Image shows (from left to right) Vlad Dumitru, Werner Lienhart and Lisa Strasser from the Institute of Engineering Geodesy and Measurement Systems at TU Graz, Austria, undated photo. They developed a measurement method that uses exciting fibre optic lines to detect landslides earlier. Note: Licensed content. (Lunghammer - TU Graz/Newsflash)
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19 July 2023
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Scientists in Austria have developed a way of detecting fires, rockslides and earthquakes by measuring minute changes in the light pulses in fibre optic cable networks caused by shifts in land mass or heat from fires. Experts at the Technical University (TU) in Graz say the geodynamic...