
Smartphone geophysics: Crowdsourcing the Earth’s magnetic data
When a solar storm is in the forecast, Jannetta (Jae) Robinson crosses her fingers and turns on her smartphone. She’s ...

How wastewater becomes clean energy in California
30 Olympic swimming pools worth of reclaimed water rush into the Mayacama mountains outside San Francisco every day. The electricity ...

Groundwater management in Southern California
The Water Replenishment District (WRD), the largest groundwater agency in the State of California, has the important job of managing ...

Radiator earth: how geothermal is evolving under our feet
Hundreds of multimillion dollar wells make high temperature geothermal projects a major investment. New technologies that cost up to 25 ...

Mapping Metal Deposits in Canada
The Metal Earth project at Laurentian University has been granted $104 million by the Canadian government, to help find the ...

Danger underground: Detecting UXO in our Backyards
When in doubt, you dig. That was the rule in the investigation of unexploded ordnance (UXO). Also known as Explosive ...

Unexploded ordnance in strange places
Oasis montaj and UXO software were also the chosen tools of SAND Geophysics who were called in by the Port ...

New explorers build trust and help reclaim the wild
British Columbia’s forests are full of bears, giant cedars and, in some places, an unwanted arm chair. One exploration company ...