Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Following on the steps of the successful Geo-Extreme 2021, this conference aims at creating a multi-disciplinary forum where the geo-engineering community can work with other professionals, e.g., climate scientists, engineers, emergency managers, resilience and sustainability investigators, insurance experts, and policy makers, to properly cope with man-made and natural extreme events (such as hurricanes, floods, extreme precipitations, droughts, wildfires, debris flows, earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides) under a changing climate.
Wildfires present significant global threats, impacting hydrology, ecology, and slope stability. These changes often result in increased risks due to erosion, landslides, flooding, and debris flows that threaten communities, economies, and the environment. Increases in wildfire frequency and severity, particularly in the mountainous Western United States, are making these systems more vulnerable. This session will cover response and adaptation to erosion, landslides, and debris flows, focusing on research, data collection, analysis, and modeling. Discussions will include changes to hydrology and soil behavior, as well as models commonly used in the U.S. A panel and forum will address future research needs and requirements. This will include panelist presentations, discussion, and Q/A.
Presenters:
Don Lindsay, California Geological Survey
Francis K. Rengers, U.S. Geological Survey
Nawa Pradhan, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center
Pete Robichaud, U.S. Forest Service
Want to learn more about the Geo-Institute? We're a technical society with about 12,000 members - mostly geotechnical engineers and geologists. Visit geoinstitute.org to get to know us!
#civilengineering #geotechnicalengineering #geotech #geoextreme
Following on the steps of the successful Geo-Extreme 2021, this conference aims at creating a multi-disciplinary forum where the geo-engineering community can work with other professionals, e.g., climate scientists, engineers, emergency managers, resilience and sustainability investigators, insurance experts, and policy makers, to properly cope with man-made and natural extreme events (such as hurricanes, floods, extreme precipitations, droughts, wildfires, debris flows, earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides) under a changing climate.
Wildfires present significant global threats, impacting hydrology, ecology, and slope stability. These changes often result in increased risks due to erosion, landslides, flooding, and debris flows that threaten communities, economies, and the environment. Increases in wildfire frequency and severity, particularly in the mountainous Western United States, are making these systems more vulnerable. This session will cover response and adaptation to erosion, landslides, and debris flows, focusing on research, data collection, analysis, and modeling. Discussions will include changes to hydrology and soil behavior, as well as models commonly used in the U.S. A panel and forum will address future research needs and requirements. This will include panelist presentations, discussion, and Q/A.
Presenters:
Don Lindsay, California Geological Survey
Francis K. Rengers, U.S. Geological Survey
Nawa Pradhan, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center
Pete Robichaud, U.S. Forest Service
Want to learn more about the Geo-Institute? We're a technical society with about 12,000 members - mostly geotechnical engineers and geologists. Visit geoinstitute.org to get to know us!
#civilengineering #geotechnicalengineering #geotech #geoextreme
