简介：Inthelate19thandtheearly20thcentury,withexpandingindustrialismandurbanisation,theideaofthenationstategrewstronginSweden.Inthisnationalisticenvironment,natureandthenaturalsciencesassumedanimportantunifyingrole.Thesearchfornaturalresourcesandsourcesofenergyinspiredpoliticalsupportandresearch.Theexploitationofnaturewaslookeduponasaprerequisiteforthemodernizationofthecountry,andindeedwastobecomethebasisforSweden'swelfare.Itwasunderthesecircumstancesthat,in1906,the11thIGCwasinvitedtoStockholmin1910.ArequestforaGovernmentgrantfocusedontheinternationaldevelopmentofsciencebutalsostressedthenationalimportance.Swedenhad,itwassaid,itsrankingpositionamongnationstodefend,toupholditspositionamongcivilizednations,andtomaintainitsdistinguishedtraditioninthespheresofnaturalsciencesandminingoperations.ThemaintopicsoftheCongresswereironoreresources,post-glacialclimatechange,glacialerosion,theCambrianfauna,geologyofthePrecambrian,andgeologyofthepolarregions.Threeexhibitionsand24excursionswerearranged,and41guidebooksprinted.Thenumberofmemberspresentwas625,from37countriesandsixcontinents.Thefinalcostforarrangingthe11thIGCwasSEK125,000(approximately∈540,000today).AnovelexperienceinthetraditionoftheIGCswastheworld-wideinquiriesabouttheresourcesofironoreandaboutclimatechange.Suchthematic,worldwideinvestigationssubsequentlycametoattracttheattentionofmanyIGCs.ApropositiontoestablishacommissionforthepublicationofaninternationalstratigraphicdictionarywasapprovedbytheCongress,andasubcommissionwassetupwithcommissionersfromtencountries,butitwasnotuntil1956thatthefirstvolumesofLexiqueStratigraphiqueInternationalappeared.FromaSwedishpointofview,theCongresscompelledSwedishgeologiststocarryoutaninventoryoftheresultsofSwedishgeologicalr

简介：ThehugewinterstormofDecember23–29,2015deliveredheavyrainfallinabroadswathacrosstheUSA,delugingEast-CentralMissouri.Recordhighriverlevelsweresetatmanysites,butdamagesweremostpronouncedindevelopedfloodplainareas,particularlywherehighleveeswerebuiltorriverchannelsgreatlynarrowed.Anaverageof20cmofrainthatmostlyfellinthreedaysimpactedtheentire10300km2MeramecBasin.Comparedtothepriorrecordfloodof1982,thehighestrelativestage(+1.3m)onMeramecRiveroccurredatValleyParkproximalto(1)anewlevee,(2)alandfillinthefloodway,(3)largefloodplainconstructionfills,and(4)tributarycreekbasinsimpactedbysuburbansprawl.Eventhoughonlyasmallfractionofthe1.8millionkm2MississippiRiverwatershedaboveSt.Louisreceivedextraordinaryrainfallduringthisevent,thehugechannelizedrivernearandbelowSt.Louisrapidlyrosetosetthe3rd-highesttothehigheststagesever,exhibitingtheflashyresponsetypicalofamuchsmallerriver.

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简介：4月13日，记者从通过评审的《北京规划新城前期区域工程地质勘查评价报告》中获悉，北京市11个规划新城的工程地质条件及场地稳定性较好，适宜于场地建设。中国科学院院士李廷栋等专家认为，项目成果总体达到国际领先水平，不仅为北京市建成现代化、国际化大城市提供了重要地质依据，而且对全国其他大城市建设及城市地质工作也具有重要借鉴价值。

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