe, a continent-wide geothermal mapping and prospecting platform that consolidates decades of subsurface data to...

UCI and NASA JPL link Antarctic ice loss to short-term ocean features

Researchers at the University of California, Irvine and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory report that stormlike circulation patterns beneath Antarctic ice shelves are driving aggressive melting, with...

Reliability frameworks for large-scale solar pile foundations

The rapid growth of utility-scale solar installations in the United States has elevated the importance of structural reliability for foundation systems. In 2023, approximately fifteen million steel p...

Genoa completes pilot mapping for urban digital twin of surface and subsoil

On 19 November 2025, Genoa advanced its plan to create a digital twin of urban areas and the city’s subsoil to support hydrogeological risk analyses, identify points of vulnerability and simulate flo...

University of Urbino and Saipem launch GgeotherMOOC, a free MOOC on geothermal energy

The University of Urbino Carlo Bo and Saipem have launched “GeotherMOOC,” described as the first Massive Open Online Course dedicated to geothermal energy. The free, open-access program examines the...

VR, remote labs, and the future of civil engineering education

Civil engineering programs now treat virtual labs as essential. Students run structural tests, soil behavior analyses, and systems modeling from laptops with professional-grade tools. The rapid pivot...

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