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03.09.2026

Warming is changing the risk landscape in the Himalayas

Preliminary analyses indicate that a massive rock-and-ice avalanche triggered the devastating flood along the Nepal–Tibet border on 26 August 2026. “The precise sequence of events has yet to be established. Even so, the disaster shows how warming, unstable high-mountain terrain and growing development in downstream valleys can combine to increase risk,” says Arnkjell Løkke, Head of Dam Safety at NGI.

02.09.2026

Why some buildings collapse in an earthquake while others stay standing

The twin earthquakes that struck Venezuela on 24 June 2026, collapsing buildings across northern Venezuela, from Yaracuy state to Caracas, have revived a question that follows every major quake: why do some buildings fall while others nearby remain standing?

02.09.2026

Arendalsuka 2026: Research as Defence and the Importance of Research for Municipalities

Among the nearly 2,300 sessions at this year's Arendalsuka, NGI's two events attracted strong audiences. Discussions highlighted the importance of research for Norway's total defence capability and for building better public services, smarter transitions, and more resilient municipalities.

01.09.2026

The risk we know about, but fail to address

Norway has detailed maps of landslide hazards, but no criteria for determining how much risk people should have to live with in homes that are already standing.

21.08.2026

Doctoral Thesis: How frost heave in the railway track can be mitigated

A new doctoral thesis at NTNU finds that almost 70 percent of isolated track defects along the Trondheim–Støren line are caused by frost heave rather than settlement, with the culverts beneath the track as the main cause.

06.07.2026

Less than two per cent of PFAS emissions can be removed

A new peer-reviewed study shows that even highly costly treatment can remove only a vanishingly small share of Europe's PFAS pollution.

24.06.2026

Could Norwegian bedrock become a future local store for CO₂, and “conjure” carbon away?

Norway holds large deposits of so-called reactive volcanic rock. Researchers and industry partners are now investigating whether these rocks could be used to store smaller volumes of CO₂ onshore in Norway, close to where the emissions occur. When that happens, something rather elegant unfolds in nature’s own chemistry: the rock reacts with the carbon, and it turns to stone.

24.06.2026

NGI signs cooperation agreement with Japan’s OYO Corporation

The Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI) and Japan’s OYO Corporation signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) in Tokyo on 3 June. The agreement sets a framework for joint projects, joint research, and knowledge sharing in offshore wind, and supports NGI’s entry into the fast-growing Japanese market.

18.06.2026

The bridgebuilder in Houston

From Tehran to Texas, by way of France and Trondheim, the road to NGI’s Houston office was anything but direct. Today, Mohammad Ali Salehi builds a bridge between geotechnics and geoscience, turning complex seabed data into models that entire project teams can rely on.